The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 278

Percival smirked “Even breaking his arms and legs won’t be enough”

Eddy lunged at Vivienne, but Percival held back. He watched as Vivienne’s silver needle plunged into Eddy’s flesh

He wasn’t a doctor, so he didn’t know where the needle had hit, but after watching the man go mad, he had to admit that Vivienne had quite the skill.

In front of everyone, Scott decided to hand Eddy over to the police

To outsiders, he appeared to be a righteous man who was willing to turn against his own family for the sake of his daughter. But Percival saw through it. Scott wanted to save Eddy

Once Eddy was in police custody, his life would be spared

Vivienne must have seen it too, that was why she decided to take matters into her own hands

Having been with Vivienne for so long, he knew she didn’t want blood on her hands, which was why she only crippled Eddy

But this punishment was far too lenient

Vivienne looked up at him as a smile suddenly spread across her face. You only saw me breaking his arms and legs, but did you not notice that I fed him my specially prepared poison?”

Percival froze. He hadn’t noticed

Vivienne chuckled but said nothing more

She had fed Eddy her special poison, shadowfall, when she attacked him.

This poison was refined from a hundred different toxic herbs. It was colorless and tasteless

Shadowfall wouldn’t instantly kill a person Instead, it would slowly take over their body. It would feel like a million bugs were gnawing away at them, ultimately affecting their brain and slowly turning them into a lunatic

Moreover, no medical method could detect the presence of this poison

At that moment, Percival handed her a piece of strawberry cake. She took a bite and said nonchalantly. “Soon, he’d be wishing for death

The hard part was wanting to die but not being able to

At the moment, the sound of a piano started to fill the room.

cheerful piece for the evening.

because of the incident that had just transpired, she decided

was indeed a skilled pianist. However, to a connoisseur, something was missing in her performance, especially in

She’s a famous pianist, after all. Not to mention, she’s incredibly talented and beautiful. When she stood with

only appreciate the beauty of the

Pendleton The only man she’s been close to is Scott. Don’t you think

secret that she’s into Scott. It’s just that Scott hasn’t made any

a beautiful and talented woman like Mila is hard to come by Plus, she just helped save this banquet. She really does fit the part of the

that Vivienne will have a

Mila, who was playing the piano, couldn’t help but smile at the comments. She was rather pleased with herself, so she didn’t even notice a few wrong notes

with a hint of

was Mr. Percy’s

what if she was the Brooks family’s young

be the lady of the house, and Vivienne would

that stepmothers were hard to deal with, and being a stepdaughter was even harder.

her cool eyes to look at the confident Mila

–

wanted to be

she was even

mother, only Cordelia Wilson had the

Mila?

she think she

and headed towards the

and sat

aback since she was still playing. She almost stopped when she saw Vivienne

she wondered what

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planning to play with

country girl even play

even understand music?

hoped she wasn’t planning on ruining her

mind, Mila abruptly stopped playing and looked at

Mila, playing by yourself seems a bit monotonous, how about I join you?”

family was