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.

frowned. “Mr. Ellington, don’t you have

wheel started its slow ascent

not small, but it still felt a bit cramped

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

pointed

Thomas with Isolde in the queue. The little girl had

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Vivienne and

took Isolde back. Percival’s mom, Cecilia, didn’t like Vivienne, so she kept Isolde

indicating that he

on her face. As if to say, “Yeah, like I’m

Percival’s company today because she had

followed, which irked

always behaved appropriately and did a lot for her. Most girls would have fallen madly in love with him by

But she was Vivienne.

been walking on eggshells for ten years, since she

which

that he had

his every move

not because she was moved by him, but to see his

was used to hiding herself. She

Ferris wheel slowly turned as their cabin stopped at the

looked out the window. The night sky seemed close but

looked down upon the amusement park lights and

Thaddeus returned with ice cream. They were in line with Thomas and Isolde, both

up the entire sky. It was

watching the fireworks, and Percival was watching

her profile, in the

Percival found that his throat was now

the cabin’s glass reflected the amazement in

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intense that even he was

was oblivious, and she gave him a slight smile.

seem to really like it

how about we make a

“Bet on what?”