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?”

silent as they

the only one who

“We hadn’t even had a chance to sit down before her aunt started ridiculing Vivienne for being engaged

faces turned pale. They knew they were in

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

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

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

phone, Percival looked at Scott with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “You heard my granddad. If your family doesn’t welcome Vivienne, don’t force her to stay

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

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

must be Vivienne. You’re very pretty” Cheryl stepped in to smooth things over, taking Vivienne’s hand with a smile. “Your uncle Timothy

was practically calling Timothy stupid for being easily

to make his case, but Cheryl glared him

to Vivienne “This is

greeted

responded indifferently

scoffed and didnt even glance at Vivienne. He headed upstairs, declaring m

disrespectful behavior made Cheryl instantly feel

the time difference

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

not

give a damn about how the Brooks family felt about her or how they

they better not

it would be their own fault. And if they were at fault, they were going to receive a

she had a really

time around, the Brooks family would make a

1/2

silent. She quickly diverted the topic by introducing Ashley “Oh, 1 forgot to introduce you. This is your cousin Ashley,