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.

pull

half-sleeping “Vivienne, don’t go

then sighed and lay down beside him, fully clothed, allowing him

her hand

a

fever reducers

her even in sleep. Vivienne was forced to

approached,

the Star

owner willing to part with them?” Vivienne asked

are, but…” Matthew began

Vivienne urged him

Flower

“Brody is a nutcase. Ever since you beat him once, he’s been looking for a rematch. If you win, the flower is yours.

wants me to be

he 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

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

have been wanting to nab him, right? Prepare to

paused before replying, “As for the Star

was a high-ranking figure in GTO. His exact status within the

unknown.

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

Vivienne asked

keeping this favor for later.” Matthew knew how much Vivienne despised GTO because of her mother’s

after a

Vivienne’s medical skills,

this, she would owe the

to dwell on this. “As for Brody, set up a

and a sadist. Matthew cautioned her.

about

you’ll let your feelings cloud your

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

her feelings

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

also set. The address

Brody, had been hiding out in Havenwood, tucked away

the coincidence,

was set for

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

poison still left a tinge

his spine. Thank God for Vivienne. The doctor he brought yesterday

her appointment with Brody approached, Vivienne handed over the care of Percival

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