The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 280

The room was buzzing with excitement. All the quests were completely captivated by Vivienne’s piano

performance

Mila was left speechless. She initially wanted to dominate the room with her status and show that she

was destined to become the Brooks family’s matriarch, but Vivienne stole the show.

Debra, who had performed with her, stood up as a rare smile crossed his lips I never thought I’d have

the chance to perform with you”

He reached out to shake Vivienne’s hand, but before he could even touch her, Percival, standing next

to her with a cold face, blocked him

Percival raised his eyebrows slightly and exuded a menacing aura This alone was enough for Debra to

get the message, but he added, “Watch your tone. Don’t touch my fiancée.”

The word ‘fiancee was stressed heavily

Even if one lacked perception, they could hear his strong possessiveness toward Vivienne from his

unfriendly tone.

Leopold clicked his tongue twice

Percival was jealous

But Vivienne was the one who was impressive

Vivienne glanced at Percival and calmly explained, “He’s my friend”

Percival kept his brows furrowed and remained silent

However he felt like their relationship wasn’t as simple as that.

This was the Brooks family’s territory and Debra didn’t want to overstay his welcome

After taking notice of Percival’s strong stance, he nodded at Vivienne We’ll catch up when we have

time.”

He left for backstage after saying this, leaving Percival pondering the meaning of ‘catch up

Vivienne’s impromptu piano performance on stage had captured everyone’s attention, successfully

diverting attention from the previous drama

The banquet continued, with people constantly coming over to engage her in conversation.

“Vivienne, I never thought I’d have the privilege to hear a performance from the master Moonlight. Your

performance was truly mesmerizing.”

“Here’s my card Could I invite you for a drink sometime?”

Vivienne declined all of these invitations

She just wanted to show Mila that she wasn’t fit to be her stepmother

She didn’t care for their flattery.

“Vivienne” While she was busy handling the crowd, Fiona approached her with a glass of champagne

“Hi, I’m Percival’s cousin, Fiona.”

Vivienne looked up at her as her cold eyes suddenly filled with a strange curiosity.

Was it her imagination?

She felt a sense of familianty with this person, as if she had seen her somewhere before

“Cousin“” Vivienne retracted her gaze and politely greeted her

Fiona nodded. ‘I’m glad that you weren’t affected by the previous incident. Otherwise, I would feel

guilty”

Vivienne’s eyes lowered, and her face remained expressionless

She could have handled the previous drama herself

Fiona had provided a recording as evidence, which only added fuel to the fire, leaving Paula with no

room to argue

However, how genuine was Fiona’s recording? That was hard to say

If Fiona really wanted to help her, she wouldn’t have waited until Paula had caused such a commotion

before revealing the recording.

Vivienne didn’t show any doubt on her face she simply said. “Thank you for your help just now

“It was a small matter just happened to overhear their conversation and recorded it in case it would be

harmful to you. I didn’t expect it to come in hands. Fiona i act was flawless

Vivienne’s deep eye slightly narrowed and the comers of her lips slowly lifted, but still her expression

remained unreadable.

She just happened to overhear and record it for her benefit?

Ha! What a joke!

Suddenly!

She remembered why Fiona felt familiar

It was her voice

Fiona’s voice was similar to that of the woman who had asked for the boar poison that day

Back then, Isolde had been poisoned in Percival’s place, but who had intended to poison him in the first

place was never mentioned. She didn’t know if it was because he couldn’t find out or if he had

intentionally let it go

She suddenly remembered that Percival had announced at the engagement party that he had

recovered from his disability

At that time, many people from the Ellington family had come so almost all the members of the four

branches of the Ellington famdy

Thus, the person who poisoned Percival was from the Ellington family

motion began to well up in her gut as Vivienne’s gazed at Fiona

her exchanging a few more pleasantries, Percival came over

Upon seeing Fiona chatting with Vivienne, a dark light flashed in his ink–colored pupils, and his lips

slightly curled into a subtle smirk. He nodded towards her, “Sis.” Fiona was the eldest girl of the

Ellington family’s grandchildren. Other than Paul, everyone else called her ‘sis.”

Fiona smiled “Percival, you’re here? Vivienne just came to Rivenwood, so there might be a lot of things

she’s not used to. You should accompany her more. After finish handling my studio work in the next

couple of days. I’ll invite you two over for dinner”

Percival nodded. “Alright”

After that, Fiona excused herself to meet a friend and left.

After she left, Vivienne looked up at Percival and suddenly said, “Cunning fox”

Percival lightly pinched her nose. “If I’m a cunning fox, you’re a little vixen. We make a perfect pair”

Vivienne smiled and didn’t say anything else

Some things didn’t need to be said. They understood each other.

“Vivienne!‘

At this moment, a handsome young man in casual attire came running over excitedly and began

sticking close to Vivienne. It was Aaron

The reason he came here with Mark was all because of Vivienne. Otherwise, even if Mark begged, he

wouldn’t have agreed

Now that he finally saw Vivienne he naturally stuck to her like glue, just like he used to before.

Vivienne recognized the person and raised her eyebrows slightly. “When did you get here?”

She was so busy dealing with Eddy that she didn’t notice Aaron’s arrival.

It had been a while since she last saw Aaron, but she remembered him well. After all, he had once

participated in tournaments under her guidance. He was a promising player in her eyes

I’ve been here for a bit. I saw you were busy, so I didn’t want to disturb you” Aaron replied

Eddy and Paula were ganging up on Vivienne. He wanted to intervene, but when he saw that Vivienne

had everything under control, he decided to stay back

“Mmm” Vivienne nodded in understanding.

“Vivienne Aaron, deviating from his usual calm demeanor, called out to her sweetly. “You have to come

back to our team this time and lead us in the tournaments

again”

He couldn’t forget the times when he and Vivienne had fought side by side, guiding their team to a

seven–championship winning streak.

Unfortunately, Vivienne left early. Since then, their team had aged Their reaction times had slowed, and

their performance had declined

If it weren’t for the new ruling that E–sports players had to be at least eighteen to participate in

tournaments, they would have been clobbered by the younger generation

“We’ll talk about it later Vivienne said as her eyebrows furrowed slightly.

Aaron was a promising player, but a good player needed a good team for guidance. The current

members of his team were no longer suitable partners for him. They served only as a hindrance to him.

However, it wasn’t surprising that Aaron, out of loyalty, chose to stay with his team.

But she didn’t want to lead a team again.

After seeing Aaron’s eager face, she knew that if she refused him directly, he would likely keep

pestering her