The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 390

Vivienne entered the hospital ward, leaving Percival waiting outside, seated opposite Jasper and Yuri.

Jasper and Yuri exchanged brief pleasantries with Percival before disengaging, preferring to keep to themselves.

Percival appeared engrossed in his phone, but with a few discreet taps, he had pulled up thorough profiles on the two men sitting across from him.

Jasper Perez, head of the prestigious Perez family and chairman of Perez Enterprises.

Yuri Perez, the Perez family’s fourth son and the CFO of Perez Group.

The Perez family held a status in Sea City comparable to the Ellingtons.

With its century-long history and wealth rivaling that of nations, the family was a force to be reckoned with.

However, the Perez family were known for their discretion, rarely making public appearances and abstaining from social events.

These facts were available to the public, but Percival had accessed more sensitive information using Vanguard Agency’s resources: the Perez family was an ancient warrior lineage.

The details of such ancient warrior lineages, hidden in seclusion, were nearly impossible to trace without tapping into national databases.

Ancient warrior lineages typically remained out of the public eye, drawing income from their corporate ventures or offering highly sought-after security services at exorbitant prices.

The Perez family, alongside the Martinez family of Rivenwood, were one of the few to step out into the world.

family and conducted their affairs openly, so their warrior lineage identity was

interest. Thirty-five years ago, Sasha, the ten-year-old daughter of the Perez

photograph, though blurry, hinted at her

way, Jasper leaned in, his voice low, “What

ago, the reasons unknown. No footage or records exist. Vivienne

busily attending to something

“What about it?”

Moonlight, and possibly holds

it came to Vivienne, they could only scratch the surface; her deeper

“This girl’s got chops. Is the

the heir

was short-sighted enough to arrange

of the Brooks family. She disappeared before their engagement for unknown reasons, later adopting the name Evelyn. It was under that name that she arranged the marriage

a waste,”

own son. But still, he felt Percival was unworthy of Vivienne, even after

the young couple’s affairs. The Ellington heir was no fool, after all. Why did Jasper not like

knowing better

Yuri said cautiously after researching extensively. The information on Karen was scant, aside from what had emerged along with Vivienne. The Wilson family, now incarcerated with no visitation

the Wilsons were based far in Rivenwood, a great distance from Sea City. When Sasha disappeared, the Perez family had locked down every exit from the city, monitoring everything from buses to subways, making it improbable that

this moment, Vivienne stepped out of the ward,

reassuring smile. “Mr. Perez, there’s good news about Yasmine and Natalia. Their hearts are mending, slowly but surely. They’ll need to stay in the hospital a bit longer just to make sure everything’s completely

a father later in life and knew the stakes were high. If something happened to her daughters, she would

stood up as well. “Vivienne, shall

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