The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 220

Ever since she became the heiress of the Brooks family, Arabella had been showered with flattery by men. She was blinded by this and started to genuinely think that she was irresistible, forgetting that these men were drawn to her due to the power and influence of the Brooks family.

If she were just Arabella Hawthorn, neither Tristan nor Paul would have bothered to glance at her.

“Arabella, you’re the reason I’m like this. I won’t let you get away with it. Tristan’s icy gaze sent shivers down Arabella’s spine.

Her legs were weak, and she could barely stand. She slowly retreated, but she suddenly felt a foot heavily pressed on her back.

“Where do you think you’re going, my cousin?”

Arabella looked back in fear, only to see Ashley standing at the door with several muscular men.

Ashley watched Arabella with a look of disdain, unable to comprehend how someone could be so shameless. Even after being exposed, Arabella still refused to admit her wrongdoings.

“Tristan, help me Please! Arabella turned to Tristan, pleading for his help.

“Oh, didn’t you know?” Ashley chuckled lightly. “These men work for your dear Tristan.”

As Arabella was dragged away, Calista entered.

Like a drowning woman grasping at a lifeline, Arabella reached out and clung to Calista’s sleeve “Calista, please help me!”

Calista looked at the fingerprints left on the place where her clothing was pulled, her eyes showing disgust.

Tristan gave an order, and the man holding Arabella mercilessly broke her fingers. Arabella’s screams echoed through the entire floor

Calista, as if she hadn’t heard, just lowered her head to examine Tristan’s body.

Ashley merely turned to Tristan and asked, “Where are you taking her?”

coldly, clearly not wanting to discuss the matter further in front of Calista.

examining Tristan, Calista left.

lingered

help but mock him. “Don’t bother.

before he was injured, he wasn’t worthy of Calista. The truth stung, but he

leaving the hospital room without looking

phone. Ashley nodded at her, and

retreating figure. “Did

mother’s voice came through the line, sounding both proud and aloof. “Yes. How’s Scott doing?”

taken it hard,”

mother replied. “I’ll be in Haveriwood for a concert in a few days. We should

Calista agreed and ended the call.

was ten Despite being raised by her father and seeing her mother infrequently, she felt a closer connection

understood why her proud and haughty mother had pined for a

family had moved to the luxurious Jade Garden Residences, they visited

seeking him out

that Beatrice and Arabella had pulled off, forging paternity tests to fool the Brooks family, had been brought to light Consequently, Scott had

swoop, Beatrice and her two children had gone from living in the lap of luxury to barely scraping by. They were so destitute that they couldn’t even cover Beatrice’s medical bills, so they had to throw away their dignity even more to try

we cut ties a long time ago!” Cordelia was fuming. “When they came

us. Whatever the court orders, we’ll

in the hospital and taking

but a pipe dream.

irritating, let’s send them back to the sticks. Percival placated. “Don’t worry, I won’t let them bother

at it and walked into the yard to

taken by Tristan’s crew before we could get her Thomas informed

did that go?” Percival

a human smuggler who deals in trafficking women to the Golden Triangle Thomas continued, “Arabella was tied up and gagged as soon as she was brought on board because she was causing a scene. She’ll likely spend the rest of her life enslaved