The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 106

Maybe out of fear of jail, Arabella suddenly summoned up unusual strength. Despite three or four cops trying to pry her off, she clung to Beatrice even tighter while wailing non-stop.

“Granny, help me! I can’t go to jail. I don’t want to!”

Just when Beatrice was about to be choked to death, Joseph, who was standing by, suddenly slapped Arabella. “Your granny is already sick as a dog. Do you want to kill her?”

Beatrice had always spoiled Arabella, but Joseph was not so gentle. Pretending to be angry, he began to accuse her. “You fooled us! You made us believe Vivienne took your glory, and that’s why the Hawthorn family is in such a mess. And now you want your granny to save you?”

The slap left Arabella stunned. No one had ever hit her like this during her time with the Hawthorn family.

While she was still dazed, the cops quickly twisted her arms behind her back, cuffed her, and pulled her away from Beatrice.

Vivienne, noticing Beatrice’s obvious relief and heavy breathing, smirked.

Her smirk immediately caught Arabella’s venomous gaze.

“You guys say I’m guilty, right? Then what about Percival breaking Michael’s hand? Isn’t that intentional assault? You must arrest him too!” Arabella screamed this at the cops before they took her away, pointing to a dumbstruck Michael on the floor.

The cops were taken aback and glanced at Michael’s obviously broken hand and then at Percival with furrowed brows.

If Michael had the injury assessed, it would indeed be a Class II minor injury, which is considered intentional assault.

“Right!” Michael gathered his wits and pointed at Percival with his intact hand. “He’s the one who did this to my hand!”

He thought that if Percival wanted to be the future head of the Ellington family, he couldn’t have a criminal record or have done any jail time.

Perhaps the Hawthorn family could use this to threaten Percival to back down.

Too bad for him, Vivienne simply laughed.

laughing at? Can’t you take responsibility

prevented us

her phone

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the hospital

abused Thaddeus and kept him locked in the bathroom, the reporters and cops looked at Michael

He hadn’t expected Vivienne

was that Vivienne didn’t just record it, she also had a mini camera in her brooch. She

the recording, one of the cops informed Michael coldly. “This is indeed self-defense. And you attacked Vivienne first; Percival just stepped in. No matter how you plead, the result will be the

cops ignored him

of distraction, grabbed the knife she had used to slit her

face was twisted in hatred, and her eyes showed her

screamed, and the cops rushed forward to protect

could even raise the knife, Vivienne kicked

hospital room wall hard before falling heavily to the ground, unable to

dumbfounded. Who would have thought that the

weighed over

it would be hard to send her

broke a few ribs when she hit

did it

her leg. Vivienne innocently asked the cops, “This counts as self-defense,

Everyone was speechless.

Wasn’t this excessive self-defense?

was obviously infuriated by this, and she spat out a mouthful

lead cop nodded at Vivienne.

and then added. “Don’t worry, even though her attack failed, she can

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Well said.

out another mouthful of blood in

from the floor

time, Arabella had no strength to resist. She could

taken away, she cast