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 dignified

nodded, drawing Vivienne close, comforting her with a

special squad cleared the Ellington Mansion and raided Flynn’s room, taking away

herself, Vivienne entered Flynn’s

nightstand, everything untouched. The bed was

approached, she noticed a hair entangled in a button of Flynn’s pajama top—likely

hair, holding it between her

strand, something felt

Vivienne?” Percival approached, concerned at her uneasy

one of her own hairs and placed both strands in his hand.

felt the hairs,

Flynn’s pajama

…

Elsewhere in Rivenwood.

her neck before firing up the

Flynn captured, it was time to

Percival, we’ll meet again another

they been there, they would have recognized

Meanwhile.

body was nowhere to be

the allegedly deceased Imogen. But she could not risk

turned to Draven and Matthew. “Search for any trace of Imogen in secret. Report back

“But Vivienne, isn’t

seeing her stern face, and accepted

Vivienne’s brows knitted together.

she knew it. But her true identity within GTO and her connection to F-Poison remained a mystery—perhaps someone

hidden her identity

finally uncovered the

bomb that exploded were real, but the person

found a sophisticated projector on the Ellington Mansion’s gate. The shattered necklace was its

scene was a pre-arranged hologram, coupled with smoke from the bomb to create a

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