The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 353

Jasper Perez clutched a forged portrait Vivienne had given him, exhaling a wistful breath.

After hours of standing there, long after the gallery had emptied, he couldn’t shake the feeling that the silhouette in the artwork was eerily familiar

Yet it didn’t quite match the memory of his daughter, Sasha, who had gone missing years ago.

Perhaps it was just his age playing tricks on him. After all, Sasha was just a ten–year–old kid when she vanished, and the woman in the portrait appeared to be in her mid–thirties. The gap in years made it hard to draw any solid connection

Or was it simply because of the mole?

Just then, a man in a crisp black suit hurried over, “Dad, you had me worried sick! You can’t just disappear like that. The brothers would have my head if anything happened to you!”

It was Jasper’s fourth son, Yuri Perez

Jasper gave him a side–eye and carried a commanding aura, “Since when do I have to report my whereabouts to you?”

“I didn’t mean it like that! Yuri said with a hint of frustration in his voice.

Ever since Sasha’s disappearance, Jasper had never looked at his sons the same way. He had treated them with cold shoulders and hard stares

over thirty years

worries us, you know?”

Yuri sighed. “Your health is not well, Dad If you go somewhere, at least let me know

Jasper scoffed, “Instead of worrying about me, why don’t you put that energy into finding

“We’ve already sent people out to look again,” Yuri replied.

Sasha?”

again, then handed it to Yuri, “Take a look at this: The woman

daughter named Vivienne.”

picture has passed away, leaving a

you get this?”

taken aback, “The mole is so identical to

it matter where I got it from? Jasper shot back, emotionless. “Vivienne has a fiancé, Percival, who is from the affluent Ellington family. Look

on it!” Yuri said, a surge of hope in his

fruitless despite it

It didn’t come to him that the picture, in which

that the light had pierced through

shooting him a look, “Just go and don’t dawdle. I don’t want to see you

Some families favored their sons, but Jasper? He appeared to hold a grudge against them as

street

least got scraps from his table,

he said, “Let’s get you home, Dad Trust me, I’ll

brothers might very well tear him

until Sasha is found And I want you to buy me a townhouse. I’ll be

of familiarity with Vivienne, and he needed to find out why this young

You want stay in Riverwood? It’s dangerous here You’re coming home with me!

head it was followed by a fierce reprimand “Just do as i say will you? What dangers are you talking about? Do you see any gangs? If so, I’d like to see them try anything on

Yuri was speechless

on, get moving Jasper bellowed

he reluctantly agreed. “Okay I’ll get

to comply and quickly inform his brothers They’d need to arrange for Jasper’s protection. This old

but Jasper pushed him away. “Since when do I need help

of expression, “Until Sasha is found, I cling to

sighed in resignation

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slumped for a long time and his whole family told

advice