The Million-Dollar Heart novel Chapter 84

The next day, Dorian took another sick day from work, knowing full well Beatrice's character and anticipating that things wouldn't go smoothly. So, he planned to spend the entire day dealing with this issue.

Vivienne didn't have classes that day, so she came along.

As Dorian's wife, Cordelia naturally tagged along as well.

After dropping Thaddeus off at school, they headed straight to Hawthorn Mansion.

Just as Michael was about to ring Dorian, they showed up.

He took a glance at Dorian, asking, "Got the stuff?"

"Yeah." Dorian responded calmly, "When's the lawyer coming?"

"He's on his way, about fifteen minutes," Michael said.

Dorian nodded without further comment.

The Hawthorn family kept quiet, the mansion was eerily silent.

Beatrice sat at the head of the table, shooting a murky glance at Dorian before closing her eyes. Nobody offered to pour water for Dorian's family.

Dorian didn't mind, the three of them sat quietly.

The lawyer arrived earlier than expected, taking only ten minutes.

When the lawyer arrived, Dorian stood up first, "Let's get started."

Beatrice opened her eyes and calmly said, "First, show me the goods!"

Without hesitation, Dorian presented the newly rewritten formula to Beatrice.

She skimmed through the formula, frowning, "Just one formula? Are you so stingy?"

Dorian's expression didn't change, "Evelyn only left me this one formula."

"That won't do!" Beatrice barked, "You think one formula can settle the score for birthing and raising you? You must be daydreaming!"

Dorian looked up into Beatrice's eyes, speaking sternly, "Mom, this formula is worth at least ten million. You're my mother, but you haven't raised me properly. To you, I'm just a tool. You favored my two brothers, I have nothing to say about that. I didn't come here today to discuss this. But Evelyn's formulas, there's only this one left. If you don't want it, I'll sell it to someone else. I'm not afraid of you bothering us anymore. If worst comes to worst, we'll move somewhere else after selling the formula."

"You bastard!" Beatrice cursed, "You're a Hawthorn and you want to sell the formula to outsiders? Don't you have any regard for the Hawthorn family, for me as your mother?"

Dorian sneered, "I came here today to sever ties with you all. I'm not associated with the Hawthorn family anymore."

Beatrice, clutching her chest, was left gasping for air.

Michael rushed to support Beatrice and asked Dorian coldly, "Dorian, are you sure about this? Leaving the Hawthorn family for good, no regrets?"

"The best decision I ever made was leaving the Hawthorn family," Dorian said seriously.

"Good for you!" Michael was equally pissed off.

Truth be told, they didn't want Dorian to completely sever ties with the Hawthorn family.

Not because they had any affection for Dorian, but because they knew he had more perfume formulas up his sleeve.

Also, Beatrice had told them she'd convinced Arabella to win over Percival's heart. However, this would inevitably involve Vivienne, since she was Percival's fiancée.

With Vivienne around, Arabella's chances of success were higher.