The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

The group followed Flynn into the house, where he was immediately taken aback at the sight of his niece, Fiona, in a wheelchair.

“Fiona, what happened to you?” Flynn asked, his voice laced with concern.

Richard had been vague when he called Flynn back home, mentioning only that a lot of things had gone south and they needed his help sorting things out. But seeing Fiona like this was a shock to the system.

Flynn had always had a soft spot for his nephews, but Fiona, his only niece, was like a precious gem to him—someone to be protected at all costs.

Fiona gave a weak smile and shook her head. “Uncle Flynn, it’s nothing serious. It’s just a bit of a heart condition. I can’t be on my feet too much.”

“How on earth did you end up with a heart problem? What did the doctors say?” Flynn asked urgently.

Heloise let out a disdainful snort. “Why don’t you ask the great Master Vivienne about that? She knows exactly what’s going on. Don’t you, Vivienne?”

Vivienne lifted her gaze coolly, a hint of sarcasm in her eyes. “Fiona knows better than I do, doesn’t she?”

Fiona pursed her lips, holding Heloise back. “Mom, not everything is Vivienne’s fault. Uncle Flynn just got back, and Aunt Imogen is here too. Please, let’s not do this now.”

Flynn glanced at Vivienne with a hint of reproach but said nothing more.

Imogen, standing close to Flynn, also kept quiet.

Heloise, however, was not so easily silenced. “If I can’t even talk about what she did…”

Cecilia, fuming, looked ready to lash out. “You…”

“Enough, Aunt! How has my sister-in-law Vivienne wronged you? Do you really want me to tell Dad everything your family has done and see who ends up embarrassed?”

sharp rebuke stunned everyone—not least because it came from

was taken aback, too. Kenneth was standing

he found out Vivienne was Aaron’s coach, he did not know how to face her and had come to believe she was

moment and fed up with Heloise’s relentless attacks on Vivienne, he had blurted out his

a laugh. “Look how much you’ve grown, Kenneth! When I left, you were only this tall. Now look at you, a star

brothers to adopt Kenneth, but none were willing except his third brother. However, he was too

third brother’s family. Over time, Kenneth had

from the best,” Kenneth mumbled,

around as a kid, and you still do,” Flynn

by Vivienne and Imogen, made his way to the table.

got good taste, kid. Vivienne is impressive,” Flynn said,

“How would you know

back and explained, “Your mom told me. When Imogen found out who Vivienne was,

Imogen, with Isolde cheekily asking, “Auntie Imogen, how did Uncle catch your eye when he’s

were just gushing over how good-looking I am compared to your brother. Standing next to you, anyone

I didn’t see Auntie Imogen yet. She’s so young and pretty,

could not argue—Imogen really was much younger

Flynn said, looking at Imogen adoringly. “She’s

sight for Uncle

at our school, lots of girls were smitten. But I was the

voice tender. “Out of all those girls, you were the one I saw. So yes, you could say it was love

her hand. “So sweet, even sweeter than my brother and Vivienne!”Books Chapters Are

was nonchalantly feeding Vivienne, looked at his sister and stated,

after swallowing the piece of meat Percival

a smudge of grease from

two are just the picture of