The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

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about to say something else when his phone rang.

He answered impatiently and listened to his subordinate’s report. “Elijah, there’s a wasp’s nest in the yard. A lot of us got stung.”

“Get to the hospital then, idiot!” He hung up. He was not in the mood to argue with Raymond. anymore and stormed off.

Before leaving, he turned to Raymond. “Remember, one week. If it’s not done, you know the

consequences.”

Tranquil Estates.

After leaving Midland Villa, Vivienne returned home and was about to rest after freshening up when she got a call from Isolde.

“Vivienne, you gotta help my brother!” The little girl’s sweet voice was tinged with sorrow. “He got stung by a wasp!”

Vivienne was dumbfounded.

What on earth was going on?

Isolde was crying pretty hard, so Vivienne comforted her. “Don’t worry, I’m on my way.”

After ending the call, Vivienne was about to head out when she remembered something. She turned around, took out her suitcase, and packed a few sets of clothes.

As she was about to pull her suitcase out the door, Dorian and Cordelia, who had been woken up by the noise, looked at her in surprise and asked, “Vivienne, it’s so late. Are you packing because you’re going far away?”

“Percival got a little hurt, and I promised Richard I’d take care of him, so I decided to stay with him for a few days.” Vivienne said calmly.

“Oh, well…” Dorian hesitated a bit. “Isn’t it a bit inappropriate for a guy and a girl to be alone together?”

He felt like someone else was about to eat the cabbage he had grown.

“I think it’s quite good.” Cordelia glared at Dorian and spoke with a smile. “It’s a good thing for two young people to spend time together and develop their feelings. I believe they’re both sensible kids.”

Vivienne fell silent.

Of course, she wasn’t moving into Percival’s house to develop feelings for him.

She had never found the opportunity to investigate why her mother’s pendant was in Percival’s possession.

Now, the opportunity had come.

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showed up at Percival’s apartment in Bay Estates, it was

surprise when he saw Vivienne hauling a suitcase. “What are

She spotted Percival lounging on the couch,

the side, covering her mouth and giggling

Isolde crying her eyes out earlier, so she assumed Percival must have been stung by a wasp pretty badly. But now she

to get stung by a wasp?”

earth had he gotten stung today

Why didn’t the

Percival answered,

his surveillance team that stumbled upon her while tailing

she was masked, he knew her too well. He recognized

found himself

probably too impulsive. Vivienne might have noticed him and

shrugged, inspecting his hand that looked like a swollen pig’s trotter, and said boldly, “You’re injured. I figured you might need help,

was taken aback. Had he mentioned that it was just his hand when

Vivienne

It’d be fantastic if you were willing to take care of

smile.

didn’t seem so bad. Although he suspected Vivienne had ulterior motives for moving

his neck. He

He didn’t mind though.

and I are single, you can just make fun of us? Leopold couldn’t

The wound wasn’t big. The problem was that the wasp was

the ointment she prepared in advance and started applying it on

the ointment.” Isolde couldn’t help but laugh as

take you to Mom’s place.” Percival coldly

that idea, hugging Vivienne’s thigh. “If Vivienne is staving

stared at his bratty sister, wondering why she couldn’t understand the need for him and Vivienne to have some

the siblings bicker and finished applying medicine to Percival’s hand. To prevent him from smearing the ointment when moving, she carefully bandaged

gauze.

was fixated on her lowered eyes, realizing that this girl looked beautiful from any angle. Her long eyelashes fluttered and

basking in pink bliss. He felt like he,

“Can you smell

his eyes, ignoring

him. I’ll just look after myself.” Leopold lazily pulled out his phone, about to

turned to Vivienne with a sly grin. “Vivienne, since you’re going to take care of Mr. Ellington, you must

at him while cutting off the medical tape in her

all pretty hungry. Why don’t you cook dinner for us and let us taste your culinary skills?” Leopold suggested with

medicine and gauze, then asked Percival, “Do you have ingredients

Leopold answered on

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it, I’ll love it.”