The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 164

Percival scored a basket, and a cheer erupted from the seniors on the sidelines.

Tristan gritted his teeth in frustration. He glanced at Vivienne and Anna as a cold glint appeared in his eyes before whispering something to the other four players on his team.

The four boys hesitated, but under Tristan’s pressure, they had no choice but to agree.

From then on, Tristan and his crew started to single out Vivienne and Anna, taking advantage of their petite frames and deliberately body–checking them.

Tristan, in particular, seemed to enjoy humiliating Vivienne. Instead of passing to his teammates, he made a point of aiming the ball at her face.

“That’s low!” Faye, who was cheering from the sidelines, was livid. Her scar had long since healed, thanks to Vivienne.

And ever since, she had been much happier. This was the first time she had been angry since her recovery.

“Have you no shame?” Charlotte shouted at Class One team. “Picking on girls! What a display of ‘strength“!”

Class One looked embarrassed. They, too, thought Tristan’s actions were distasteful.

Arabella, however, scoffed and said, “The court is a battlefield. You aim for your opponent’s weakness. As long as it’s within the rules, it’s fair game. It’s just a strategy.”

She did have a point, and Class Eighteen was left speechless.

“Look at Ms. Vivienne!” Faye suddenly shouted excitedly.

On the court, Vivienne easily dodged her opponents, no matter how hard they targeted her.

She cast a glance at Tristan, effortlessly caught the ball, and passed it to Percival.

She raised an eyebrow and spoke softly, “Percival, they are bullying me. Will you teach them a lesson?”

perks of having a fiancé. She had

moment Tristan began

teach them some

school, he wouldn’t mind

But no matter.

it

took the ball and easily dribbled past his

he was the center of attention,

he scored, Class Eighteen cheered. Even the Class One girls couldn’t help but scream in excitement

the court, filled with greed and resentment. He was supposed to be hers; she was the one who gave

on cloud nine, looking at Class

the Class One complained to Tristan. “Coach, if you didn’t want to win, you

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it necessary to target Vivienne and throw the

unscathed, she even passed all the balls to Mr.

ourselves in

his team’s actions were disgraceful, and they hadn’t scored a single point. On the other hand, Class Eighteen, with two girls on the team, were leading

blame Tristan?” Arabella came to Tristan’s defense. “Targeting Vivienne, a

point was clear. The blame lay with the four boys,

the ball at Ms. Vivienne instead of his teammates, allowing

boys looked

glared at them, and they fell silent. They were intimidated by his

cheering happily. Vivienne and Percival were

but Vivienne’s ball control and

in the second half.

their eyes but didn’t

half, Tristan and his team stopped targeting Vivienne and Anna. They finally had some scoring opportunities, but Percival and Vivienne’s skills were too formidable, and the

the second half, the score gap had widened

deliberately fouled and injured Oberon while fighting for a rebound. Oberon fell to the ground, clutching his

“My foot!”

of Class Eighteen rushed over in a panic. Vivienne

It was a

shame!” Charlotte was so angry that she addressed Tristan by his first name, omitting the