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.

with a stack

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 had

Vivienne felt

Lark…

her mother’s

Percival investigating

they were both

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

and rechecking the information and even observing

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

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

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Chapter 160

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 differently about

him for so long, she never investigated the

didn’t want to uncover something she

indeed

a bucket

almost gotten lost in Percival’s affection

to be resolved sooner rather

needed to settle things as

stern

you’re a

in Bay Estates and silently made their way to the study

she and Percival had messed up last time, had been tidied up and the broken bookshelves

had been to this study more than once, yet she wanted to search

at the bookshelf where she had found the box with the combination lock. The box was still

date to unlock the box, she found the anklet she had lost

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

the entire house, she

key into the

eyes closed in deep sleep. However, she used a mild sedative, not noticing

bedside table.

the

unlocked the phone, and when she saw the

It was her birthday.

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

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