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.

who it was and frowned. “Mr. Ellington, don’t

wheel started its slow ascent as the door

a big guy. The cabin was not small,

back in the seat. “Isolde wanted to come to the park. What are the

that, he pointed out the

in

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and

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

Vivienne, indicating that he

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

because she had

followed, which irked

fiancé. He 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 their hearts

But she was Vivienne.

had been walking on eggshells for ten years, since she lost her

gauge, which was a fact she was

she found out that he had been to her and her mother’s house after her mother’s death,

scrutinize his every move to see if he had

him always being around her, not because she was

used to hiding herself. She had the

as their cabin stopped at the

window. The night sky seemed close but

down upon the amusement park

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

up the entire sky. It was a riot of dazzling

fireworks, and

profile, in the

this amusement park for you.” After saying this, Percival found that his

head, the cabin’s glass reflected the amazement in

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so intense that even

she gave him a slight smile. “You want to buy this amusement park for

seem to really like

about we make

“Bet on what?”