The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Gillian fought with every ounce of her strength, her mind desperately screaming.

“Mara, you fool, if you don’t show up soon, Yannick is really going to defile me!”

Where on earth had Mara taken Percival to?

If Mara did not arrive shortly, the aromatherapy candle would burn down to the stash of drugs, and even she would not be able to control herself!

“Yannick, let me go! My dad is right outside. Aren’t you afraid of getting caught?” Gillian clung desperately to her body, protecting her most vulnerable parts.

Yannick, driven mad with desire, paid no heed to such an impotent threat.

“Oh, how perfect, let your father witness just how slutty his daughter can be. With all the guests outside, you’ll have no choice but to marry me, and you’ll be Mrs. Boyd whether you like it or not!”

As Yannick spoke, he pinned Gillian’s hands to the bed, his hands roaming her body to satisfy his vile cravings.

When he first pursued Gillian, the belle of Sea City, he had been humiliated, and to this day, he was still mocked by his circle of friends.

To make matters worse, in their efforts to arrange Gillian’s marriage to Percival, the Boyd family had stirred up trouble with Vivienne, a force to be reckoned with. They had been stripped of their dignity, and his grandmother had even lost her hand, which had not been reattached yet!

And to add insult to injury, reattaching a hand and medical treatment for his grandmother’s back would cost a staggering 800 billion!

He thought the Boyd family had gone mad. Why spend so much on someone nearing the end of their life?

But his opinion did not matter; he had to follow the family’s plans.

Yet all this was because of Gillian, and today, he was determined to have her submit to him completely.

Gillian could not afford to care about dignity or propriety now. If Yannick had his way, she would be left without a shred of hope.

“Help, somebody, help me! Please, anyone!”

Her cries for help seemed only to excite Yannick further, his movements becoming more forceful.

Finally, her pleas reached the ears of someone outside the door.

Percival, however, remained unmoved.

not be allowed to have his way with Gillian or the entire plan would be ruined, Mara rushed to knock on the door, yelling, “Open the door! Yannick! Open the door! Percival

Mara’s voice, Gillian was finally relieved. Had Mara come later, she

knocking while Percival leaned casually against the wall, fiddling with his

show from the sidelines,” Vivienne said as she secured the

setup would not blow the entire ship to pieces, just enough to damage the stern

a malfunction, and coupled with an explosion at the bow deck, it would leave the vessel

romantic and

played the iconic line, “You jump, I jump,” an exquisitely

imagined herself and Percival on the ship’s bow, spreading their wings to fly, and could not help but chuckle at the

on his earpiece with a code: Vivienne, stay

just the beginning,” Vivienne muttered,

would have ensured their

removed the rope anchors, and

Meanwhile…

also completed her task, standing triumphantly

mission complete. No trace of new

then felt a faint

and looked at the

most likely location was,

in, sending Yannick, who had

Percival, “Damn you, you’ve ruined my

brawl, landing a punch squarely on Yannick’s nose, knocking him out

not, I would have…” Gillian sat on the bed, draping the sheets around her,

of both vulnerability and inadvertent

spare her a glance, scouring

by his actions and clueless about what he

with her eyes, indicating that

by the leg, and hauled him out, closing the

with his kick, meaning no one would need

scene would be even more

“Looks like a monkey but heavy as

Percival barged in, which would definitely attract a crowd. Then, Mara would lead them to

this would do as well. Mara dragged Yannick away,