The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 26

At Tranquil Estates.

When Vivienne got back, Dorian and Cordelia were just stepping through the door. Vivienne gave a shout, then asked, “Mr. Hawthorn, how’s the enrollment coming along?”

Earlier that day, Dorian and Cordelia had taken Thaddeus to sign up at the Imperial Blossom Nursery.

Dorian nodded in response. “It’s going well. Thaddeus really likes the school.” There was a hint of tiredness on his face as he sank onto the couch, looking worn out.

Vivienne sat down next to him, gave him a once–over, then asked, “What’s up?”

“Ah!” Dorian sighed, “It’s nothing, I’m used to it.”

Seeing his reluctance to spill the beans, Vivienne turned to Cordelia. “What’s going on?”

She wasn’t one to stick her nose into other people’s business, but she was quite comfortable with Dorian and his family. If she could help, she would naturally offer a hand.

But Dorian seemed to always shy away from troubling her, keeping things to himself.

“Forget him.” Cordelia rolled her eyes at Dorian, then gave him a pat. “It’s no big deal. Even if you can’t find work, I’ve got some savings. You can look for work in other cities. Beatrice might have her claws in Havenwood, but can she reach everywhere else?”

Cordelia added, “Besides, Thaddeus‘ tuition has been completely waived. What are you worried about? Don’t bring your work troubles home and ruin Vivienne’s mood.”

day, when they went to sign up, that Imperial Blossom Nursery had waived Thaddeus‘ tuition. To them, this was like

from heaven.

accepted into Imperial Blossom Nursery, she was thrilled. But after discussing with Dorian, they realized they couldn’t afford the high tuition. So they decided to send Thaddeus to a regular

Dorian was still stressing over finding work, complaining all the way home about how he wouldn’t be able to support his family. It was driving

hard time finding work because of Beatrice’s meddling. She gave a small smile, she didn’t care if Dorian had a job or not, she was fully capable

and was looking quite down in the dumps lately

her phone, opened her social media, and found 99 new messages on Facebook. She was stunned, then remembered her post asking for job leads, which she hadn’t checked since posting. She started

I seeing this right? You’re really looking for work? How about joining our company? You can be the

Enterprises. I’ll give you the chairman position, cause I want to

I’ll send you a cool 10

looking helplessly at the comments, finally resting her eyes on the last one. The principal from Cloudcrest High School in Havenwood

School was where Arabella went to school. Having read the comments, she left the app and opened a chat with

Mystic Mistress, you don’t

over. “Find a spot for him.” After

Mistress, don’t worry. I’ll make sure your dad

then came

just shut off

put it away, Dorian’s phone rang. Not sure what the

invited us to his wife’s birthday party tonight, and he made a point to say Vivienne should come too.”

there? They don’t like

a small smile, “Let’s go! Let’s

folks at Hawthorn Mansion wouldn’t invite them for no reason. Perfect! She was

Elsewhere.

accepted

In the car.