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.

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

you.” Percival quickly got up but

Vivienne steadied

him ill again. So he made an excuse.

move around.”

insistence, Vivienne gave in, and they went to the kitchen together.

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she managed to cook

was surprised to see them. “Wow, I thought no one here could cook. I brought you

at the takeaway boxes in Leopold’s

eyes were flicking between the two bowls of porridge and

You?”

there a problem?” Vivienne raised

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

from eating it. “No, no, no, Percival, I know you love your fiancée to the moon and back, and you’d eat poison if she gave it to you. But you’ve just recovered; you shouldn’t

to take away

meal.

Percival held onto his bowl tightly and tapped Leopold’s

spoon.

Her cooking skills, under Percival’s guidance, had improved significantly. She didn’t

I said, I

was clear.

it’s delicious?”

it’s delicious, I’ll eat a pound of salt.” Leopold said

her

poison. His eyes lit up in surprise,

earlier statement, and his face

of salt. Don’t forget” Vivienne said while looking at Leopold’s expression. She already knew the

in high spirits, heading to the kitchen to get

“Percival

turned to Percival for help with a pained look on

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

chair, glaring at the bowl of

continue eating, thinking to himself that he wouldn’t

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