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

she had

would lose her support, so her ambitions

could she find someone like Beatrice, who

hurdle she had

although she was unwilling, Arabella still kowtowed

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

just watched Arabella’s performance with a smile, as if she were watching a hilarious

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so foolish as to think that she could force

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

sympathize with the underdog, regardless of right and wrong, and the underdog always has the

Ellington family, were oppressing the weak with their

online at this moment, it

else would have surrendered under such

Regrettably, she was Vivienne.

misjudged her. She was not the kind to be easily bound by

dealing with morally

wanted to see

Interesting, right?

like clowns in front of

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 tears streaking down

heartbroken and angrily

Can’t you see? Vivienne is just a

and she

to be 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 it? Will it be enough if

reporters were horrified and quickly tried

“Arabella, don’t be impulsive!”

ruthless Vivienne won’t spare the

Beatrice also played along. Her eyes were wide open when she tried to throw herself onto the ground to stop Arabella, but she then

Joseph immediately held Beatrice, cried out, and then glared at