The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 149

Chapter 149

Percival was stirred awake as the morning light brightly illuminated the room.

The first sight that greeted him was Vivienne. Her eyes were closed, and her lashes were fluttering slightly as she stirred in her sleep. Her eyes were shadowed with fatigue.

It was the first time he had seen Vivienne so up close while she slept. There was a tranquility to her, one that he had never seen before. It was a rare glimpse of the innocence of a 19-year-old girl.

She had always struck him as a wildflower who was resilient and untamed. She never seemed to tire or falter.

She seemed invincible.

Yet here she was, exhausted from her endeavors for him, asleep by his side with her defenses down.

He was touched beyond words.

“Vivienne.” He whispered, gently rousing her.

Her lashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes at Percival’s soft call.

The first thing she did after waking was to reach out and feel his forehead. Only after confirming that his fever had subsided did she let out a small sigh of relief.

“You’re no longer poisoned.”

Percival wasn’t completely unconscious while he was out, especially with Leopold by his side.

That chatterbox was as loud as a flock of ducks, constantly babbling about how Vivienne was out there somewhere, looking for the rare and elusive antidote ingredients.

Even though Percival was no medic, he knew how rare those ingredients were and felt a surge of anxiety while she was away. But he was helpless, trapped in his unconsciousness.

This was why he had spiked a fever.

you want to eat something?” Vivienne asked as she got up. “You’ve slept for a day and a night. I’ll

got up but

Vivienne steadied him while

didn’t want to admit he was scared of eating her cooking, fearing it might make him ill again.

move around.”

his insistence, Vivienne gave in, and

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managed to cook some

eat, Leopold showed up with two takeaway breakfast meals. He was surprised to see them. “Wow, I thought no one here could cook. I brought you guys breakfast so

takeaway ourselves.” Percival looked at the takeaway boxes in Leopold’s hands

to help.” Leopold’s eyes were flicking between the two bowls of porridge and

You?”

a problem?” Vivienne raised

this?” Leopold looked skeptical and disgusted. “Can this

love your fiancée to the moon and back, and you’d eat poison if she gave it

away

meal.

tightly and tapped

spoon.

Vivienne narrowed her eyes. Her cooking skills,

what I said, I won’t say

was clear.

delicious?” Vivienne

eat a pound of

her untouched bowl of

porridge as if it were poison. His eyes lit up in surprise, he hadn’t expected

his earlier

forget” Vivienne said while looking

in high spirits, heading to the kitchen to get

“Percival

with a pained

one pound isrit enough, we can add another.” Percival wasn’t

in his chair, glaring at the bowl of

eating, thinking to himself that

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