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

Was she also a Hawthorn?

him

Hawthorn Judith was also delighted to see Vivienne. She had tried to thank

refused

looked at Vivienne with a newfound affection.

with a cold

the conversation between the Brooks family and Vivienne. She went to Calista, but her gaze was fixed on

unsure of how to explain

Mila’s daughter Astrid, who had always admired Mila, would

recent rudeness towards Vivienne had made her

to sneak a knife

this man’s side of the story and humiliated my sister. And she refuses

turned her gaze to the middle–aged

to see you!” The man suddenly became ecstatic; even his words tumbled out of his mouth in a rush. If it weren’t for the security guard holding him back, he would have lunged

smile reassuringly at him before addressing Astrid. “He’s a fan of mine. Any extreme behavior is just because he likes me

twisted logic She was at a loss for

according to you‘ Vivienne smirked ‘Looks

down the theater steps, with Dorian

hearing that there might be extreme fans with weapons at the concert and seeing how Mila defended such behavior, started to reconsider attending the concert

refunds filled the air.

was a big name, and many of the attendees were influential figures in Havenwood. Upon hearing about the potential danger, even those who had already taken their seats started to leave, not caring about the

the concert hall was

the two–thirds who had left, these people seemed like extreme fans who were willing to risk their lives just to attend Mila’s concert