Vivienne squinted her eyes, recalling the day her mother took her own life. Several prominent families had been spotted around their residence at the time.

One of those was the Ashford family.

Back then, the Rivenwood Ashfords came up in her search. Having thoroughly investigated them after arriving in Rivenwood, she found nothing amiss.

But the Ashfords of Sea City were a different story; she had not looked into them yet.

She had checked out the Churchills and the Pendletons, who had also been present that day, and found nothing noteworthy.

Only the Ashfords…

A sly smile played on Vivienne’s lips.

After lying low for so long, they were finally showing themselves.

This was getting interesting.

Vivienne’s gaze returned to the present as she suddenly asked, “What about the Perez family? Any sightings of them?”

Thomas shook his head, “No, not that we’ve found. The Perezes are well-entrenched; their dealings are not so easily uncovered.”

She nodded in understanding. If the Perezes also had a research facility, it would make her work in Sea City all the more convenient.

Percival flipped through the dossiers Thomas had compiled, his eyes lingering on the biotech companies’ transactions. The Boyds seemed to have only recently connected with the Ashfords, and there was more to their business than met the eye.

“It seems we’ll be dealing with the Ashfords more closely,” Percival remarked, his brow furrowed with distaste.

Dealing with the Ashfords meant entanglements with Gillian, a thought he found repulsive.

The memory of having to lightly push Gillian away, even with a towel separating them, made him feel unclean.

He would need a long, thorough shower tonight to wash away the feeling.

Seeing Percival’s growing irritation, Thomas looked puzzled at Vivienne.

Blinking, he silently questioned, “Ma’am, what’s gotten into Percival? I didn’t upset him, did I?”

“It’s nothing. Just a bit of

and said, “Let’s find a place to eat. Afterward, we continue our

to agree, ready to do anything, even jump into a river, to avoid Percival’s wrath, which was far scarier than any

Percival received a call from

idea how much trouble you could

up before Percival could

his phone, Percival’s expression darkened. “Thomas, take Vivienne home

with a faint smile. “I’m the head of the Boyd family, after all. How can I not

At the Boyd Mansion.

tears, lamenting to

finally managed to get Gillian to meet up today, hoping she and my brother could get to know each other, at the very least. But Vivienne

chosen; I’ll certainly

her. “Mom, Vivienne has

serve me if she wants to be my granddaughter-in-law. If she insists on being the Boyd family head, she can

her mind racing with

what, she had to improve Percival’s opinion of her to uncover the truth of Nathan’s feelings for Cecilia. If their love had waned, it was the

long as Percival knew

Boyd household

fingers were wrapped in bandages, still

now look what’s happened. If she’d introduced

Gillian? Have you looked in the mirror

your brother. Watch

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at her with a threatening

her daughter. “Yannick, what do you think you’re

his son back down, “Calm down. She’s your sister. We need to present a

to defuse the tension. “Absolutely,

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