The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 138

Hospital Waiting Room.

The wall-mounted TV in the room flicked on to the Havenwood News. Vivienne watched as Arabella’s pitiful face appeared on the screen, surrounded by reporters,

Arabella was charged with defamation. A criminal case couldn’t be pursued until Dorian was out of surgery, and making a false police report could be dismissed with a fine, especially for a first-time offender.

Arabella had paid her fine and was released in less than a day,

Reporters were waiting for her as she stepped out of the police station.

On the news, Arabella, with tears streaming down her face, looked into the camera. “I framed my foster father because he really did molest me when I was a child, I wanted revenge, so I did what I did.

I was so young and defenseless, but I remember everything he did to me. I have nightmares every night… I can’t let him go unpunished!”

feet in a rage. “How dare she?!” She exclaimed to Vivienne. “After what she did to

was in custody, she and Thaddeus had been the target of

to be rushed into surgery. It seemed like Arabella just refused to let him

Arabella’s face on the screen. She felt that merely bankrupting the Hawthorn family had been far

down.” Percival tried to soothe her. “We won’t let Dorian bear

on TV asked Arabella, “Miss Arabella, if what you’re saying is true, why didn’t

“It’s all my fault!”

shocked to see Beatrice appear on the screen. Her face was full of sorrow and shame as she stood by Arabella and addressed the reporters. “I was the one who asked Arabella not to report

treated her well enough, she could forget what happened. But

can forgive

Chapter La

Arabella hugged each other,

news. She was speechless with rage. She couldn’t believe

her lies could ruin

public opinion was turning again, with many saying that if Dorian really was a pedophile who molested Arabella when she was a child, then he deserved what was

was scrolling through the derogatory comments about Dorian

a burning rage when she saw her

really loved pushing

the video Coral had

camera to monitor her daughter’s studies. For many years, the stored videos were never deleted. When Coral heard. that Dorian was in trouble, she decide to find