The Million-Dollar Heart

Fitness Fun in the Park

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On the other side of town, Vivienne sat contentedly in the car, having just polished off a luscious strawberry cheesecake that Percival had brought her. With a full belly, she finally remembered the matter at hand.

"So, you mentioned you had a crucial video conference tonight. What's got you swinging by all of a sudden?" Vivienne leaned in, eyeing Percival curiously.

Percival, driving with his usual cool demeanor, cleared his throat. "That conference is nothing compared to you."

"I never told you where I was heading today," Vivienne said with a teasing smile, though Percival felt a chill run down his spine at her grin.

Exhaling softly, Percival eased the car to a stop in front of a bustling steakhouse, turned to Vivienne, and said, "I got a call from Kenneth about you being at Elite University, so I thought I'd check on you."

Vivienne rubbed her temples, somewhat exasperated. "Aaron's just a kid. Why are you always so concerned with him?"

Percival parked the car and looked at her, "I simply can't stand any man coveting you, even if that man is just a boy."

Vivienne gazed at Percival. She had always heard that a man in jealousy was at his most handsome, but she had not expected it to be this striking! Could it be that because the man was Percival, he appeared so irresistibly dashing?

He was so handsome, and she loved it!

Percival playfully tapped Vivienne's nose. "Let's go have your favorite beef stew."

Vivienne wrapped her arms around his neck and planted a firm kiss on his lips before cheerily hopping out of the car.

The kiss left Percival breathless, wishing for another.

Vivienne thought to herself, "Opportunities like this don't come often!"

As they sat down to the bubbling hot pot, Vivienne devoured the meal with gusto.

"Mr. Wolf, I'll be heading to Mara's place tomorrow to treat her injury. Wait for my signal," she said, gobbling down a piece of tripe.

composed, wiped a bit of sauce from the corner of

lips curled into a sly smile; she was eager to

next morning, Vivienne knocked on Mara's apartment

are you doing here?" She frowned in

I'm here to fix the computer

"Vivienne? Come

rose inquisitively. A

face turned scarlet. "Vivienne, it's not what you

towel. If not for

we spilled some soy milk during breakfast, so I went

and made her way straight to Mara. "Did you touch your scar

feeling validated in her suspicion that there was something between Vivienne and Aaron, and Vivienne was just playing hard to get. She winked at Aaron and then turned to Vivienne, "No,

or in

in temperature and grew uneasy. Every

here for me. Thanks for your

avoiding

familiarly sent a wave of frost

her medical kit and

desperate to explain, was stopped by Mara, "I'm about to change in the

turned red. "I...

laughed softly.

the bedroom, Mara changed and sat

looked away. "Why

Aaron were close. I didn't want

gaze, a faint smile playing on her lips. Mara was quite the

thought Mara was simply naive,

you drink a pot of green tea before

Mara blinked in confusion.

a microchip into Mara's scar. "Trying to light up the whole forest with your green

about? What