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.

into Felix, who was descending with

had walked away, he couldn’t help but look back at the duo, sensing that something was off with their atmosphere, almost as if they had

felt

Lark…

was her

Percival

seemed like they were both looking for

girl she was looking for was indeed

after checking and rechecking the information and even observing all

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

passed on his skills to his daughter, which was why the girl was able to hide

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nuts, Recalling the way Percival had playfully fed her

to feel differently about

him for so long, she never investigated the origin of the pendant he

didn’t want to uncover something she didn’t

indeed swayed

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

almost gotten lost in

be resolved sooner

to settle things as

at the stern man beside her, her lips

a friend, not a

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

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

this study more than once, yet

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

box, she found

long while in silence, then

searching the entire house, she

the lock

on the bed, his eyes closed in deep sleep. However, she used a

in and picked up Percival’s phone from the bedside table.

the phone

phone, and when she saw the

It was her birthday.

Percival, who was still sleeping peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way that only

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