The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 224

Vivienne felt a warm surge of appreciation as she watched Astrid stand up for her.

Now that onlookers were pressing her to apologize, Calista’s face turned from red to white. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out. She knew her jealousy had gotten the better of her. She had eagerly seized an opportunity to belittle Vivienne, but now she was unwilling to apologize.

“Calista”

Just as Calista was glaring at Vivienne, refusing to back down, Mila, long noticing her absence, came looking for her, accompanied by the Brooks family.

The moment Mila made her entrance, the crowd at the venue gasped in surprise. “Oh my God, it’s Mila herself!”

“She looks so young! She’s almost fifty, but she looks like she’s in her thirties!”

“Shes so talented and beautiful its truly enviable”

Mila reveled in the compliments as she stole a glance at Scott

However, Scott, maintaining his distance, seemed indifferent to the praises. Instead, his eyes lit up when he saw Vivienne

Mila noticed Scott’s reaction and scrutinized Vivienne The young girl was beautiful and elegant.

A chill ran down Mila’s spine. She suddenly had a terrible thought

Surely. Scott wouldn’t be interested in this girl, would he?

“Ms Hawthorn Scott greeted Vivienne first

aback Was she also a

gave him a slight nod

Vivienne. She had tried to thank Vivienne several times for her past help

refused

remembering Scott’s suspicion, Judith looked at Vivienne with

responded with a cold

why is it taking so long?” Mila deliberately interrupted the conversation between the Brooks family and Vivienne. She went to Calista, but her

out, unsure of

Astrid, who had always admired Mila, would have been thrilled to meet her under different circumstances.

Vivienne had made her less

spoke politely. This man tried to sneak a knife into the

your daughter, without even understanding the situation, just listened to this man’s side of

and then turned her gaze to the

for the security guard holding him back, he would have lunged at Mila. T’m your biggest fan! I really love you! I only brought the knife because I was afraid

repulsed by the man’s sleazy demeanor, attempted to smile reassuringly at him before addressing Astrid. “He’s a fan of mine. Any extreme behavior is just because he likes me too much

Mila’s twisted logic

to you‘

down the theater steps, with Dorian and the others

fans with weapons at the concert and seeing how Mila defended such behavior, started to

ticket refunds filled

influential figures in Havenwood. Upon hearing about the potential danger,

two–thirds of the concert hall

the two–thirds who had left, these people seemed like extreme fans who were willing to risk their