The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

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Chapter 316

Percival was driving Vivienne towards the city center

Noticing Viviennes low spirits, he gently asked, “Feeling down? Is it because of that person from earlier?”

What was her name? Miss Penny?

He had forgotten already

“No”

Vivienne stared out the window with a somber expression on her face

Indeed she was upset, but not because of Calista

Calista couldn’t stir am emotional response from her

Her frustration was due to the fact that despite the long duration of her research and having found the necessary cobra grass, the sturdy was still at a standınal

The CTO organization had begun to infiltrate her surroundings. If her pace in developing an antidote didn’t surpass GTO’s development of their poison, she feared that the organization would resort to more drastic meatums

She wasnt worried about herself but she had people she wanted to protect now

“You mentioned you had something to show me† Vivienne, not wanting to talk about it, changed the subject

On the way to the research facility. Percival sent her a message, hinting at some mysterious secret.

Relax. It’s something you’ll love once you see it

With a smile on his face. Percival looked at her affectionately and said, “Leave your worries behind for now”

Vivienne hummed in response. She somehow felt like a weight was lifted off her shoulders

She didn’t know why but Percival always somehow seemed to soothe her

“Sleep for a bit I’ll wake you when we arrive Upon seeing the fatigue etched on Vivienne’s face, Percival felt his heart ache

She was such a strong–willed giri, so she always kept her problems to herself

“Okay” Only when she was with Percival did Vivienne let down her guard. She closed her eyes and fell into a light sleep

an hour in the car. When she woke, they

you wake

that they had been parked for a while, Vivienne stretched and straightened her

She didn’t

peaceful Percival replied with a smile. “Come

door for Vivienne and led her

“What is it?”

loud noise echoed

light shot into the air and a spectacular display of fireworks lit up the night

before but she had never seen fireworks as

a full twenty minutes lighting up

look at Percival, who was only showing his profie, yet he still

eyes traced down his face to his delicate lips and

a second before wrapping his arms around

of fireworks, the atmosphere

away from Percival and softly said. “Thank you,

heart had been hardened

the left the Emerald Monastery,

Dorian and Cordelia the affection

out that even the deepest part of

her age. She wanted to have simple likes and

head as a faint smile spread on his lips. “Vivienne. I can be your neck You can truai be

dated anyone before He

Vinente a truly

make his girlfriend

an idea he got from a picture

and smiled

her close and placed uss on

sake of protecting his giri,

Percival drove Vienne

was inside.

his drive. Percival nanowed his eyes.

and it

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moved slowly down the road, filling with swirling

down the window stubbed out his cigarette, pulled over, and

in the

and spoke in a calm tone. “You’ve been following me the entire tima. funt it time to make a

than a dozen men

leading them eyed Percival wanly. “How did