The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 160

Thomas shook his head.

“No, I’ve covertly checked out every student. So far, I haven’t found anything unusual.”

“We must continue searching.” Percival’s voice was gravelly. “That girl is the key to investigating what went wrong with Lark’s last mission. We have to find her.”

“Understood,” replied Thomas. “But, during our investigation, we found out that, besides us, two other groups are also on the lookout for this girl, one being the GTO, and the other seems to be the Nine Mystics Society.”

“Why on earth would the Nine Mystics Society get involved?”

The Nine Mystics Society was an incredibly ancient organization. They were shrouded in mystery and wielded enormous power; they were even more elusive than the GTO.

The people of the Nine Mystics Society seldom made their moves.

Yet this time, they were mobilizing for this girl.

“We haven’t figured that out yet.” Thomas shook his head. “All we know is that Lark is tangled in too many secrets.”

Just then, Vivienne, who had finished setting the revision schedule for the remaining half–month and managed to settle the transfer student, Coral, heard the name “Lark” coming from Thomas.

Her eyes narrowed subtly as her gaze rested on Percival’s back for a moment with a barely detectable glint in her eyes.

A moment later, she walked over. “What about Lark?”

Percival gave Thomas a look.

Thomas immediately responded. “A friend of mine has recently taken to bird–keeping and ended up with a lark, which is a protected species, and got fined.”

Vivienne didn’t press further. Her eyes were fleetingly scrutinizing the faces of Percival and Thomas.

“Everything arranged?” Percival asked Vivienne.

“Yes.” Vivienne nodded. “We’re down to the last physical education class for the seniors. When do you plan to schedule it?”

“The day after tomorrow afternoon.”

With the college entrance exams just half a month away, the physical education class couldn’t possibly be scheduled in the last week before the exams.

“Alright.” Vivienne nodded and headed towards the staff office.

Percival followed her after a glance at Thomas, who left on his own.

together, bumping into Felix, who was descending with a stack of papers. They exchanged

back at the duo, sensing that something was off with their atmosphere, almost as if they

Vivienne felt a bit

Lark…

her mother’s

was Percival

were both looking for the

the information Matthew had found and her own investigations, the girl she was looking for was indeed among the

information and even observing all the senior students, she still couldn’t

team who disappeared after their last mission was very good at hiding and impersonation, often playing the role of a

his skills to his daughter,

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on a few bags of nuts, Recalling the way Percival had playfully fed her in the morning,

to

so long, she never investigated the origin of

something

had indeed swayed

hearing the code–name “Lark” today, she felt like a bucket of cold water had been dumped on

gotten lost in Percival’s affection and forgotten

be resolved sooner

and Percival needed to settle things as

at the stern

you’re a

3 a.m., a figure emerged from Vivienne’s room in Bay Estates and silently made

and Percival had messed up last time, had been tidied up and

than once, yet she wanted

the room, finally stopping at the bookshelf where she had found the box with the

her birth date to unlock the box, she found the anklet

stared at the anklet for a long while in silence, then locked the box and

entire house, she

key into the

bed, his eyes closed in deep sleep. However, she used a mild sedative, not noticing that when she sprayed it,

Percival’s phone from the bedside table. She had already

only the

the phone, and when she saw

It was her birthday.

peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way that only happened when he was

out a minicomputer, connected it to Percival’s phone through the network, and copied all the content