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.

resentment she harbored for Vivienne or how much she didn’t

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

lose her support, so her ambitions

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

a hurdle she had to

although she was unwilling, Arabella still

this once. You’ll get back double the humiliation you

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

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be so foolish as to think that she could force Vivienne to spare

Beatrice’s strategy was to bind Vivienne

underdog, regardless of right and wrong,

even the entire Ellington family, were oppressing the

were to record the situation in the room and post it online at this moment,

under

Regrettably, she was Vivienne.

the kind to be

dealing with morally

see what Arabella

Interesting, right?

would watch them perform like clowns in front

unresponsive, Arabella finally started to panic. She looked

onlooking reporters were all heartbroken and angrily started

see? Vivienne is

and

flustered and shook her head frantically. Suddenly, 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

reporters were horrified and quickly tried to stop

“Arabella, don’t be impulsive!”

the ruthless Vivienne won’t

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

immediately held Beatrice, cried out, and then