The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 68

At a coffee shop.

Vivienne stood at the entrance of the coffee shop, scanning the room, the brim of her baseball cap pulled down low enough to cover her face, before striding in.

She reached the door of a booth, pushed it open, and stepped in.

The man inside immediately stood up at her entrance, “Boss!”

He, too, was dressed in all black with a baseball cap on. Unlike Vivienne, he was also wearing a mask. You couldn’t even see his eyes unless he looked up.

His name was Draven.

It wasn’t his real name. He had started using it when he began following Vivienne. As for his original name, he couldn’t remember anymore.

Vivienne closed the door, shot him a glance and said, “Don’t pick places like this next time.”

Draven replied, “Yes, boss.”

Vivienne sat down, poured herself a cup of coffee, and took a sip.

It was good coffee, but it couldn’t compare to the coffee at Cordelia’s place.

“Boss, I’ve turned the Hawthorn family’s old mansion upside down, but I couldn’t find the other bottle of potion,” Draven stood behind Vivienne, his tone serious.

Vivienne furrowed her brows, “Did you check everywhere?”

“I’ve checked everywhere. I even moved the tiles in the mansion’s bathroom, but I didn’t find anything,” Draven responded, “I’ve also planted a bug in Beatrice Hawthorn’s room. She’s never mentioned the potion to anyone. Is it possible that the information was wrong and the potion isn’t at the Hawthorn family’s?”

“There’s no way,” Vivienne said in a low voice, “My mother took two bottles of potion away. | have one, and the other was left at the Hawthorn family’s.”

This was what her mother had told her on her deathbed.

At the time, her mother was worried about getting her involved and hadn’t planned on telling her. But after receiving a phone call at the last moment, she changed her mind.

Her mother had given her a bottle of potion and told her to keep it safe, also told her that there was another one at the Hawthorn family’s…

And then, her mother passed away.

purpose for going to the Hawthorn family was to find

cranny of the Hawthorn family’s. If it’s not

12:05

shook her head, “It’s not with

already thoroughly searched that three-bedroom apartment when she’d first moved

Tranquil Estates, she’d searched

sent Draven to search the

wasn’t in the Hawthorn family’s either –

the potion and didn’t keep it

Could it really be like

aside from his home, where else could Dorian hide the

ask Dorian

lowered her

sure what kind of person Dorian

he was really as kind as he appeared to be, or if he was acting nice to her on purpose

asking him directly without knowing for sure if

make sure Dorian

plan now?” Draven paused for a moment before suddenly adding, “By the way, there are two other teams looking for the potion recently. One is GTO, and the other’s identity is unknown. I didn’t

found the Hawthorn family

boss. You’re in danger

laughed, “Shouldn’t they be the

was lost for words. He knew his boss would say

is always

sip of her coffee, stood up, and said, “Have your people pull out from the Hawthorn family. You don’t need to worry about

“But you..”

his shoulder a pat and flashed him a

won’t die.”

Draven was speechless.

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leaving the coffee shop, Vivienne returned to Tranquil

and the others

return, Cordelia immediately came to greet her, “Vivienne,

thinking about that

to you.” Cordelia knew Vivienne hadn’t eaten, so

Richard and Dorian were playing chess, and Isolde was playing with the

Thomas were each holding a phone, engrossed

down on the sofa, directly opposite Percival. She

that another team was looking for the potion. She had a hunch this might be connected to

of his mother today