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.

decided to head downtown and make a random

center, found a parking lot, and got out of

at 10 PM was bustling

city center, and all the major stores were open, with

pushing

saw the hustle and bustle, she could

shops, not big brands, shopping for clothes is in

clothes. Now that she saw there were clothing stores, she even forgot about eating and just kept shopping for clothes.

a place to eat, she had already bought dozens of

when she saw a bustling cake shop. So, she immediately dragged Vivienne excitedly,

from shopping for too long, also became excited when she heard

had been walking with her head down, not noticing what stores were on

of

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

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

saw that there are only two strawberry cakes left, they’ll be gone if we’re

picked up Isolde and dashed towards

fast that Percival,

out what had

had just blown by? But there

they saw Vivienne, with Isolde, grabbed the two cakes on display in the glass cabinet like a bandit,

were

customer who was about to pick up a strawberry cake was

and Isolde were enjoying their cakes with spoons, Percival and the others had just reacted to what happened.

a bite of the cake, her face full of joy, “Vivienne, you like strawberry cakes, too. I should’ve bought more when I came with my brother. It’s a pity there were only two strawberry cakes, and they’re

the cake was small, it tasted really good.

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

cakes, almost every new style,

eaten at least a hundred different styles of strawberry cakes, but none of them

once had a strawberry cake made by someone, that taste was something she would never

her memory was becoming very blurry.

she could hardly