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.

no matter how much resentment she harbored

of her, she had no choice

so her ambitions and desires would be

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

a hurdle she

was unwilling, Arabella still

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

beginning. She just watched Arabella’s performance with a smile,

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as to think

captive. Beatrice’s strategy was to bind Vivienne with

tend to sympathize with the underdog, regardless of right and

family, were oppressing the weak with their power, while the sick Beatrice and crying Arabella were

the room and post it online at this

else would have surrendered under such family

Regrettably, she was Vivienne.

not the kind

with morally

just wanted to see what Arabella would do if she

Interesting, right?

perform like clowns in front of her and then

really going to be 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 had

reporters were all heartbroken and angrily

Can’t you see?

you’re like this, and

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

reporters were horrified and quickly tried to stop

“Arabella, don’t be impulsive!”

hurt yourself, the ruthless Vivienne

Don’t!” Beatrice also played along. Her eyes were wide open when she tried to throw herself onto the ground to stop Arabella, but she then conveniently

Beatrice, cried out, and then glared