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.

desired Brazilian food.

Isolde wanted burgers.

reach a consensus, they decided to

they drove to the city center, found a parking lot,

10 PM was bustling with life.

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

pushing

hadn’t leisurely strolled around the streets like today, so when she saw the hustle and bustle, she could

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

saw there were clothing stores, she even forgot about eating

time they found a place to eat, she had already bought dozens of outfits.

bought clothes to Leopold when she saw a bustling cake shop. So, she immediately dragged Vivienne excitedly, “Vivienne,

bit bored from shopping for too long, also became excited when she

been walking with her head down, not noticing

hadn’t enjoyed the deliciousness of cakes for a long time!

from the mountain, she became busy and could buy them anytime she wanted, so Matthew stopped

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

to a cake shop not far away, “Vivienne, let’s hurry, I saw that there are only two strawberry cakes left, they’ll be gone if

she picked up Isolde and dashed towards

speed was so fast that Percival, Leopold, and Thomas

couldn’t figure out what

a gust of wind that had just blown by? But there

grabbed the two cakes on display in the glass cabinet like a bandit, pay,

actions were

cake was

with spoons, Percival and

cakes, too. I should’ve bought more when I came with my brother. It’s a pity there were

cake was small, it tasted really

a good mood and had a charming smile

every new style, Matthew would buy for

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

someone, that taste was something she would never

her memory

she could hardly remember