The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 238

He walked in with his wife, Cheryl, and his eldest son, Ronald, followed by his second son, Carl. They were surprised to see Eddy kneeling before Vivienne in the living room and a furious Paula making a scene.

“What’s going on?”

“Brother!” Paula cried out to Timothy as if he were her only hope, accusing Vivienne of being disrespectful. “Look at what our eldest brother has brought back. She’s being so rude, and she even hit Eddy!”

Timothy’s brows furrowed with displeasure. Ronald tried to intervene, but Timothy had already started scolding Vivienne “Vivienne, you’re acting out of line! Your aunt Paula may be blunt, but you can’t disrespect your elders, let alone lay hands on your cousin

Ronald and Cheryl exchanged helpless glances.

Paula had been harboring resentment toward Scott for many years. Now that he saw Scott’s daughter, it was inevitable that she would vent her anger at

her.

Timothy, however, was always swayed by Paula’s persuasive language out of sympathy for his beloved sister.

Vivienne looked annoyed She was about to speak but was interrupted by Percival’s phone ringing.

He glanced at the caller ID and picked up the call “Granddad.”

All eyes were immediately on Percival. He held the phone out and put it on speaker mode, so everyone could hear Richard’s irate voice bellowing from

the phone

“Where is my granddaughter–in–law!? You were supposed to bring Vivienne to meet me and spend some time with me. Where is she? Didn’t you come back to Rivenwood with her? At least let Vivienne come and keep me company Why did you kidnap her?”

1 didn’t kidnapher Percival replied while looking at the Brooks family with cold eyes. “Vivienne is the daughter of the Brooks family’s head, and our car was stopped in the middle of the road by his entourage.”

He passed the blame to Scott without hesitation. 1 accompanied Vivienne to meet her family”

“Vivienne is Scott’s child?” Richard sounded surprised, then laughed heartily. “It seems like the Brooks family is blind. Why had they previously recognized Arabella as their own?”

they began reflecting

only one

hadn’t even had a chance to sit down before her aunt started ridiculing Vivienne

Brooks family’s faces turned pale. They knew they were in trouble.

from the phone. “What?! My precious granddaughter–in–law is being bullied in Scott’s house?!

tolerate her, the Ellington family

guts to bully my granddaughter–in–law! I need to go give old Baron a piece of my

heard my granddad. If your family doesn’t welcome Vivienne, don’t force her to stay I’ll take

uncomfortable. They didn’t expect

beneath him to apologize as

Vivienne. You’re very pretty” Cheryl stepped in to smooth things over, taking Vivienne’s hand with a smile. “Your uncle Timothy is a bit slow. Don’t mind him”

Timothy stupid for

his

man to Vivienne “This is your

in Havenwood Ronald greeted Vivienne with a friendly smile

responded indifferently

upstairs,

Cheryl

time difference He didn’t mean to offend you” Ronald

care Whether it was intentional rudeness or genuine

was not about living peacefully with them

about how the Brooks family felt about

short, they better not mess with her

they were at fault, they

time since she had had a good brawl. The last time she had a really good fight was when she saved someone from Felix. It

around, the Brooks family would make a perfect punching bag

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upset about Carl’s actions after seeing her be so silent. She quickly diverted the topic by introducing Ashley “Oh, 1 forgot to introduce you. This is your cousin Ashley, my nter. I’m your aunt”