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

from heaven.

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 kindergarten.

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

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

was in his forties and was looking quite

Dorian, Vivienne pulled out her phone, opened her social media, and found 99 new messages on Facebook. She was stunned, then

looking for work? How about joining our company? You can

Do you need a job? Come to Alliance Enterprises.

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

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

left the app and opened a chat with a user named ‘Dawson‘ whose profile picture was black, “Does Alliance Enterprises have

“Oh no! Mystic Mistress, you don’t even know where my branches

like chatting, so she sent Dorian’s resume over. “Find a spot for him.” After a pause, she added, “He’s my dad!

don’t worry. I’ll make sure your dad is

came from

shut off her phone.

what the person on the other end was saying,

hanging up Dorian looked at Cordelia and Vivienne, “Joseph invited us to his wife’s birthday party tonight, and he made a point to say Vivienne should

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

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

no reason. Perfect!

Elsewhere.

also accepted the

In the car.