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.

as she was about to pull away,

half-sleeping “Vivienne, don’t go

sighed and lay down beside

her hand

a high fever, and Vivienne had

fever reducers

delirious for most of the night, refusing to let go of her

approached,

leads on the Star Grass and

part with

are, but…”

mind.” Vivienne urged

Flower is

Ever since you beat him once, he’s

be

wants to turn you into

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 the horror game ‘Resident Evil.’ Many were so horrified that they vomited

he was elusive. Now, he

“The higher-ups have been wanting to nab him, right? Prepare to

“As for the Star

in GTO. His exact

unknown.

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

Vivienne

that he’s keeping this favor for later.”

replied after a

skills, they could wait

to this, she would

seem to want to dwell on this. “As for Brody,

lunatic and a sadist. Matthew

worry about Brody

worried that you’ll let your feelings cloud your

asleep, but his brows were furrowed in discomfort while his right hand still held on

feelings get in the

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

also set. The address Matthew sent made her

freak, Brody, had been hiding out in Havenwood,

the coincidence,

was set for

about his strength, hooked him up to an IV drip and changed the dressing on

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

felt a chill run down his spine. Thank God for Vivienne. The

approached, Vivienne handed

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