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?”

fell silent as they began

only one who chuckled sarcastically

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

They knew they were in

“What?! My

can’t tolerate her, the Ellington family

us. I can’t believe they have the guts to bully my granddaughter–in–law! I need to go give old

looked at Scott with a smile that wasn’t quite a smile. “You heard my granddad. If your

looked uncomfortable. They didn’t expect

the situation, felt it was beneath him to apologize as the elder of the family.

in to smooth things over, taking Vivienne’s hand with a smile. “Your uncle Timothy

Timothy stupid for

to make his case, but

man to Vivienne “This is your cousin Ronald

Ronald greeted Vivienne with a friendly

responded indifferently

didnt even glance at Vivienne. He headed upstairs, declaring m tired. I’m going to rest for

behavior made Cheryl instantly

back from abroad and is still adjusting to the time difference

Vivienne didn’t care Whether it was intentional rudeness or genuine tiredress, it had

Brooks family was not about living peacefully

Brooks family felt

short, they better not mess with

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

she had had a good brawl. The last time she had a really good fight was when she saved someone from Felix. It wasn’t enough.

around, the Brooks family would make

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so silent. She quickly diverted the topic by introducing Ashley “Oh,