The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 148

Brody ground his teeth, shooting a sarcastic smile at Brian. “Why don’t we do more jobs together, make some big bucks, and split the rewards fifty-fifty?”

“Hell yeah!”

Brian’s eyes lit up. He jumped to his feet and started to calculate. “Each time I catch you, I get a bounty of thirty million from the boss. Split in half, that’s fifteen million each. A few more jobs, and we could buy a mansion in Rivenwood.”

“Shut up!”Draven saw Vivienne’s displeased face, walked over, and gave Brian a swift kick in the ass. While leading him away, he politely apologized to Brody. “Sorry for the interruption, our big man here was a notorious bed-wetter as a kid. He probably messed up his brain.”

Brody snorted and ignored him, turning his gaze to Vivienne. “Specter Healer, I’ll come looking for you if I survive.”

Vivienne’s beautiful brows furrowed slightly. She ordered her men to bind Brody immediately. As he watched them approach with handcuffs and shackles, a shadowy glint flickered in Brody’s eyes. As they drew near, he suddenly spat out several silver needles aimed at their faces.

Vivienne was already prepared for his move. Her eyes turned icy cold as she swiftly moved forward. Her right hand snatched at that air and effortlessly captured the needles between her fingers, blocking the attack.

“Taste your own poison.” She retorted, flicking the needles back at Brody. He grunted in pain as his eyes filled with rage, but he was powerless to retaliate.

Brody was a tricky one. Nobody knew how many poisons he had concealed on him. So, Vivienne took it upon herself to shackle him.

Even so, she felt that he was still extremely dangerous. Percival was waiting for her at home to cure his poisoning. She couldn’t personally escort Brody.

Thinking it over, she decided to propose a challenge to Brody. “How about another contest?”

“What kind of contest?” Brody’s eyes suddenly brightened.

“You’re not allowed to escape until you’ve neutralized all the new poisons I’ve developed.” Vivienne stated. She grabbed Brody’s chin and, without any hesitation, shoved a handful of medicinal herbs into his mouth.

After administering the poison, she sprinkled a pile of toxic powder over him and stabbed him with several needles.

to mind. He cheerfully

the two interacted. They couldn’t decide

series of poisons. “High Don’t worry, I’ll neutralize these petty poisons before they even get me to the police station Brody confidently exclaimed, “And when

a captivating smile. “Really? Let’s see how long it will take you to find me.” Despite the agreement with Brody, everyone else remained on

up in a hazmat suit, even covering

man. It seemed more like they were capturing

the prison van carrying Brody was gone, Draven brought out a stretcher. “Boss,

was Arabella, unconscious due to excessive blood loss. Her hand was pressed against her abdomen. Although the

before walking

He couldn’t help but sigh too.

Bay Estates.

panic. Percival’s fever had suddenly spiked,

“Please check on him. His temperature

was lying on an expensive leather bed. His entire body was slightly

her brows, quickly moving to Percival’s side to check him. As she suspected, it was a high fever caused by

them to make an antidote, and administered it to Percival. She then began

temperature

a medical scholar who had

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had

he stood by and watched

approached her with admiration. “Ms. Hawthom, what was the

Vivienne was about to

dragged him out

no idea when he would get another chance to

he was reluctant to let Vivienne interact

Leopold returned to Percival’s bedroom, only to find Vivienne had fallen asleep on the

exhausting events at N&S Psychiatric Hospital,

surprise flickered in his eyes. Truth be told, he’d always believed that in the

Percival who was smitten.

see that Percival was