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!”

“How dare she?!” She exclaimed to Vivienne. “After what she did to Dorian, she still has the

During the two days Dorian was in custody, she and Thaddeus had been the target of gossip and even an

he had to be rushed into surgery. It seemed like Arabella just

eyes, staring at Arabella’s face on the screen. She felt that merely bankrupting the Hawthorn family

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

Arabella, “Miss Arabella, if what

“It’s all my fault!”

sorrow and shame as she stood by Arabella and addressed the reporters. “I was the one who asked Arabella not

an old woman, treated her well enough, she could forget what happened.

forgive Arabella for what she’s done. Please consider

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hugged each other,

after watching the news. She was speechless with rage. She couldn’t believe that her own family could be

that her lies could ruin Dorian, Thaddeus, and even their

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

was scrolling through the derogatory comments about Dorian on Twitter as tears began streaming

burning rage when she saw her like

loved pushing

sent out the

was taken in Coral’s study. Coral’s mother had installed a camera to monitor her daughter’s studies. For many years, the stored videos were never deleted. When Coral heard. that Dorian was in trouble,