The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 39

When Vivienne and Dorian left the Hawthorn family, it was already 10 o’clock at night.

They were about to head back to Tranquil Estates when Isolde came running over..

“Vivienne, we’re going to grab a bite, wanna join us?” Isolde asked, holding Vivienne’s hand, her voice incredibly soft.

After the drama that went down at the Hawthorn family, the guests barely got a bite to eat.

Just as Vivienne was about to decline, Thomas wheeled Percival over to her.

Percival spoke up. “Come on, join us. Isolde really likes you. If you don’t come, she’ll have trouble sleeping tonight.”

Then he turned to Dorian and Cordelia, “Mr. Dorian and Miss Cordelia, you guys should join us too, might as well take this chance to formally meet!”

“Nah, Dorian declined, “You young folks go ahead and have fun. We’re gonna call it a night, Thaddeus has school tomorrow and he needs to rest early.

Dorian then turned to Vivienne and said, “Vivienne, get home early after you eat, a young lady shouldn’t be out all night. If it gets too late, give your old man a call, I’ll come pick you up!”

He then shot Percival a warning look, as if to say: You better not dare mess with my daughter, or I’ll give you hell!

Percival’s mouth twitched. He hadn’t messed with her when she was at her most vulnerable, let alone now when she was fully sober!

Vivienne, who had initially planned to decline, said, “…Don’t worry!”

They’ve made the decision for her, what room was there for her to refuse?

Once they got in the car, they started deciding where to eat.

Four adults, one kid, five different tastes.

Percival wanted French cuisine.

Leopold wanted Italian.

Thomas craved barbecue.

Brazilian food.

Isolde wanted burgers.

they decided to head downtown

found a parking lot, and got out of the car.

10 PM was bustling with

night market stalls in the city center, and all the major stores were open,

was pushing

leisurely strolled around the streets like today, so when she saw the hustle and bustle, she could no longer contain her excitement, dragging Vivienne into a

clothes is in a woman’s nature,

never had the chance to pick out her own pretty clothes. Now that she saw there were clothing stores, she even forgot about eating

a place to eat,

newly bought clothes to Leopold when she saw a bustling cake shop. So, she immediately dragged Vivienne excitedly, “Vivienne, there are cakes, let’s go buy some to eat! I

bit bored from shopping for too long, also became excited when she heard about the cakes,

with her head down, not noticing what stores

of cakes

some for her, but after coming down from the mountain, she became busy and

seemed she was busy every day, and whenever she wanted to eat cakes, it was often late at night, and

“Vivienne, let’s hurry, I saw that there are only

she picked up

that Percival, Leopold, and Thomas

what had

gust of wind that had just blown

with Isolde, grabbed the two cakes on display in the glass cabinet like a

were incredibly

strawberry cake was left with their hand

and Isolde were enjoying their cakes with spoons, Percival and the others had

when I came with my brother. It’s a pity there were only two

was small,

gotten to eat cake, was in a good mood and had a charming smile on her face, “I like

strawberry cakes, almost every new style, Matthew

styles of strawberry cakes, but none of them were as good as that special

cake made by someone,

figure in her memory was becoming very blurry.

could hardly remember that person’s