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, don’t you

started its slow

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

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

that, he pointed out

with Isolde in the queue. The little girl had sharp

12.15

Vivienne and began

Vivienne, so she kept Isolde away from the Hawthorn family, which was

hands at Vivienne, indicating that he wasn’t

across from Percival with a smirk on her face. As if to

today because she had questions for Iris

Percival still followed, which

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

But she was Vivienne.

for ten years, since she

which was a fact she was

knew Percival, she didn’t fully trust him, especially when she found out that he had been to her

move to see if he

tolerated him always being around her, not because she was moved by him, but to see his true

used to hiding herself. She

Ferris wheel slowly turned as their cabin stopped at the highest

night

looked down upon the amusement

in line with Thomas and Isolde, both kids were hand

the entire sky. It was

was watching the fireworks, and Percival was watching

know that her profile, in the changing light of the fireworks, was

his throat was now a bit dry. He

his head, the

Chapter 100

so intense that even he was

smile. “You want

like it here.” Percival

we make a

“Bet on what?”