The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 413

Two days later.

Dorian’s company had finalized their new perfume line, and Vivienne found herself with some free time to visit the hospital.

Anna had already returned to school, but Natalia and Yasmine were still hospitalized, though they had been moved from intensive care to a regular VIP ward.

Jasper sat beside the crib with two plush toys in hand, smiling at the sight of his granddaughters’ joyful faces, an involuntary chuckle escaping his lips.

Vivienne knocked on the door. “Excuse me, sir.”

Jasper’s face lit up with excitement. “Ah, young lady, you’ve finally made it. I was beginning to think you had forgotten about me.”

“How could I forget such a charming gentleman?” Vivienne teased.

It was the first time Jasper had been described as charming, and he basked in the novelty, “My, my, your words warm an old man’s heart.”

Vivienne smiled.

Just then, Yuri and Zelda came in, and Jasper immediately boasted. “Vivienne just called me charming. Take that, you bunch of brats who always call me stern. She doesn’t think so.”

He then turned to Vivienne. “I can call you Vivienne, right? It feels more personal.”

“Of course,” Vivienne replied with a laugh.

Yuri sighed, “Vivienne, my dad’s only ever this happy when he’s chatting with you. When he talks to me, he’s far from charming.”

“Cheeky boy, go fetch Vivienne’s gift, will you? That’s all you’re good for,” Jasper scolded, glaring at Yuri.

This boy was no good!

“Dad, I’ve brought everything. Don’t look at him. He’s useless,” Zelda said, also shooting Yuri a teasing glare.

muttered to himself, feeling like the

from the cabinet, its craftsmanship

this isn’t much, but please accept this small token

an auction the year before, the Heart of Hope! The rarity of the craftsmanship

Not much?

there

I can’t accept it,” She declined. She had helped save Natalia and Yasmine as a byproduct of trying to rescue the captured babies;

hands, saying, “You

what our girls would have gone

Otherwise, my dad will insist on personally delivering it to your

cane, but not too hard. “Who

daughters? Dad, you’re being too harsh. Vivienne, you have to back me up here,”

persistence, Vivienne finally accepted, then said to Yuri, “Mr. Perez, they say you owe a favor to the hand

her heart. Unconsciously, she had come to think

left the hospital, it was getting dark. Percival was waiting downstairs and approached her

cold wind blew, and Vivienne wrapped her coat

hand and noticing the bag she was

glanced at it and smiled. “It’s an apology gift, I

DNA to conduct a paternity test

as an offense, hence the gift as a form

find their daughter, perhaps noting some resemblance between her and their memories of

not the Perez

mother was not a

adopted, she never spoke of her biological family. Perhaps they had

the hospital, Jasper stared at the paternity test report, a deep regret

so familiar, so much like

test showed no genetic link

How could this be?

down, taking the report from

had also held out great hope for the test, feeling that Vivienne might be his

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