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.

Felix, who was descending with a stack of papers. They exchanged polite nods and

sensing that something was off with their atmosphere, almost as

Vivienne felt

Lark…

was her mother’s

Percival

it seemed like they were both looking for the

girl she was

observing all the senior students, she still couldn’t

the information she had, the member of her mother’s team who disappeared after their last mission was very good at hiding and impersonation, often

skills to his daughter,

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as her gaze fell on a few bags of nuts, Recalling the

started to

despite living with him for so long, she never investigated the origin of the

uncover something she didn’t want

indeed swayed

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

lost in

to be resolved

to settle things

the stern man beside

you’re a friend, not

Vivienne’s room in Bay Estates

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

to this study more than once,

way through the room, finally stopping at the bookshelf where she had found the box with the combination lock.

found the anklet she had lost as a child still

long while in silence, then locked the box and took it

the entire house, she

inserted the key into the

However, she used a mild sedative, not noticing that when she sprayed it,

up Percival’s phone from the bedside

the phone remained

when she saw

It was her birthday.

peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way that only

Percival’s phone through the network, and copied