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.

harbored for Vivienne or how much she

kneel in front of her, she had no choice but to do

family, she would lose her support, so her

in the world could she find someone like Beatrice, who valued her, the adopted granddaughter more

was a hurdle she

unwilling, Arabella still kowtowed

she told herself, “Arabella, just endure this once. You’ll

just watched Arabella’s performance with a smile, as if she were watching a hilarious comedy. She even seemed rather

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as to think that she could force

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

with the underdog, regardless of right and wrong,

Percival, even the entire Ellington family, were oppressing the weak with their power, while

this moment, it would definitely

would have surrendered under such family pressure and public

Regrettably, she was Vivienne.

misjudged her. She was not the kind to be

with morally corrupt

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

Interesting, right?

like clowns in front of her and then defeat them

finally started to panic. She looked up; her smooth forehead was already reddened from kowtowing; she had tears streaking down her cheeks, and her hair

heartbroken

beg her anymore. Can’t you see? Vivienne

you’re like this, and she

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

and quickly

“Arabella, don’t be impulsive!”

yourself, the ruthless Vivienne

played along. Her eyes were wide open when she tried to throw herself

cried out, and