The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 164

Percival scored a basket, and a cheer erupted from the seniors on the sidelines.

Tristan gritted his teeth in frustration. He glanced at Vivienne and Anna as a cold glint appeared in his eyes before whispering something to the other four players on his team.

The four boys hesitated, but under Tristan’s pressure, they had no choice but to agree.

From then on, Tristan and his crew started to single out Vivienne and Anna, taking advantage of their petite frames and deliberately body–checking them.

Tristan, in particular, seemed to enjoy humiliating Vivienne. Instead of passing to his teammates, he made a point of aiming the ball at her face.

“That’s low!” Faye, who was cheering from the sidelines, was livid. Her scar had long since healed, thanks to Vivienne.

And ever since, she had been much happier. This was the first time she had been angry since her recovery.

“Have you no shame?” Charlotte shouted at Class One team. “Picking on girls! What a display of ‘strength“!”

Class One looked embarrassed. They, too, thought Tristan’s actions were distasteful.

Arabella, however, scoffed and said, “The court is a battlefield. You aim for your opponent’s weakness. As long as it’s within the rules, it’s fair game. It’s just a strategy.”

She did have a point, and Class Eighteen was left speechless.

“Look at Ms. Vivienne!” Faye suddenly shouted excitedly.

On the court, Vivienne easily dodged her opponents, no matter how hard they targeted her.

She cast a glance at Tristan, effortlessly caught the ball, and passed it to Percival.

She raised an eyebrow and spoke softly, “Percival, they are bullying me. Will you teach them a lesson?”

Ah, the perks of having a fiancé. She had someone to fight her battles.

Percival’s face darkened the moment Tristan began targeting Vivienne.

“Sure, I’ll teach them some manners!”

they weren’t in school, he wouldn’t mind

But no matter.

would do it the

ball and easily dribbled past his opponents. He scored layups, dunked, and

no time, he was the center of attention, scoring

Class One

the court, filled with greed and resentment. He was supposed to be

Eighteen was on cloud nine, looking at

from the Class One complained to Tristan.

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so. Was it necessary to target

unscathed, she even passed all the balls to Mr. Ellington, and we didn’t

ourselves in the

scored a single point. On the other hand, Class Eighteen, with two girls on the team, were leading

to Tristan’s defense. “Targeting Vivienne, a girl, was a smart strategy. Who knew that you four

clear. The blame lay with the four boys, who couldn’t

at Ms. Vivienne instead of his teammates,

four boys

up!” Tristan glared at them, and they fell silent. They

looked at the members of Class Eighteen, who were cheering happily. Vivienne and Percival were the center of attention. He had

they would be the weak links, but Vivienne’s

normally in the second half. We

their eyes but didn’t say anything

targeting Vivienne and Anna. They finally had some scoring opportunities, but Percival and Vivienne’s skills were too formidable, and the

the score gap had widened to sixty

eyes flashed with malice. He deliberately fouled and injured Oberon while fighting for a rebound. Oberon fell to the ground, clutching his ankle and crying

“My foot!”

a panic.

ankle was swollen. It was a

no shame!” Charlotte was so angry that she

accident.” Tristan replied

in a stern mask as she pressed gently against Oberon’s ankle. After she adjusted his sprained bone into place,