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.

see who it was and frowned. “Mr. Ellington,

wheel started its slow

cabin was not small, but it still felt a bit cramped to

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

he pointed

see Thomas with Isolde in the queue. The little girl had

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Vivienne and began waving

Cecilia, didn’t like Vivienne,

his hands at Vivienne, indicating that he wasn’t pulling her

with a smirk on her face.

today because she

followed, which irked

girls would have fallen madly in love with him by

But she was Vivienne.

been walking on eggshells for ten years, since

gauge, which was a

when she found out that he had been

scrutinize his every move to see if he

tolerated him always being around her, not because she was moved by him, but

was used to hiding herself. She had the

slowly turned as their cabin stopped at

The night sky seemed close

the amusement

returned with ice cream. They were in line with Thomas and Isolde, both kids were hand in hand, laughing and

the entire sky. It was a riot of dazzling

watching the fireworks, and

in the changing light of

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

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

Chapter 100

was so intense that even he

slight smile.

really like

Ellington, how about we make

“Bet on what?”