The Million-Dollar Heart

Vivienne's phone buzzed with an incoming message from Draven.

"Hunter belongs to an ancient line of warriors!"

Raising an eyebrow, Vivienne typed back, "Keep digging. Miss nothing."

"Ding!"

The alert for a new message went off, and as Vivienne marveled at Draven's efficiency, her screen was flooded with nearly a hundred messages.

WhatsApp was a sea of red notifications.

Texts were popping up one after another.

Logan Wood, Oberon Harper, Faye Churchill...

Just seeing those names gave Vivienne a throwback to her days as a homeroom teacher at Cloudcrest High School.

She rubbed her forehead in exasperation. Those kids were relentless.

The digits on the blackboard from back then, memorized to this day.

Thinking about it, time really did fly; they must be sophomores in college by now.

Setting aside what she was doing, Vivienne began replying to each message.

She let the WhatsApp notifications bounce as she prioritized responding to the heartfelt wishes sent to her and Mr. Wolf by her students.

After addressing her students' messages, Vivienne finally opened WhatsApp.

At the top was Griffin, with a long string of congratulatory emojis, ending with a somewhat sarcastic wish.

"This invitation is making me green with envy," Griffin's message read. "When will my goofball catch on? Will I ever get to wear a wedding dress, sob?!"

"But you bet, I'll be giving you the biggest red envelope. Not just for Leopold, but for our bond forged in fire."

Something came to Vivienne's mind, and she fished out a recorded video from the top of her WhatsApp, forwarding it to Griffin as a generous return gesture. Griffin instantly replied with a "?"

Vivienne left it at that, letting her discover the joy on her own.

Then came the laments from various juniors about preparing wedding gifts only now receiving the invitation.

help but smirk, skipping over those

sent a message too, "Congrats! Don't worry, even if I'm shooting abroad, I'll make it to the

back, "Just make sure the

it's your big day! Of course, I wouldn't miss it for the world. Expect

message Vivienne saw was from Aaron, quite explosive

just asking... can I crash

she understood why his name

with Mr. Wolf sounded like a mission

was sent in reply, and Vivienne moved on

to call at

Charlotte: "??"

Griffin: "What the heck?"

game. Answering one would rob her of peace for an hour,

signaled Charlotte she was busy

brief moment

was a simple wedding, not a celebrity spectacle. Did everyone forget she was just a bride-to-be

flooding in, Vivienne was tempted to just turn off her

it,

This time from Draven.

"Young master, Winston's awake."

In the hospital room.

up upon seeing Vivienne, yet couldn't help but sneak

only Vivienne, he quietly said, "Sis, you came to see

felt the need to explain, "I rushed here, didn't tell

"It hurts everywhere... but I can't tell

checking his pulse, Vivienne handed him a life-saving pill,

He obediently swallowed.

brave, aren't you?

shook his head, his voice full of conviction, "You

affinity

then asked in a hopeful tone, "Sis, can you tell me about

sure she heard

But then, after Alyssa did something bad to her,

Winston spoke, his lips pursed, and

want to see a wedding, come to

brightened, "Really? You're

Vivienne paused.

did he mean by