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.

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

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

Vivienne felt a bit

Lark…

was her

Percival

it seemed like they were both looking for the

and her own investigations, the girl she was looking for was indeed among the seniors at Cloudcrest High

even observing all the senior students,

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

skills to his daughter, which was why the girl was

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her desk as her gaze fell on a few bags of nuts, Recalling the way Percival had playfully fed her in the morning, she felt a

had started to feel

why, despite living with him for so long, she never investigated the origin of the pendant he had, as

to uncover something she didn’t want

had indeed swayed her

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

had almost gotten lost in Percival’s affection and forgotten

to be resolved

Percival needed to settle

looked at the stern man

you’re a friend,

from Vivienne’s room in Bay Estates and silently made

up last time, had been tidied up and

study more than once, yet she wanted

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

to unlock the box, she found the

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

house, she

into the lock and

deep sleep. However, she

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

only the phone remained

when she saw

It was her birthday.

still sleeping peacefully. His handsome face softened in a way that only

minicomputer, connected it to Percival’s phone through the network, and copied all the content within. Even the deleted content was recovered