The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 100

After school, Percival wanted to walk home together, but Vivienne shut him down hard.

She always had a lot of stuff on her mind about her mom that she wanted to talk about with Iris, and having Percival there would make it awkward.

Vivienne and Iris had already informed Dorian and Cordelia, so they picked up Thaddeus, grabbed a bite, and headed to the amusement park.

It’d been a long time, and Iris’s face seemed a lot older than Vivienne remembered, but she was still as gentle as ever.

Iris held Thaddeus and smiled at Vivienne. It reminded her of an old photo where Iris was holding her with the same gentleness.

That was her only time at an amusement park.

Vivienne was prepared for Iris to plead for the Hawthorn family.

But Iris dragged Thaddeus straight to the merry-go-round as soon as they got there and waved at Vivienne. “Come on, Vivienne, join us.”

Vivienne cracked a smile. Her beauty was like a breath of springtime sunshine.

Aside from a few rides with height restrictions, the three of them did the whole park.

In the end, Iris and Thaddeus came out of the haunted house and got all excited after seeing the Ferris wheel.

While queuing, Thaddeus wanted some ice cream. Iris turned to Vivienne. “Hold the line, Vivienne. I’ll take him to get some. We’ll be right back.”

“Sure,” Vivienne nodded.

However, they were taking forever. It was almost their turn, and there was still no sign of them.

Just as Vivienne was hesitating at the ticket gate, someone grabbed her hand from the side and dragged her onto the Ferris wheel.

it was and frowned. “Mr. Ellington, don’t you have anything better

Ferris wheel started its slow ascent as

cabin was not small, but it still

“Isolde wanted to come to the park. What are the odds that you guys

pointed out

Thomas with Isolde in the

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and began

Cecilia, didn’t like Vivienne, so she kept Isolde away from the Hawthorn

his hands at Vivienne, indicating that he wasn’t

sat across from Percival with a smirk on her face. As if to say, “Yeah, like I’m

declined Percival’s company today because she had questions for Iris about her mother,

followed, which

always behaved appropriately and did a lot for her. Most girls would have fallen madly in love with him by now. They would have even been ready to give

But she was Vivienne.

been walking on eggshells for ten years, since

nature was hard to gauge, which

that he had been to her and

would scrutinize his every move to see if

around her, not because she was

to hiding herself. She

silence, the Ferris wheel slowly turned as their

out the window. The night sky

the amusement park lights and

were in line with Thomas and Isolde, both kids were

the entire sky. It was

fireworks,

know that her profile, in the

you.” After saying this, Percival found that his throat was now a bit dry. He had to fake a cough

he turned his head, the cabin’s glass reflected the amazement

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that even he was

oblivious, and she gave him a slight smile. “You want to buy this amusement park

really like

about we make a bet?”

“Bet on what?”