The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 104

Percival shot a glance at the reporter speaking to him..

The reporter was young. He was sporting a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and the moment

his

gaze met Percival’s, he felt a chill run down his spine, making him step back instinctively. But when he saw Arabella’s tear-streaked face and Michael writhing in pain on the ground, his sense of “justice” overpowered him. “What are you looking at? Did I say something

I wrong? I think Michael should go get his injuries checked out and sue you for intentional

harm!” He blurted out.

Others chimed in. “Exactly. Those who abuse their power and oppress others will eventually get their just deserts!”

“Vivienne is such a letdown. The Hawthorn family raised her, and yet she let her fiancé drive them to the brink of bankruptcy. What an ungrateful brat!”

“We’re definitely going public with what happened today. We want everyone to see your true

colors!”

“I think they should publicly apologize to Hawthorn Group and compensate them for all their losses.”

Arabella seized this opportunity. She fell to her knees and began begging Vivienne while sobbing. “Please, beg the Ellington family to spare the Hawthorn family! I’ll take all the blame! Please! Do you really want to see the Hawthorn family go bankrupt to be satisfied?”

She lay on the ground as her voice choked with emotions, pleading over and over again. She looked like the wronged underdog.

But hidden from public view, her eyes showed an intense hatred.

Arabella’s public kneeling and begging to Vivienne were not voluntary.

how much resentment she harbored for Vivienne or how

in front of her, she had no

would lose her support, so her ambitions

like Beatrice, who valued her, the adopted granddaughter more

hurdle she had to

although she was unwilling, Arabella still

kowtow on the ground, she told herself, “Arabella, just endure this once.

with a smile,

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think that she could force

by holding Thaddeus captive. Beatrice’s strategy was to bind

to sympathize with the underdog, regardless of right and wrong, and the underdog always has the upper hand

even the entire Ellington family, were oppressing the weak with their power, while the sick Beatrice and crying

to record the situation in the room and post it online at this moment, it would definitely spark a public outcry sympathizing with the weak and condemning the

surrendered under such

Regrettably, she was Vivienne.

misjudged her. She was not the kind to be easily

dealing with morally corrupt

wanted to see what Arabella would do

Interesting, right?

watch them perform like clowns in front of her and then defeat them in

still unresponsive, Arabella finally started to panic. She looked up; her smooth forehead was already

heartbroken and angrily started throwing

see? Vivienne is just a

like this, and

a knife and held it against her left wrist. “What can I

and quickly tried

“Arabella, don’t be impulsive!”

yourself, the ruthless Vivienne

wide open when she tried to throw herself onto the ground to

Joseph immediately held Beatrice, cried out, and then glared at