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.

rather cheerful piece for the evening.

of the incident that had just transpired, she decided to

However, to a connoisseur, something was missing in her performance,

talented and beautiful. When she stood with Scott earlier they looked like the perfect couple.

only appreciate the beauty of the music but couldn’t discern

that she hasn’t remarried since her divorce from William Pendleton The only man she’s been close to is

she’s into

is clearly into him, he might as well marry her Especially since a beautiful and talented woman like Mila is hard to come by Plus, she just

that Vivienne will have a new mom

louder Mila, who was playing the piano, couldn’t help but smile at the

looked at Vivienne with a hint of malice and resentment in her eyes.

she was Mr. Percy’s fiancée?

she was the Brooks family’s young miss?

mother married Scott, shed be the lady of the house,

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

heard the whispers and lifted her cool eyes to look at the confident Mila on the stage

–

to be

was even qualified to

only Cordelia Wilson had the right to be called her mother

Mila?

did she think she

her cake and headed

chair and

taken aback since she was still playing.

wondered what Vivienne

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to play with

this country girl even play the

she even understand

wasn’t planning on

in mind, Mila abruptly stopped playing and looked at Vivienne “Vivienne, what

playing by yourself seems a bit monotonous,

was