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!”

to Vivienne. “After what she did to Dorian, she still has the gall to slander him! Is she

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

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

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

her. “We won’t let

had barely sat down when a reporter on TV asked Arabella, “Miss Arabella, if what you’re saying is true, why didn’t you

“It’s all my fault!”

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

old woman, treated her well enough, she could forget what happened. But I didn’t expect her to still harbor resentment and do

the camera with a pleading look. “I hope everyone can forgive Arabella for what she’s done. Please

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hugged each other, both looking

livid after watching the news. She was speechless with rage.

her lies could

was a pedophile who molested Arabella

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

burning rage when she saw

really loved

Vivienne sent out the video Coral had

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