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!”

in school, he wouldn’t mind teaching

But no matter.

it

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

no time, he was the center of attention, scoring

Eighteen cheered. Even the Class One girls couldn’t help but scream

resentment. He was supposed to be hers; she was

was on cloud nine, looking at

boys from the Class One complained to Tristan. “Coach, if you

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it necessary to target

unscathed, she even passed all the balls to Mr. Ellington, and

We shot ourselves in the

single point. On the other hand, Class Eighteen, with

blame Tristan?” Arabella came to Tristan’s defense. “Targeting Vivienne, a girl, was a smart strategy. Who knew that you four couldn’t

blame lay

fault that Coach Tristan deliberately threw the ball at Ms. Vivienne instead of his teammates, allowing the other team to

four boys

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

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

but Vivienne’s ball control and

play normally in the second half. We can win.” Tristan

boys rolled their eyes but

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

through the second half, the score gap

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 out

“My foot!”

in a panic. Vivienne hurried over

It was a serious

you have no shame!” Charlotte was so angry that she addressed Tristan by

an accident.” Tristan replied nonchalantly,

After she adjusted his sprained bone into place, the pain seemed to lessen, but there was