The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Scott suddenly grabbed Calista’s neck, pulling her roughly toward him as his eyes blazed with a chilling intensity.

“No? Then you’ll die for it!”

Calista’s eyes reddened with fear, and tears streamed down her face instantly.

She knew Scott was serious—he would undoubtedly let her die.

Disgusted, Scott pushed Calista away and wiped his hands with a tissue. “Brody has bugged you. Get back to the lab tomorrow, work on that virus with TIC Research Institute, and don’t screw up.”

Calista nodded in understanding. “Yes, I’ve got it.”

Scott gave Calista a cold glance that carried the same annoyance as he felt with her mother.

Then, donning his mask, he stood up and left. He still had to track down Rowan and Ismene.

Those two had betrayed the organization, and they would not be forgiven.

In the restaurant, Vivienne bit into a juicy steak, scrolling through messages on her phone.

[Vivienne, Timothy’s fine. The Brooks family business is a bit messy, but Baron’s in charge, so it’s stable. Timothy’s been auditing the company accounts lately.]

While chewing on her steak, Vivienne replied. [If Timothy’s alright, then check on Carl. Make sure their whole family’s safe.]

Matthew responded promptly. [On it.]

Vivienne was engrossed in her phone, oblivious to Percival’s longing gaze from across the table.

It was not until Vivienne reached for the next dish that she noticed Percival’s eager eyes.

“Mr. Wolf, do I look that appetizing to you?”

A shadow flickered in Percival’s eyes, which seemed to linger on Vivienne. “Yes, you do look quite appetizing.”

“Then eat up. You’ve got a match this afternoon.” Vivienne forked some salad into her mouth.

Percival raised an eyebrow. “You know?”

Vivienne glanced up. “Snake lost their championship chance in the team match three years ago, but a month later, they came back and took six titles in a row. There’s no way they did that by themselves.”

all about the history of

with new blood compared to Hawk,

and his team

Hawk’s lack of funds to attract promising new

backing of Kenneth’s financial empire, willing to spend and nurture talent. With a mysterious coach joining three years ago, they quickly surpassed old rival

secretive coach. She had sent Matthew to investigate but to

had met Percival, the pieces

had never imagined facing

his finely cut steak onto Vivienne’s plate and raising his juice glass in a toast. “Then, Vivienne,

the salad dressing from the corner of her mouth, her eyes sparkling mischievously. She raised her glass and clinked it lightly against

…

were announced on the first day of

it to the group stage but were not placed in the

Bennett across the room, “Tell Aaron we’ll see

tell Aaron yourself? I saw you carrying Aaron back to the lounge at lunch. Seems like

left the drawing room

about the tension between

Kenneth looked like Aaron’s “little

about the fiery temper of Kenneth, the young heir

Kenneth was so enraged he nearly

a

his brother

meet in the match—your whole team will be packing

and Percival set up training tasks for

to go to

to prevent some people from

was overthinking it; the one prone to careless card distribution, Yuri,

I realize I was

any suffering? You’re good for nothing but trouble. If your brother hadn’t let it slip, I’d still be in the dark about my dear granddaughters being in danger.

his cane, his eyes

daring to breathe

always losing our

heart ached for his granddaughters, and his thoughts

thought of something

not bear to

Sasha…