The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 26

At Tranquil Estates.

When Vivienne got back, Dorian and Cordelia were just stepping through the door. Vivienne gave a shout, then asked, “Mr. Hawthorn, how’s the enrollment coming along?”

Earlier that day, Dorian and Cordelia had taken Thaddeus to sign up at the Imperial Blossom Nursery.

Dorian nodded in response. “It’s going well. Thaddeus really likes the school.” There was a hint of tiredness on his face as he sank onto the couch, looking worn out.

Vivienne sat down next to him, gave him a once–over, then asked, “What’s up?”

“Ah!” Dorian sighed, “It’s nothing, I’m used to it.”

Seeing his reluctance to spill the beans, Vivienne turned to Cordelia. “What’s going on?”

She wasn’t one to stick her nose into other people’s business, but she was quite comfortable with Dorian and his family. If she could help, she would naturally offer a hand.

But Dorian seemed to always shy away from troubling her, keeping things to himself.

“Forget him.” Cordelia rolled her eyes at Dorian, then gave him a pat. “It’s no big deal. Even if you can’t find work, I’ve got some savings. You can look for work in other cities. Beatrice might have her claws in Havenwood, but can she reach everywhere else?”

Cordelia added, “Besides, Thaddeus‘ tuition has been completely waived. What are you worried about? Don’t bring your work troubles home and ruin Vivienne’s mood.”

They had just found out that day, when they went to sign up, that Imperial Blossom Nursery had waived Thaddeus‘ tuition. To them, this was like manna

from heaven.

tuition. So they decided to send Thaddeus to a regular kindergarten. They went to Imperial Blossom Nursery to

all the way home about how he wouldn’t be able to support his family. It was driving her up

She gave a small smile, she didn’t care if Dorian had a job

in his forties and was looking quite down

out her phone, opened her social media, and found 99 new messages on Facebook. She was stunned, then remembered her post asking for job

How about joining our company? You can

to Alliance Enterprises. I’ll give you the chairman position, cause I want

address, I’ll

last one. The principal from Cloudcrest High School in

where Arabella went to school. Having read the comments, she left the app and opened a chat

replied almost instantly, “Oh no! Mystic Mistress, you don’t even know where my branches are? I’m

resume over. “Find a spot for

make sure your dad is well taken care of…”

message then came from

shut off

it away, Dorian’s phone rang. Not sure what the person on the other end was saying,

Dorian looked at Cordelia and Vivienne, “Joseph invited us to his wife’s birthday party tonight, and he made a point to say

want Vivienne there? They don’t like her, why the sudden change of

gave a small smile, “Let’s go! Let’s see what they’re up

at Hawthorn Mansion wouldn’t invite them for no reason. Perfect! She was curious to see what they were planning.

Elsewhere.

accepted the invitation.

In the car.

face was stone–cold