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.”

that Imperial Blossom Nursery had waived Thaddeus‘

from heaven.

But after discussing with Dorian, they realized they couldn’t afford the high tuition. So they decided to send Thaddeus to a regular kindergarten. They went to Imperial Blossom Nursery to explain, only to be told that Thaddeus‘ tuition was

tuition problem solved, 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

small smile, she didn’t care if

his forties and was looking quite down in the dumps

on Facebook. She was stunned, then remembered her post asking for job leads, which she hadn’t checked since

work? How about joining our company? You can

Do you need a job? Come to Alliance Enterprises. I’ll give you the chairman position, cause I want to travel the world.”

I’ll send you a cool 10 million to

looking helplessly at the comments, finally resting her eyes on the last one. The principal from

opened a chat with

Mistress, you don’t

“Find a spot for him.” After a pause, she added, “He’s my

I’ll make sure your dad

message then came from

shut off her

it away, Dorian’s phone rang. Not sure what the person on the other end was saying, but

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

“Why do they want Vivienne there? They don’t like

smile, “Let’s go! Let’s

at Hawthorn Mansion wouldn’t invite them for no reason.

Elsewhere.

also accepted the invitation.

In the car.