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!”

sprang to her feet in a rage. “How dare she?!” She exclaimed to Vivienne. “After what she did to Dorian, she still has the gall to

custody, she and Thaddeus had been the target of gossip and even an

into

the screen. She felt that merely bankrupting the Hawthorn family had

her. “We won’t let Dorian

“Miss Arabella, if what you’re saying is true, why didn’t you report it at

“It’s all my fault!”

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

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

turned to the camera with a pleading look. “I hope everyone can forgive Arabella for what

Chapter La

she finished, she and Arabella hugged

the news. She was speechless with rage. She

that her lies could

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

comments about Dorian on Twitter as tears began streaming

a burning rage when she saw

really loved pushing her

the video Coral had given her

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, she decide to