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.

matter how much resentment she harbored for Vivienne or

kneel in front of her, she had no

the Hawthorn family, she would lose her support, so her ambitions and

find someone like Beatrice,

a hurdle

unwilling, Arabella still kowtowed

the ground, she told herself, “Arabella, just endure this once. You’ll get back double the humiliation you suffered today on

with a smile, as

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to think that she could force Vivienne to spare

Thaddeus captive. Beatrice’s strategy was to

and wrong, and the underdog always has the upper hand in

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

else would have surrendered under such family pressure

Regrettably, she was Vivienne.

her. She was not the

dealing with

silent. She just wanted to see what Arabella would do if

Interesting, right?

clowns in front of her and then defeat them in the

this heartless?!” Seeing that Vivienne was still unresponsive, Arabella finally started to panic. She looked up; her smooth forehead was already reddened from kowtowing; she

reporters were all heartbroken and angrily

anymore. Can’t you see? Vivienne is just

like this, and she

and held it against her left wrist. “What can I do for you to spare the Hawthorn family? Can my death

were horrified and quickly tried

“Arabella, don’t be impulsive!”

you hurt yourself, the ruthless Vivienne won’t spare the

Don’t!” Beatrice also played along. Her eyes were wide open when she tried to throw

Joseph immediately held Beatrice, cried out, and