The Million-Dollar Heart novel Chapter 72

The weekend rolled around, and school was out.

Although the students from Class Eighteen weren't supposed to have any days off, Vivienne decided to let them enjoy the weekend like normal students because they had progressed much faster than she had anticipated.

On this day off, Dorian and Cordelia were heading back to the Wilson family’s home.

Some kind of trouble had come up in Cordelia's household, but she didn't go into specifics. She only mentioned that it was inconvenient to take Thaddeus with them and asked Vivienne to look after him for the day.

Cordelia had prepped both breakfast and lunch. All Vivienne had to do was warm them up.

Vivienne didn't have any experience with kids. She only hung out with Thaddeus occasionally. They played with toys together.

After playing with Thaddeus for half an hour, he got bored. "Sis, I don't want to play with toys anymore."

"What do you want to play then?" Vivienne asked. She didn't have a happy childhood and wasn't sure what kids his age generally liked to play.

Thaddeus hesitated. He looked down, not daring to speak up.

Despite his sister being quite gentle, he was always scared of her for reasons he couldn't pinpoint.

He was afraid that if he made an excessive request, his sister would get angry.

His mom had told him to always listen to his sister and never make her angry.

"Are you scared of me?" Vivienne sat next to him, reaching out to gently pat his head, trying to make her voice sound as soft as possible.

"I'm not scared!" Thaddeus muttered hesitantly.

He didn't want to lie, but he also didn't want to make his sister feel sad by telling the truth.

Vivienne could read his thoughts clearly. She sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. Did she really look that intimidating?

She was always careful when speaking softly to Thaddeus, and she didn't think she had done anything to scare him.

Vivienne sighed and then patiently said to Thaddeus, "I'm actually quite easy-going, and I won't get mad at you. You don't have to be scared of me. Just tell me what you want to do, and as long as it's not too much, I'll agree."

Thaddeus looked up into Vivienne's eyes and blinked, considering her proposal for a long time before cautiously asking, "Can we go to the amusement park then? Mom and Dad promised to take me a long time ago, but we never went."

"Sure." Vivienne agreed.

"Really? You're really going to take me to the amusement park?" Thaddeus had assumed Vivienne would refuse, but when she agreed without any hesitation, his eyes lit up with excitement.

Vivienne chuckled and ruffled his hair. "Yes, really. Now go get dressed."

"Thank you, Vivienne." Because he was short, Thaddeus stood on the couch to give Vivienne a peck on the cheek before rushing off to change.

Vivienne was stunned by his sudden affection, and it took her a while to snap out of it.

He was the first boy to ever kiss her.

Thaddeus quickly got dressed, and Vivienne hailed a taxi to take them to the amusement park.

Halfway there, Vivienne's phone rang. It was Isolde.

"Vivienne, why is nobody home? I came to hang out with you."

Vivienne was surprised. "You're at my place?"

"Yes. My brother, Leopold, Thomas, and I have been knocking for a while. Vivienne, where did you go?" Isolde asked.

Vivienne was speechless. Isolde was always around.

She rubbed her temples and said, "I'm taking Thaddeus to the amusement park. Nobody's home today, so maybe you guys can come another day."