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

started its slow ascent as the door

cabin was not small, but it still felt a

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

he pointed out the

see Thomas with Isolde in the

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spotted Vivienne and began waving

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

at Vivienne, indicating that

from Percival with a smirk on her face.

today because she had questions for Iris

followed,

for her. Most girls would have fallen madly in love with him by now. They would have even been ready

But she was Vivienne.

for ten years, since she

nature was hard to gauge, which was a fact she was

she didn’t fully trust him, especially when she found out that he had been to her and her mother’s

she would scrutinize his every move to

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

used to hiding herself.

wheel slowly turned as

night sky seemed close

looked down upon the amusement park lights and the

were in line with Thomas and

fireworks lit up the entire sky. It

fireworks, and

didn’t know that her profile, in the changing light of the

found that his throat was now a

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

Chapter 100

so intense that even he was

gave him a slight smile. “You want to

like it here.” Percival was

how about we make

“Bet on what?”