The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Vivienne was taken aback.

This was something she had not anticipated.

When she had left the Ellington estate, everything seemed fine.

Fiona had been the picture of health, her cheeks flushed with life, showing no signs of organ failure.

“I reckon someone will give you a call,” Percival spoke through sobs, which Vivienne guessed belonged to Heloise.

Vivienne reassured him calmly, “Don’t worry.”

With a brief acknowledgment, they ended the call.

Vivienne lay on her bed, but her phone buzzed to life before long.

It was Flynn.

“Vivienne, it’s Flynn, Percival’s uncle. I hate to bother you this late, but could you come to the hospital? It’s Fiona… She’s on her last legs.”

Vivienne raised an eyebrow, a lazy smirk playing on her lips as she rested a hand on her temple. “What’s the trouble?”

“Fiona’s got complete organ failure. The family told me it was you who brought my dad back from the brink. Could you please come and work your magic on Fiona? Let bygones be bygones and help us save her, will you?”

Hearing Flynn’s choked-up voice, Vivienne’s smile widened. “Alright! I’m on my way.”

Flynn exhaled a sigh of relief. “Thank you, Vivienne, thank you.”

Vivienne chuckled, “No sweat. You’re Mr. Wolf’s most respected uncle.”

the other end as if catching the hidden meaning in her words. But he said no more and

Twenty minutes later.

the hospital to find Percival waiting by

coat, he draped his trench coat over her

Vivienne said with a soft, playful smile as she and Percival made their way

floor, wailing incessantly, cursing Vivienne as the cause

at her. “What are you doing here, you little wretch? Come to gloat over my daughter, have you? Let me tell you, if anything happens to her, I’ll make sure you pay. Even after I become

one that did not seem sincere at all. “Would you rather I turn you into a ghost

the floor, trembling. For a moment, she thought she saw the

the medical reports, and seeing Heloise making a scene, he dragged her away. “Heloise, stay out of Fiona’s business

around, she was

mad. The hospital has agreed to let you into the OR. Fiona’s personal physician, Sienna,

back to Percival and took

that, she entered the

by Richard’s side. Although her feelings towards Fiona had cooled, she

his grandfather and mother, waiting quietly

nervously, and Imogen, unsure what to say, simply stood by his

still shaken by her hallucination of

Vivienne donned surgical scrubs and joined

there were five

been waiting for you. Ms. Fiona is critical; we don’t have much time,” Calista

the scalpel, turning her back to Calista, and began the

and Fiona,

a scalpel in

Vivienne from behind. Their plan to restrain her failed miserably as the ropes they had knotted snapped. Taken by surprise, they stumbled and fell to the

their scalpels, but she remained calm, dexterously removing the toxin-infected parts from

two closest to Vivienne collapsed, blood spewing from their mouths.Books Chapters

looking up, Vivienne switched to another instrument, moving to Fiona’s