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

Isolde wanted burgers.

to reach a consensus, they decided to head downtown and make a random

to the city center, found a

was bustling with life.

all the

pushing Percival.

like today, so when she saw the hustle and bustle, she could no longer contain her excitement, dragging Vivienne into a children’s clothing

small shops, not big brands, shopping for clothes is in a woman’s nature,

chance to pick out her own pretty clothes. Now that she saw there

a place to eat, she had already

she saw a bustling cake shop. So, she immediately dragged Vivienne excitedly, “Vivienne, there are cakes, let’s go buy some to eat! I haven’t had any in a long

for too long,

been walking with her head down, not

the deliciousness of cakes for a long time!

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

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

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

picked up Isolde and dashed towards the cake

so fast that Percival, Leopold, and

out what had just happened.

of wind that had just blown by?

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

were incredibly

a strawberry cake was

cakes with spoons, Percival and the others

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

though the cake was small, it

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

new style, Matthew would buy

least a hundred different styles of strawberry cakes, but none of them were as good as that special taste in her memory.

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

her memory

hardly remember that