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.

to the Hawthorn family was to find that

be with Dorian?” Draven asked, “I’ve searched every nook and cranny of the Hawthorn family’s. If it’s not there, it could only be

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her head, “It’s not with him

apartment when she’d first moved in, but she didn’t find the

Tranquil Estates, she’d searched

she’d sent Draven

family’s either –

it possible that Dorian knew the importance of the potion

froze. Could it really be like

aside from his home, where

don’t you just ask Dorian directly?”

lowered her head, her expression

sure what kind

to be, or if he was acting nice to her on

directly without knowing for sure if the potion was

to make sure

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

already found the Hawthorn family so

You’re in

“Shouldn’t they be the

for words. He knew his boss

boss is

“Have your people pull out from the Hawthorn family. You

“But you..”

shoulder a pat and flashed him a mischievous smile, “I’ve got

won’t die.”

Draven was speechless.

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shop, Vivienne returned

and the others

Cordelia immediately came to

been thinking about that

it already. Give me a second, I’ll bring it to you.” Cordelia knew Vivienne hadn’t eaten, so she quickly went to

Isolde was playing with the toy Vivienne had bought for Thaddeus Hawthorn on

Leopold, and Thomas were each holding a phone,

the sofa, directly opposite Percival. She

team was looking for the potion.

mother today