The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 144

Chapter 144

His voice held a rare tinge of vulnerability. After a moment of hesitation, Vivienne moved to his side, allowing him to wrap his right arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder, and in no time at all, Percival drifted into sleep.

Vivienne gently removed his arm and dialed Matthew’s number.

“I couldn’t find the two ingredients you asked for on the black market.” Matthew informed her over the phone.

“Keep looking.” Vivienne commanded him. After pausing briefly, she said, “Put the word out that anyone who has these ingredients and is willing to part with them will be owed a favor by me.”

Her favors were rare and precious. They were sometimes powerful enough to cheat death.

She believed that once this message was out, the items she sought would find their way to

her.

“It seems you do care a lot about your fiancé.” Matthew commented after an unexpected

pause.

Vivienne didn’t confirm or deny it. She simply hung up.

She glanced at Percival, who lay on the couch with his eyes closed.

Did she care?

Perhaps.

After all, he had always been good to her.

“Percival.” She murmured while gently patting his face.

There was no response. He was running a low fever from the poison, and she could feel the heat radiating from him.

“Mr. Wolf.” Vivienne called softly.

Percival opened his eyes slightly to look at her. She helped him up. “Let’s get you to bed.”

He nodded. His lips pressed together as she supported him up the stairs to the bedroom. His nearly six-foot-three frame weighed heavily on Vivienne.

Finally, she managed to get him into the room and settled him onto the bed, where he promptly fell back into slumber.

After a moment of hesitation, she fetched a basin of warm water from the bathroom. She used a wet towel to carefully wipe away the sweat on his face and body, then placed a damp cloth on his forehead to bring down his temperature.

was about to pull

half-sleeping “Vivienne, don’t go

sighed and lay down beside him, fully clothed,

her hand

into the night, Percival suddenly spiked a high

fever reducers

refusing to let go of her even in sleep. Vivienne was forced to

dawn approached,

Star Grass and the Seven Poison

the owner willing to part with them?” Vivienne asked

but…”

your mind.” Vivienne

Poison Flower

once, he’s been looking for a rematch. If you win, the flower is

be his

turn

had once stormed a high-security prison, using almost a hundred inmates as test subjects. By the time the Nine Mystics Society arrived, the scene looked like it was straight out of

him ever since, but he was elusive. Now, he was

nab him, right? Prepare to capture him once the match is

before replying, “As for the Star Grass,

Owl was a high-ranking figure in GTO. His

unknown.

all mysteries. He was a man who left no traces,

terms?” Vivienne asked

this favor for later.” Matthew knew how much Vivienne despised GTO because

after

skills, they could wait for

agreeing to this, she would owe

on this. “As for Brody, set

a sadist.

should worry about Brody Vivienne

let your feelings cloud your judgment.” Matthew

her. He was asleep, but his brows were furrowed in discomfort while his right hand still held on to her

let her feelings

hours later, the Star Grass was delivered. Vivienne inspected it carefully, ensuring that it hadn’t been tampered with,

set. The address Matthew sent made her pause. N&S

Brody, had been hiding out in Havenwood, tucked away in the N&S Psychiatric

coincidence, wasn’t

showdown was set for

day. Vivienne, concerned about his strength, hooked him up to an IV drip and

lingering effects of the poison still left a tinge of blue-purple on

his spine. Thank God for Vivienne. The doctor he brought yesterday wouldn’t have been able to save Percival’s

the time for her appointment with Brody approached, Vivienne handed over the care of Percival to Leopold and prepared

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