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.

because of the incident that had just transpired, she decided to lighten up

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

famous pianist, after all. Not to mention, she’s incredibly talented and beautiful. When she stood with Scott earlier they

of them could only appreciate the beauty of the music

I heard that she hasn’t remarried since her divorce from William Pendleton The only man she’s been close to is Scott. Don’t you think she’s into

not exactly a secret that she’s into Scott. It’s just that Scott hasn’t made any moves.”

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

Vivienne will have a new mom soon?”

whispers from the crowd grew louder Mila, who was playing the piano, couldn’t help but smile at

with a hint of malice and resentment in

what if she was Mr. Percy’s fiancée?

the Brooks family’s young miss?

be the lady of the house,

hard to deal with, and being a stepdaughter was even harder. Especially when you have to live under the

lifted her cool eyes to look

–

be

if she was even

Wilson had the right to be

Mila?

she think she was?

cake and headed towards

a chair and

she was still playing. She almost stopped when

wondered what Vivienne was

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planning to play

this country girl even play

even

wasn’t planning on ruining her performance

abruptly stopped playing and looked at Vivienne “Vivienne, what do you think you’re doing?”

gave her a glance “Ms Mila, playing by yourself seems a

Brooks family was taken aback