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 polite nods and continued on

couldn’t help but look back at the duo, sensing that something was off with

Vivienne felt

Lark…

was her

was Percival investigating her

it seemed like they were both looking

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

rechecking the information and even observing

of her mother’s team who disappeared after their last mission was very

his skills to his daughter, which was why

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few bags of nuts, Recalling the way Percival had playfully fed her in the morning, she felt a strange pain

had started to feel differently about

she never investigated

want to uncover something she didn’t

kindness had indeed

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

almost gotten lost in Percival’s affection and forgotten

to be resolved sooner

needed to settle things as

at the stern man beside her, her lips parting

hope you’re a friend,

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

messed up last time,

than once, yet she wanted to

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

to unlock the box, she found the anklet she had

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

she finally

key into the lock and quietly opened the

deep sleep. However, she used a mild sedative, not noticing that when she sprayed it, Percival

from the bedside table. She had already checked his computer during

the phone

phone, and when she saw the numbers displayed,

It was her birthday.

sleeping peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way that

phone through the network, and copied all the content within.