The Million-Dollar Heart Novel Episode
Chapter 215

Arabella bit her lip in frustration, refusing to respond. She wanted to blurt out how much she hated Vivienne, despised her, and was jealous of her.

Vivienne had taken everything from her, including the man who should have been hers, leaving Arabella in this dismal state.

Vivienne was the reason she was in this miserable condition, so she deserved to take the blame.

She scrolled through her phone, watching the video of her removing Beatrice's oxygen tube in the hospital room in horror now that it had leaked online. Everything she said in the hospital room was also exposed.

This shocking turn of events stunned the onlookers who were questioning Beatrice's sanity. After ignoring her excellent granddaughter Vivienne, she chose to love an adopted pariah, leading her to almost get killed by the same pariah.

Many people tagged Paul's Twitter, asking him if he still planned to marry this would-be murderer.

Paul didn't respond, but the netizens were divided. They couldn't stop arguing.

One side argued that since Paul had gotten Arabella pregnant, he should take responsibility, regardless of whether Arabella was a heinous murderer.

The other side argued that a wife should be virtuous. If they brought a woman like Arabella into their family, wouldn't that bring disaster? For the sake of family honor and their future, it would be better to take some blame now than to let such a woman in and leave her child behind.

People say, 'Like father, like son.'

But with a woman like Arabella, who knew what kind of person her child would grow up to be and what harm it might bring to society?

Arabella gritted her teeth as she sent several messages to Paul, but he didn't respond.

"Ronald, do you think Paul will leave me because of this?" Arabella bit her lip, covering her face to hide her gaze while pretending to be in great pain.

Unfortunately, her tears, which she thought were very moving, didn't touch Ronald at all. He drove with a disappointed expression. "Arabella, don't you feel any shame or regret?"

Arabella was taken aback, but Ronald ignored her, and the two drove in silence back to Hawthorn Mansion.

As they neared Hawthorn Mansion, Arabella saw Michael Hawthorn and Joseph Hawthorn, with satisfied expressions on their faces, leaving the mansion.

They must have taken advantage of this situation to get a hefty sum from Scott.

Arabella shrank back and hid behind the driver's seat. She was afraid of being seen by the two and getting entangled with them again.

Ronald glanced at her movement. His lips tightened, and his expression became even more serious.

When they entered the mansion and saw the Brooks family waiting for her in the living room, Arabella couldn't help but shrink back.

Melissa and Timothy looked complicated, while Judith and Scott's faces were stern. Only Ashley's eyes were filled with unmistakable schadenfreude.

"Grandma, Dad." Arabella approached with a pale face. She was acting pitifully, trying anything to soften Judith and Scott's hearts.

"We've heard what happened from the police." Scott paused before asking, "Arabella, why did you try to kill your former grandmother, Beatrice?"

"She threatened me." Arabella defended herself with teary eyes. "She wanted to force me to take two billion from you for her. How could she let me do that to you? I was so angry that I lost control." That was also what Arabella told the police.

Ashley's eyes flashed with ridicule.

Arabella's mind worked fast. This excuse turned her from an attempted murderer into someone who was willing to argue with her grandmother, who raised her, in order to protect her biological grandparents. Ashley looked at Judith and Scott's faces.

Would her grandparents really be fooled by Arabella?

Judith and Scott's faces remained stern.

Scott looked at Arabella with piercing eyes.

This girl didn't have any resemblance to Karen, except for those eyes. And now, those eyes, similar to Karen's, were flickering with uncertainty and dishonesty. They were far from the purity that Karen had. "Since it was an accident, why did you frame your adopted sister?" Scott asked the same question as Ronald.

If what Arabella said was true, that Beatrice threatened her, so she accidentally hurt Beatrice in her panic, he could understand.

Yet Arabella wrote "Vivienne" at the crime scene with Beatrice's finger and blood. It was clear what she intended.

His daughter could be incompetent and foolish, but she couldn't be malicious and full of tricks and schemes. That was too much for him to bear.

"Arabella, you told the police that you didn't know how the name 'Vivienne' came up at the crime scene." Scott said coldly, "The police didn't believe it, and I don't either. If it was someone else's prank, why would they write your adopted sister's name?"

He remembered the call he received from Vivienne earlier. She said she was looking forward to his performance.

For some reason, he didn't want to leave a bad impression on Vivienne.

So, even if he found out that the three paternity tests were correct, he wouldn't interfere in Arabella's case, other than following the normal procedure for bail and paying for Beatrice's medical expenses. He didn't want to disappoint that cold-eyed girl.

Arabella felt the oppressive gaze from Scott and Judith and bit her lip. She didn't know how to defend herself.

In the end, Judith looked away and stopped looking at Arabella. She stood up, feeling exhausted, and went upstairs. "That's it. Take care of yourself; I'm done."

Scott rose to his feet, ready to accompany Judith upstairs, but Arabella hastily called out to him. "Dad, what about my marriage to Paul?!"

Her reputation was already in ruins. If she missed out on Paul, even with the support of the Brooks family, her only future was to marry down. She was determined to marry into the Ellington family. Scott halted in his tracks, turning back to look at Arabella with the same disappointed gaze Ronald had given earlier. He saw clearly that there was not a hint of remorse in Arabella's eyes, only selfish concern for her own future.

Since she came back, Arabella didn't even bother to ask once about the impact of her actions on the Brooks family.

After the news broke today, the stock price of the Brooks Group kept falling, evaporating a third of its market value in just a few hours.

But Arabella only cared about herself from start to finish.

"Richard visited your grandfather's nursing home and brought up the subject of breaking off the engagement." Scott said coldly while looking at Arabella. "Given the mess you've made, if the Ellington family wants to break off the engagement, we have no grounds to stop them."

Needless to say, after Richard made a scene at the nursing home, Baron was furious and, of course, called Scott to give him a piece of his mind.

Truth be told, acknowledging a daughter like her had brought his father nothing but constant anger-induced hypertension. Scott was filled with guilt.

With that, he didn't want to look at Arabella's unwilling face anymore. He simply helped Judith upstairs to rest.

A hint of resentment appeared in Arabella's eyes. No wonder they conducted two additional paternity tests behind her back. They claimed they would make up for her past suffering, but in reality, they didn't consider her part of the family at all.

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