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?”

rebuke stunned everyone—not least because it came from

too. Kenneth was

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

the moment and fed up with Heloise’s relentless attacks

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

intended for one of his brothers to adopt Kenneth, but none were willing except his third brother. However, he was too occupied back then and never followed through

he relied heavily on his third brother’s family. Over

the best,” Kenneth

as a kid, and you still do,” Flynn teased, earning a few chuckles and easing the

called everyone to dinner, and Richard, supported by Vivienne and Imogen, made his way to the table. Flynn and

is impressive,” Flynn said,

would you know Vivienne is

explained, “Your mom told me. When Imogen found out who

“Auntie Imogen, how did Uncle catch your

“Hey, little miss. You were just gushing over how

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

comment drew laughter, and Flynn could not argue—Imogen

only twenty-five, fifteen years younger than me,” Flynn said, looking at Imogen adoringly. “She’s still in grad school. We

first sight

gave a lecture at our school, lots of

took Imogen’s hand, his voice tender. “Out of all those girls, you were the one I saw. So

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was nonchalantly feeding Vivienne, looked at his sister and stated, “Vivienne and I aren’t

agreement after swallowing the piece of meat Percival had

smudge of grease from

Flynn teased, “you two are