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 teaching Tristan a

But no matter.

would do it the

and easily dribbled past his opponents. He scored layups,

was the center of

scored, Class Eighteen cheered. Even the Class

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

cloud nine, looking at Class

the Class One complained to Tristan. “Coach, if you didn’t want

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it necessary to target Vivienne and throw the ball

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

ourselves in

a single point.

can you blame Tristan?” Arabella came to Tristan’s defense. “Targeting Vivienne, a girl, was a smart strategy.

but her point was clear. The blame lay with the four

our fault that Coach Tristan deliberately threw the ball at Ms. Vivienne instead of his

four boys

glared at them, and they fell silent. They were intimidated

who were cheering happily. Vivienne and Percival were the center of attention. He had

had thought they would be the weak links, but

in the second half. We

their eyes but didn’t say anything

They finally had some scoring opportunities, but Percival and Vivienne’s skills were too formidable, and the score gap remained

second half, the score gap had

malice. He deliberately fouled and injured Oberon while fighting for a rebound. Oberon

“My foot!”

a panic. Vivienne hurried over

It was a serious

so angry that she

Tristan replied

Oberon’s ankle. After she adjusted his sprained bone into place, the pain seemed to lessen, but