The Million-Dollar Heart (Percival and Vivienne) novel Chapter 36

"Ha ha!" At that, Leopold burst out laughing.

Vivienne was straight to the point with her comeback.

Percival and Thomas didn't show much emotion, but Isolde looked confused. She tilted her head to look at Vivienne and asked in a childlike tone, "Vivienne, isn't she a human?"

"Nope." Vivienne answered frankly.

"Ha ha!" Leopold couldn't hold it in anymore and laughed out loud.

Vivienne, you're a riot!

Isolde thought for a while, then asked, "Is she a ghost then? Why did she disappear when she went into the room with you? Did she use magic to disappear?"

After she said this, she felt something was off and corrected herself, "No, ghosts can't use magic. They can only scare people."

She then hid in Vivienne's arms and pretended to be scared, "I'm scared! There's a ghost!"

Although Isolde's words were amusing, everyone in the room was smart. They all started thinking seriously about this.

Arabella had come to the room with Vivienne, but then she brought people to catch them in the act.

But what they caught was Joseph, so Arabella claimed that Vivienne had drugged him.

Thinking carefully, there were many questions in this situation.

As for what the Hawthorn family was up to, they had no idea, and since it didn't concern them, no one said anything. They just treated it as a joke.

Arabella's face was extremely darkened, she suppressed her rage and demanded, "What do you mean by that, sis?"

Vivienne gave her a casual glance, "Don't you understand?"

"I don’t understand!" For some reason, whenever Arabella talked to Vivienne, she couldn't control herself, her voice unconsciously rising a few pitches, "I came to the room with you, but after I got you your clothes, I left because you told me to go and get Mr. Ellington for you. I don't know anything about what happened after."

Arabella saw everyone looking at her strangely and quickly shifted the blame to Vivienne, "The maid heard strange noises from the room, so we came to check. Who knew it would be Joseph here? Only you guys were here during that time, are you saying this has nothing to do with you?"

Vivienne chuckled, her smile mocking, "The maid heard strange noises and came to check?"

"Yes." Arabella answered confidently.

She looked around at everyone and said leisurely, "What did you want to see? If Mr. Ellington and I were doing something in there? If we were, wouldn't you usually handle such scandals internally? You guys came in with a group of people, as if you couldn’t wait for people to find out. Why were you so certain that Mr. Ellington and I were having an affair?"

Vivienne’s gaze turned cold, "Or was it because when you came in and saw that the person inside wasn't me, you were mortified?"

Everyone thought she had a point.

Even if Vivienne and Percival were having an affair, Beatrice should have immediately had the news suppressed and not let it spread.

No family would want their private matters to be publicized, especially in high society where a scandal could be greatly exaggerated by the media.

Yet, Arabella deliberately told Beatrice in front of everyone that Vivienne and Mr. Ellington were alone in the room, as if they were doing something unmentionable.

This was obviously done on purpose.

Everyone understood then, Ms. Vivienne might have been framed, and the person behind it was the talented woman well-known in Havenwood, Arabella.

Everyone looked at Arabella, their eyes filled with various emotions.

Arabella felt everyone's gaze on her, her face burned. She hadn't expected Vivienne, this country girl, to be so logical. With just a few words, she drew everyone's attention to her.