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?”

as they began reflecting on

only one who

family doesn’t welcome Vivienne. Percival sighed as his cold gaze fell on Scott. “We hadn’t even had a chance to sit down before her aunt started ridiculing Vivienne for being engaged

They knew they were in trouble.

voice echoed from the phone. “What?! My precious granddaughter–in–law is being bullied

immediately! If the Brooks family can’t tolerate her, the Ellington family has plenty of space. I’d love for Vivienne

my granddaughter–in–law! I need to go give old

the phone, Percival looked at Scott with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “You heard my granddad. If your family doesn’t welcome

Brooks family looked uncomfortable. They didn’t expect Percival to report

guessing the gist of the situation, felt it was beneath him to apologize as

taking Vivienne’s hand with

Timothy stupid for being easily manipulated by

mouth to make his case, but Cheryl

to Vivienne “This is your cousin Ronald and

met in Havenwood Ronald greeted

responded indifferently

at Vivienne. He headed upstairs, declaring m tired. I’m

made Cheryl

adjusting to the time

Whether it was intentional rudeness or genuine tiredress, it had nothing to do with her

not about living peacefully

about how the Brooks family felt about her or how they perceived

not mess with

if they were at fault, they

last time she had a really good fight was when

around, the Brooks family would make a perfect

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so silent. She quickly diverted the topic by introducing Ashley “Oh, 1 forgot to introduce