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

she had no choice

family, she would lose her support, so her ambitions and desires

Beatrice, who valued her, the adopted granddaughter

hurdle she

she was unwilling,

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

said a word since the beginning. She just watched Arabella’s performance with a smile, as if she were watching a hilarious

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wouldn’t be so foolish as to think that

by holding Thaddeus captive. Beatrice’s

people tend to sympathize with the underdog, regardless of right and wrong, and the

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

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

under such family pressure

Regrettably, she was Vivienne.

was not the kind to be easily

with

silent. She just wanted to see what Arabella would

Interesting, right?

clowns in front of her and then defeat them in the

panic. She looked up; her smooth forehead was already reddened from kowtowing; she had tears

all heartbroken and angrily started

anymore. Can’t you see? Vivienne is just a

you’re like this, and she can

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? Will it be enough

were horrified and

“Arabella, don’t be impulsive!”

if 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 herself onto the ground to stop

held Beatrice, cried out, and then glared at