The Million-Dollar Heart (Percival and Vivienne) novel Chapter 67

While Percival and Vivienne were testing each other, the car pulled into Tranquil Estates.

When Vivienne got them home, Richard and Isolde Ellington had already arrived, along with Leopold Sterling.

Vivienne leered at Leopold, then turned to Percival, "You only gave living expenses for four. Why there are five people now?"

Before Percival could answer, Leopold chuckled and said, "Hey, don't be so stingy with me, I'm just here for dinner. Plus I brought a gift. The money I spent on it should cover your family's meal."

"Feels like you're about to get some bad luck unless you eat some garlic." Vivienne said.

"You also know how to tell one’s fortune?" Leopold asked.

Vivienne nodded seriously, "I might not have mastered everything my teacher taught me, but yes."

"Haha!" Leopold took a sip from his glass and laughed, "You're hilarious. I never knew you were such a joker...”

“Bam!”

His glass shattered in his hand before he could finish his sentence.

Leopold's eyes widened, "Wow, it was completely out of the blue."

Everyone else in the room was also taken aback and stared at Leopold.

"Oh my, Vivienne, you're amazing. You knew one’s luck just from someone's face!" Richard stood up in excitement, looking at the broken glass on the floor, "Leopold, you'd better do as Ms. Hawthorn says!"

The elder man Richard was the only one in the room who believed in fortune-telling.

Their generation believed there were unseen forces in the world.

Even though they hadn't seen them, they'd rather believe they existed than doubt their existence.

Now, having seen Leopold's glass shatter out of nowhere, Richard was even more convinced of the existence of magical fortune telling.

"Richard, it's just a glass. Maybe the water was too hot and cracked it. When I picked it up, it shattered. You do believe what she said?" Said Leopard.

"Humph!" Richard denied, "That's not the way to put it. We need to show some respect to the unknown. You'd better do as Vivienne says."

Leopold felt that Vivienne was a prankster. He was here only to mooch a meal and why she’d mess with him like that?

Now he was forced to eat garlic by Richard!

He was lost for words.

"Why are you still standing here?" Richard said earnestly.

Leopold was helpless. He picked up another glass, "Look, nothing happens when I hold this glass. We should believe in science, not superstitions...”

“Bam!”

The glass shattered again!

Leopold's hand stiffened in mid-air, mouth agape, and he was at a loss for words.

Suddenly, he jumped up; his face filled with terror, "This, this is real?"

"Oh my, I told you so but you didn't listen. Go eat some garlic." Richard was really getting worried.

He had watched Leopold grow up and loved him like a grandson. He didn't want any bad things to happen to him.

Dorian and Cordelia also advised, "Mr. Sterling, even though we believe in science, there are some things that you just have to believe. You should listen to Vivienne. She's been dealing with fortune-telling for ten years and knows some things."

Even though they didn't fully believe it, who could say for sure?