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.”

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

from heaven.

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

even with the tuition problem solved, Dorian was still stressing over finding work, complaining all the way home about how he

She gave a small smile, she didn’t care if Dorian

quite down in the dumps lately

messages on Facebook. She was stunned, then remembered her post

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

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

address, I’ll send you a cool 10 million to spend!”

the comments, finally resting her eyes on the last one. The principal from Cloudcrest High School in Havenwood asked, “Would you like to come visit our

where Arabella went to school. Having read the comments, she left the app and opened a chat with a user named ‘Dawson‘ whose profile

Mistress, you don’t even know where my branches

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

make sure your

then came from his side.

just shut off

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

wife’s birthday party tonight,

want Vivienne there? They don’t like her, why the

a small smile, “Let’s go! Let’s see what

invite them for no reason. Perfect! She was

Elsewhere.

accepted the invitation.

In the car.