The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 494

Vivienne looked pale as a ghost.

Clearly, it was time to fast-track the development of the new bomb detector. They could not afford another incident like this.

But Imogen’s face was a tapestry of tension, and Vivienne noticed.

“What’s wrong?” She asked.

Imogen shook her head, troubled. “No, there should be thirty-one… Yesterday, he found one…”

She reached up, touching the headband nestled in her hair—a gift from her beloved, cherished more than gold. Just yesterday, he had whispered to her with undying affection, “Your hair is your crowning glory, love. With this, you’re even more radiant.”

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

Three seconds remained.

Tears welled in her eyes as she dashed out of the Ellington Mansion.

Vivienne and Percival had no time to react before a deafening explosion shook the air.

When the smoke cleared, only a shattered necklace remained on the ground. It was the token Richard had given to Imogen, a symbol of her acceptance into the Ellington family.

The bomb’s force had vaporized Imogen instantly, like a plane plummeting from the sky, obliterating everything in its path.

Vivienne and Percival were frozen. If Imogen had not acted on her instincts, they, too, would have been reduced to nothing.

Not far away, in a parked car, Isolde burst into tears. She had watched her beloved aunt vanish, her waterfall of hair gone without a trace.

Cecilia nestled into her husband’s embrace.

Out of all Flynn’s sins, Imogen was the most tragic victim—a solitary girl who vanished from existence without a last word, as if she had never been.

Vivienne stepped outside; the air still held a tinge of fire powder. She picked up the unrecognizable necklace and wiped it clean with her hands.

car, addressing Percival, “We owe her a

close, comforting her with a gentle

the Ellington Mansion and raided Flynn’s room, taking away all related

herself, Vivienne

the nightstand, everything untouched. The bed was made to perfection,

entangled in a button

the hair, holding it between

examining the strand, something felt

wrong, Vivienne?” Percival approached, concerned

of her own hairs and placed both strands in his hand. “Feel these.

furrowed as he felt the hairs, and realization dawned

Flynn’s pajama

…

Elsewhere in Rivenwood.

to GTO headquarters, stretching her neck

captured, it was time

meet again another

they been there, they would have

Meanwhile.

body was nowhere to be

pursue the allegedly deceased Imogen. But she could

Matthew. “Search for any trace of Imogen in secret. Report back the

Vivienne, isn’t Imogen

stopped, seeing her stern face,

Vivienne’s brows knitted together.

it. But her true identity within GTO and her connection to F-Poison

had hidden her identity

the secret of Imogen’s feigned

they saw and the bomb that exploded were

projector on the Ellington Mansion’s gate. The

the explosion. The scene was a pre-arranged hologram, coupled with smoke

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