The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 505

Vivienne massaged her forehead, utterly flabbergasted by Maddox’s thoughtfulness.

It was beyond thoughtful—it was downright invasive!

Grinding her teeth, she snapped a picture with her phone and sent it to Jasper.

“Grandpa, please extend my thanks to Uncle Maddox!”

In the stillness of the night, Maddox, lounging in a bath at home and gazing at a photo of his beloved Willa, suddenly felt a chill he had never experienced before.

The next second, his phone rang—it was his dad, Jasper.

Maddox spent the entire night weathering a storm of Jasper’s blistering reprimands, not one word repeated.

…

Vivienne instructed the maid to return her bedroom to its normal state and to escort Percival to his room.

The maid looked at Vivienne uneasily. “Miss, we only prepared one guest room. The others aren’t ready—there’s not even bedding.”

Just one room?

In a mansion this size, there was only one room available?

You’ve got to be kidding!

Noticing the change in Vivienne’s expression, the maid slowly explained, “Miss, we were notified by Master Maddox too late, so we didn’t have time to prepare. Usually, it’s just us here tending to the house—we weren’t expecting to accommodate any guests.”

Luckily, the staff had the foresight to prepare a clean set of sheets and blankets, preventing the pink surprise from continuing.

But even the staff had not anticipated that Vivienne and Percival would sleep separately.

Thus, there was only one room available.

The maid apologetically smiled. “It wouldn’t be proper to have Mr. Ellington stay in the servants’ quarters.”

Indeed, it would not be suitable for Percival to stay in a servant’s room—not to mention displacing one of the staff.

I’ll bunk with Vivienne. You

Vivienne into the room and shut the

now alone,

mature adults here; there

room, Percival pressed Vivienne against the wall and

if he wished to meld her into

pinned Vivienne’s slender wrists with one hand while the other wrapped tightly around

expressing her tenderness

of Percival’s heart and felt the unique intensity of his emotions, responding to them with

tightly, their embrace full of longing,

fell asleep

…

find the

she sat up and heard running water

Percival was showering.

raced like a startled

Wolf was in

Hmm.

She wanted to peek.

the blanket over her

she was, in fact, just a

of water ceased, and Vivienne composed herself, sitting on the bed as Percival emerged from the

“Good morning, Mr. Wolf.”

casually, clearly ready for an

felt a twinge of disappointment. She had hoped to see him in a

sat down and tousled her hair. “What’s on

bright eyes glinting. “I was wondering what

blush crept across Percival’s

at the bathroom door, peeked out with a playful smile. “I’m going to freshen

door clicked shut again, Percival realized he had been

curved in amusement, and he knocked on the bathroom door, “Vivienne,

sound of a toothbrush

he contentedly

of wits was all

the breakfast table, where the maid had just prepared a perfect soft-boiled egg, knowing it was

we make a fresh egg for you, soft in the middle, just how you like it. Here it is, nice and warm. Eat up before it

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