The Million-Dollar Heart novel Chapter 106

Maybe out of fear of jail, Arabella suddenly summoned up unusual strength. Despite three or four cops trying to pry her off, she clung to Beatrice even tighter while wailing non-stop.

"Granny, help me! I can't go to jail. I don't want to!"

Just when Beatrice was about to be choked to death, Joseph, who was standing by, suddenly slapped Arabella. "Your granny is already sick as a dog. Do you want to kill her?"

Beatrice had always spoiled Arabella, but Joseph was not so gentle. Pretending to be angry, he began to accuse her. "You fooled us! You made us believe Vivienne took your glory, and that's why the Hawthorn family is in such a mess. And now you want your granny to save you?"

The slap left Arabella stunned. No one had ever hit her like this during her time with the Hawthorn family.

While she was still dazed, the cops quickly twisted her arms behind her back, cuffed her, and pulled her away from Beatrice.

Vivienne, noticing Beatrice's obvious relief and heavy breathing, smirked.

Her smirk immediately caught Arabella's venomous gaze.

"You guys say I'm guilty, right? Then what about Percival breaking Michael's hand? Isn't that intentional assault? You must arrest him too!" Arabella screamed this at the cops before they took her away, pointing to a dumbstruck Michael on the floor.

The cops were taken aback and glanced at Michael's obviously broken hand and then at Percival with furrowed brows.

If Michael had the injury assessed, it would indeed be a Class II minor injury, which is considered intentional assault.

"Right!" Michael gathered his wits and pointed at Percival with his intact hand. “He’s the one who did this to my hand!”

He thought that if Percival wanted to be the future head of the Ellington family, he couldn’t have a criminal record or have done any jail time.

Perhaps the Hawthorn family could use this to threaten Percival to back down.

Too bad for him, Vivienne simply laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Can't you take responsibility for your actions?!" Michael roared angrily.

Vivienne replied calmly, "You detained Thaddeus and prevented us from saving him. Breaking your hand was self-defense."

As she spoke, she leisurely took out her phone and played a recording of their previous conversation in the hospital room.

Upon hearing that Beatrice and Michael had abused Thaddeus and kept him locked in the bathroom, the reporters and cops looked at Michael with scorn. And he had the nerve to report this?

Michael was taken aback. He hadn't expected Vivienne to have recorded everything.

What he didn't know was that Vivienne didn't just record it; she also had a mini camera in her brooch. She never did anything without certainty.

After listening to the recording, one of the cops informed Michael coldly. "This is indeed self-defense. And you attacked Vivienne first; Percival just stepped in. No matter how you plead, the result will be the same."

After that, the cops ignored him and prepared to take Arabella away.

However, Arabella seized a moment of distraction, grabbed the knife she had used to slit her wrists, and lunged at Vivienne.

Her face was twisted in hatred, and her eyes showed her great madness. She was clearly out of her mind.

The reporters screamed, and the cops rushed forward to protect Vivienne.

But before Arabella could even raise the knife, Vivienne kicked her away.

Arabella flew back, hitting the hospital room wall hard before falling heavily to the ground, unable to move.

Except for Percival, everyone was dumbfounded. Who would have thought that the petite Vivienne could kick with such force?