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.

smirk, skipping

Don't worry, even if I'm shooting

"Just make sure the red envelope makes

the cash, huh? But it's your big day! Of course, I wouldn't miss it for the world. Expect the biggest red envelope from me!" Following Kala, Carl Brooks

message Vivienne saw was from

can I crash

his name was

sounded like a

reply, and Vivienne moved on from his

tried to call at the same time, resulting in

Charlotte: "??"

Griffin: "What the heck?"

would rob her of peace for an hour,

they could start, she signaled Charlotte she

brief moment

wedding, not a celebrity spectacle. Did everyone forget she was

messages kept flooding in, Vivienne was tempted to just

moment she considered it, another

This time from Draven.

"Young master, Winston's awake."

In the hospital room.

up upon seeing

only Vivienne, he quietly said,

explain, "I rushed here, didn't tell anyone. How are

face struggled for words, "It hurts everywhere... but

Vivienne handed him a life-saving pill, "Take

He obediently swallowed.

"Quite brave, aren't you? Not afraid

voice full

understood the natural affinity her own mother had for

hopeful tone, "Sis, can you tell me about

paused, making sure she heard right,

But then, after Alyssa did something bad to her, grandpa wouldn't

spoke, his lips pursed, and the

to see a wedding, come to mine in a few days. My mom

brightened, "Really? You're getting

Vivienne paused.

he mean by

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