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.

to reach a consensus, they decided to head downtown

they drove to the city center, found a parking

PM was bustling with life.

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

was pushing

did, she would quickly return home. She hadn’t leisurely strolled around the streets like today, so when she saw the hustle and bustle,

average small shops, not big brands, shopping for clothes is

Now that she saw there were clothing stores, she

to eat, she had

Isolde had just handed her newly bought clothes to Leopold when she saw a bustling cake shop. So, she immediately

bit bored from shopping for too long, also became

not noticing what

enjoyed the deliciousness of

but after coming down from the mountain, she became busy and could buy them anytime she wanted, so Matthew stopped buying them for

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

pointed to a cake shop not far away, “Vivienne, let’s hurry, I saw that there

instantly, she picked up Isolde and dashed towards the cake shop!

was so fast that Percival,

what had

had just blown by? But there was clearly no wind!

with Isolde, grabbed the two cakes on display in the glass

were incredibly

cake was left with their hand hanging in the

their cakes with spoons, Percival and the others had just

I came with my brother. It’s

cake was small, it tasted really

mood and had a charming smile on her face,

almost every new style, Matthew would buy for her.

of strawberry cakes, but none of

a strawberry cake made by someone, that

her memory was becoming very blurry.

that she could hardly remember