The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 217

Inside the private suite.

Paul sat alone on the couch, his gaze lifting slightly as Arabella entered. He stared at her gloomily, and after a long silence, he finally spoke, “Our alliance is over, and I’m going public with the fact that the child you’re carrying has nothing to do with me.”

“How could you do this to me, Paul?” Arabella’s heart filled with resentment, but she still looked at Paul with a pitiful gaze.

“Don’t give me that act!” Paul was completely unaffected by Arabella’s attempt at playing the victim.

He had once thought Arabella was a pure and innocent goddess. His pursuit of her was causing him sleepless nights.

However, after learning she had been impregnated out of wedlock at eighteen and that she couldn’t even identify the father of her child, he found her past pretenses sickening.

“Do you think the Ellington family is a joke? I would never marry a woman who has been to jail”

Given the evidence, Arabella was destined to be sentenced. If he married her, he would become the laughingstock of the town.

He was vying for the position of head of the family against Percival. He couldn’t afford to have such a stain on his reputation.

“What if I manage to avoid jail?” Arabella bit her lip and asked.

“What do you mean?” Paul furrowed his brows and widened his eyes as his gaze landed on Arabella’s abdomen. “You’re not thinking of keeping this child and using your pregnancy to get a lighter sentence, are you?”

Indeed, Arabella considered the baby her last resort in case she got sentenced. But looking at Paul’s reaction, it was clear that he wouldn’t agree

As expected, he scoffed at Arabella. “We agreed from the start that I would never let your child become my firstborn”

for me.” He looked at Arabella disdainfully. “You are this foolish because you were raised by the Hawthorn family. My parents may not be politicians, but my uncle is a high–ranking official. If I marry a woman with a criminal record, it could potentially harm his career. Why do you think my grandfather would agree to jeopardize my uncle’s career for you?”

Brooks family and thought that she was

grandfather went to Baron to cancel the engagement because of Arabella’s attempted murder, the Brooks family didn’t even utter a word in her defense. It was clear that she wasn’t as important

reconsider the

her forgiveness, so she can drop the charges?” Arabella asked. suppressing her

not expecting me to shell out that two billion, are you?”

out Initially, Arabella wanted Paul to pay, but after seeing his obvious disdain for her now, she had no choice but to turn to her grandmother, Judith, and father,

of marrying Arabella. The immense benefits of aligning with the Brooks family eventually swayed him. “Fine. If you manage to avoid charges and a criminal record, then we can continue. But

case she got charged, but on the surface, she agreed obediently “I

tell Arabella to leave, his phone rang. It was his father,

He quickly answered.

loud that even Arabella could hear it. “You’re willing to accept any trash? Are you trying to kill me with anger?! Why would you marry Arabella knowing that she’s carrying someone else’s child? Do

stunned, wondering how

the fool willingly was too humiliating.

his family planned to call off the engagement due to Arabella’s attempted murder charge, he had never told

The news was all over

this way! You’ve made a complete fool of yourself. How can you compete with Percival now?! Your engagement is off! Get back to

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only to see the trending hashtag, “Paul, The

trembled as he clicked on the link, leading

your fiancée is pregnant, and yet you invited the three of us to accompany you. Aren’t you afraid she’ll miscarry from the stress?”

was slurring his words. “Let her miscarry! I wish she would!

woman gasped. “The child isn’t yours? Then who’s is it?”

sarcastically. “She doesn’t even know who the father is, so how