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.

main purpose for going to the Hawthorn

every nook and cranny of the Hawthorn family’s.

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her head, “It’s not with

that three-bedroom apartment when she’d first moved in, but she

Tranquil Estates, she’d searched again, but the result

why she’d sent Draven

the Hawthorn family’s either – that was

knew the importance of the potion and didn’t keep

Could it really be like

home, where else

ask Dorian directly?” Draven

Vivienne lowered her head, her

kind of person Dorian

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

directly without knowing for sure if the potion was with him

sure

the 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 dare to act rashly, so I didn’t

“GTO has already found

boss. You’re in danger

suddenly laughed, “Shouldn’t they be the ones in

He knew his boss would say something

boss is always so

“Have your people pull out from the

“But you..”

him a mischievous smile,

won’t die.”

Draven was speechless.

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shop, Vivienne returned to Tranquil

and the others were still

Cordelia immediately came to greet her, “Vivienne, have you

thinking about that

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

room, Richard and Dorian were playing chess, and Isolde was playing

holding a phone, engrossed in whatever they were

sofa, directly opposite Percival. She glanced at him

team was looking for the potion. She had a hunch this might be

his mother today