The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 162

Chapter 162

Karen.

Percival’s icy gaze tightened at the sound of the name, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

With a comforting look in his eyes, Percival gazed at Vivienne.

“Thank goodness.”

“Thank goodness.”

Vivienne mirrored his smile, grateful that they were allies instead of enemies.

The question that had been lingering in her mind was finally answered, and Vivienne felt relieved that she didn’t have to cross swords with Percival.

The summer morning sun was perfect; a few birds landed on the balcony and chirped merrily.

“Percival, we can call off our engagement now.” Vivienne looked at Percival, her face a picture of calm.

Percival’s gentle expression instantly froze. The joy he was just feeling was shattered. “Why?”

The question that had been lingering in her mind was finally answered, and Vivienne felt relieved that she didn’t have to cross swords with Percival.

The summer morning sun was perfect; a few birds landed on the balcony and chirped merrily.

“Percival, we can call off our engagement now.” Vivienne looked at Percival, her face a picture of calm.

Percival’s gentle expression instantly froze. The joy he was just feeling was shattered. “Why?”

Did she want to break off their engagement?

He wouldn’t allow it.

mother’s necklace.” Vivienne explained, her voice devoid of emotion. “I never intended to

her hand, a hint of anger in

frowned slightly, waiting

to me before she died?” Percival went on. “Because it’s a token of our engagement. It’s proof that your mother entrusted you to me, so I won’t agree to calling

refusing because of my mother’s

of my life.” Percival took out the necklace and wore it around his neck in front of Vivienne, gently

taken aback, and Percival’s face suddenly approached hers. He leaned down

The kiss had come

like she rather liked the feeling of

around Percival’s neck and kissed him

“Then… no takebacks.”

receiving her response, Percival deepened

shadows on the light gray tiles of the

at

for Class Eighteen was scheduled for that afternoon, Percival had accompanied

entrance test, the remaining study plans had been well arranged and wouldn’t change much. Apart from supervising studies,

street outside the school to buy a strawberry cake. However, as she

Coral’s voice, so she stopped and went to take a

her eyes. There was a basketball lying next to her; clearly, she had

were all around her. Faye was checking her

her head

relief, but after seeing the large bruise on Coral’s left eye, she

had already jumped up, pointing at Tristan, who was not

had already found out about Tristan’s sudden appointment by the board of directors as a substitute physical education teacher for Class One when she came to

affect students‘ studies much. But Tristan had openly hit Coral in school just two days ago; such a

Cloudcrest High School, all of them of high status. Tristan was the adopted son of the Brooks family, and although the Brooks family

want to

shamelessly. “When did you see me doing it on

hand and said,

two days ago, which led to Coral’s transfer to Class Eighteen, was so angry at Tristan’s blatant lie that she was

had the audacity to be a

get her family to

“Next time you see me, take a detour, so I don’t

his sentence, two basketballs suddenly flew at him from two directions, hitting him squarely in the face. The impact made him stumble back and see

“Sorry, slipped.”

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