The Million-Dollar Heart

Percival stepped out of the office, the tension in his eyes replaced with an unmistakable gleam of joy.

Seeing Mr. Wolf in high spirits, Vivienne couldn't help but smile too.

Finally, no more dreadful doctor's visits.

Arriving home, Percival noticed an elegantly wrapped box outside. He first thought it was a delivery from Cecilia, but on closer inspection, it didn't seem like her style. Vivienne remembered what Leopold had mentioned on the phone right before Mr. Wolf opened it, "It's from Leopold."

Without giving it much thought, Percival brought the box inside, and neither of them dwelled on it much further.

The next morning, as Vivienne remembered they were to attend an engagement party, she opened Leopold's box and grimaced sharply.

Classic Leopold.

Expecting her to wear this dress in public was practically an invitation for everyone to burst into laughter.

By then, Percival was already dressed to the nines in a sleek black suit, looking exceptionally dashing. Noticing Vivienne frozen in place, he followed her gaze.

To his surprise, it was a bright red dress with a distinctively vintage Western flair!

It wasn't that it was ugly, but rather spectacularly so.

He glanced at Vivienne, his brows knitting together, "Leopold's doing?"

Vivienne just nodded, at a loss for words.

Who else but Leopold could have such an enigmatic taste in fashion?

Percival pulled out his phone, "I'll have Thomas bring over a different one."

"No need."

Vivienne grabbed a pair of scissors and took the dress to the bedroom.

She emerged a short while later, having transformed the dress. She had removed its excessive decorations, shortened its length to just above the knees, and altered it to sleeveless. The only traditional element she kept was its high neckline, but even that she had simplified.

With Vivienne's model-like figure, the red dress now looked absolutely stunning on her.

Percival was momentarily speechless.

visibly pregnant, seemed to radiate an indescribable allure that was

him, her hand trailing from his suit jacket down to his tie, pulling him close.

as he wrapped his arms around her lower back to steady her, "Vivienne,

a chance to react, Percival leaned in for a kiss, to which Vivienne responded with

intensity of their connection made it difficult to

trying to catch his breath, while Vivienne looked back

Wolf who

condition, the doctor had

had been entirely

and the Sterling families were uniting in marriage, drawing the elite of Rivenwood to

hour, Leopold, greeted them at the door in a pristine

approach, he hurried over to

it weren't for Leopold's

of the car, chuckling, "Congratulations on your catch,

hopped around a

"Vivienne, I told you my taste was impeccable. Griffin doubted me, but I'll have to show her later." Vivienne just

she would let it go

hall,

immediately surrounded by several

they had missed the couple's wedding. Percival deftly

wasn't hard

the stars of the show, her mentor was

red suit that contrasted with

but blink in

the

she overheard Old-FDawson teasing, "No

mix of choked laughter and coughing, everyone carefully avoiding Finnian's gaze

self-conscious about the outfit's loudness,

gift that came with the suit, he wouldn't have been caught dead in it.

looking for a

where exactly do you see the resemblance?" Finnian retorted, barely holding back

to agree with the master,