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 her old rival,

though fresher with new blood compared to Hawk, still lagged

prime, Bennett and his team

now and Hawk’s lack of funds

talent. With a mysterious coach joining three years ago, they quickly surpassed old

curious about this secretive coach. She had sent Matthew

that she had met Percival,

had never imagined facing off against Mr.

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

her mouth, her eyes sparkling mischievously. She raised

…

were announced

to the group stage

at the grouping information, taunting Bennett across the room, “Tell Aaron we’ll see him in the finals—if you guys make it that

pocketed the information and said with a nonchalant smile, “Why don’t you tell Aaron yourself? I saw you carrying Aaron back to the lounge at lunch.

Bennett left the drawing room with a

present knew about the tension between

Aaron’s “little lackey,” carrying him back to the

knew about the fiery temper of Kenneth, the young

was so enraged he

was a

he let his

his jaw fiercely. “Just wait until we meet

and Snake had a breather from the qualifiers. Vivienne and Percival set up training

there was no real reason for Percival to go to the hospital,

to prevent some people from

to careless card

realize I was

trouble. If your brother hadn’t let it slip,

cane, his eyes reddening with

not daring to breathe too loud while his

the Perez family is cursed, always losing our treasures. Why can’t you careless boys

heart ached for his granddaughters, and his thoughts turned to

something

not bear

Sasha…