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 gall to

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

to be rushed into surgery. It

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

to soothe her. “We won’t

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

“It’s all my fault!”

by Arabella and addressed the reporters. “I was the one who asked Arabella not to report

if I, an old woman, treated her well enough, she could forget what happened. But I didn’t expect

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

Chapter La

she and Arabella hugged each

with rage.

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

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

about Dorian on Twitter as tears began

felt a burning rage when she

really loved

any expression, Vivienne sent out the video Coral had given her

to monitor her daughter’s studies. For many years, the stored videos were never deleted. When