The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Indeed, no sooner had Percival finished speaking than he received a confidential message from the higher-ups.

He was ordered to return to Rivenwood immediately to take control of the situation at Rivenwood headquarters.

Stretching languidly, Vivienne remarked, “Looks like it’s time to wrap this up.”

That evening, Mara sat anxiously in the living room of the Ashford Mansion.

“Gillian, I’m still worried. What did Percival mean? I didn’t say anything, and he said he’d bring what you want. This…”

Gillian handed Mara a cup of steaming cola. “Oh, don’t fret, sweetheart. If your brother said so, we just wait. Dad mentioned that as long as the contract and the Boyd family signet ring are brought over, you can inherit the Boyd family. Trust me.”

To Gillian, neither the contract nor the Boyd family signet ring mattered much; she could not understand why Patrick was so hung up on them.

Earlier tonight, she had merely phoned Patrick to inform him that Mara had brought the items without getting into details.

Before long, Percival arrived at the Ashford Mansion with Vivienne, knocking on the door.

Gillian quickly primped her hair and went to answer the door, brimming with excitement. To her absolute surprise, the door opened to a squad of armed individuals who stormed in and surrounded the Ashford Mansion.

Staring at Percival in disbelief, Gillian asked, “Mr. Ellington, what is this?”

“Patrick is suspected of drug trafficking. We’re here to search the premises.” Percival produced a search warrant, flicking it so that agents from Vanguard Agency began scouring the Ashford Mansion.

“You must be mistaken; my father has been framed…” Gillian stepped back, only to see someone retrieve a plaster doll from her room.

It was a gift from Patrick for her eighteenth birthday.

With a crack, the doll shattered, spilling its contents on the floor: a bag of Keco!

Vivienne approached, opened the bag, and took a sniff. “This is the original Keco we’ve been searching for, identical to the batch seized at the docks.”

car doors closing came from

person, suspect is

contorted in horror at the sight of the plaster doll fragments

this isn’t my doing. I don’t know why this would be in my

of Keco, shaking it with a smirk. “How did my mom ever overlook your talent? You

reaction, a flicker of guilt crossed Patrick’s

code name within the

knees, realizing

How did you

been operating under GTO for the past

Belle, who were relentlessly searching for Karen’s legacy potion, Patrick was responsible

wealth through drug production and trafficking, providing GTO with cutting-edge bionic

he had become bolder in

chuckled. “What’s done in the

his ambition to absorb the Boyd family’s mysterious business network was

unknown to outsiders, yet Patrick schemed to overtake the Boyds and unearth that contract, arousing

investigation. Tracing Keco led them to the factory

tech, but in truth, it was a front for drug production, exploiting bionic channels

Leopold also arrived

some international kingpins,” Leopold slapped Patrick

glanced up, knowing from Leopold’s words that the factory was just a drug production

dead

was known to the local division, and GTO’s

the agents to escort

ordeal, too stunned to grasp

father be involved in drug trafficking? Who were Percival and Vivienne, and how could they just abduct

on earth was

did not understand how everything had changed overnight; all she knew was that she was done

had shut down the Ashford Mansion, he and Vivienne left without a second