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?”

down at the portrait again, then handed it to Yuri, “Take a look

daughter named Vivienne.”

passed away, leaving

you get this?”

portrait and paused, taken aback, “The mole is so

from? Jasper shot back, emotionless. “Vivienne has a fiancé, Percival, who is from the affluent Ellington family. Look into them and see if you can dig up anything that might lead us to

I’ll get right on it!” Yuri said, a surge of hope

exhaustive and fruitless despite it took the whole

was soon cut off. It didn’t come to him that the picture,

got an intuition that the light had pierced

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

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

street

worse than strays. Strays at least got scraps from

“Let’s get you home, Dad

brothers might very well tear him

And I want you to buy me a

needed to find out why this young

here

the 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

Yuri was speechless

there? Go on, get moving Jasper bellowed

his father’s temper he reluctantly agreed. “Okay I’ll

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

Jasper pushed him away. “Since

at him, devoid of expression, “Until Sasha is found, I cling to life. Even Death himself can’t

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slumped for a long time and his whole family

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