The Million-Dollar Heart novel Chapter 269

Calista watched Tristan's expression with a slight frown on her face. She had a rare softness in her voice as she comforted him. "You shouldn't linger on past events. None of it was your fault. It's Arabella who should be blamed for deceiving and using you, right?

"Besides, you've already paid the price for your poor judgement. It wasn't your fault. Vivienne should forgive you if she's reasonable enough."

"Really?" Tristan gazed blankly at Calista, finding his heart fluttering no matter how he looked at her.

"Absolutely." Calista replied with a faint smile, her voice laced with charm. "I believe Vivienne will forgive you. After all, she is your savior's daughter, and your savior was such a good person, wasn't she?"

With that, she left Tristan's hospital room with her iPad, leaving him alone to contemplate.

Calista had seen Vivienne's temper and knew she wouldn't easily forgive Tristan. So, she planted a seed in Tristan's mind early on, aiming to create a larger rift between the two of them in the future.

Although Tristan was now practically disabled, he still had some worth. If he treated Vivienne like he did Arabella, allowing Vivienne to manipulate him, Calista wouldn't be happy.

After leaving Tristan's room, Calista didn't return to her office. Instead, she went to Paula's room.

Inside, Mila was peeling an apple while trying to reason with Paula. "I think you should stop being stubborn. Your husband, Mark Miller, has taken his illegitimate son, Aaron Miller, back home. How can you still stay in the hospital?"

"That bastard! I can't believe he actually did it!" Paula gritted her teeth in anger.

Aaron was the child of Mark and his ex-fiancée, Jasmine, whose relationship Paula had forcibly ended.

The story of Aaron's birth was a bit complicated.

After Jasmine left Mark in anger and moved abroad, she discovered she was pregnant. She couldn't bear to abort the child and gave birth to a daughter, Fleur Miller.

But fate was never kind to her. When Fleur was seven years old, she was diagnosed with leukemia and needed a bone marrow transplant. Jasmine had no choice but to ask Mark for help.

Mark did more than just get tested himself. He also had Eddy and other members of the Miller family tested, but none matched Fleur's marrow type.

Despite knowing her actions were unethical, Jasmine begged Mark to give her another child. If the child's blood matched, she could save Fleur. Thus, Aaron was born.

Unfortunately, although Aaron's blood matched Fleur's, she passed away due to a severe rejection reaction after the operation.

In the following years, Jasmine developed severe depression due to the death of her daughter and committed suicide when Aaron was ten years old.

Mark brought Aaron back from abroad. Due to Paula's strong objections, he was raised outside the family and was not recognized as a Miller.

But this time, due to the embarrassment caused by Eddy's live stream, Mark took the opportunity to bring Aaron back to the Miller family and announce him as a potential successor.