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.”

sound of car doors closing came from outside,

Wolf, target identified as Patrick in person, suspect is secured, we

his face contorted in horror at the sight of the plaster doll fragments on the

isn’t my doing. I don’t know why this

Mr. Keco?” Vivienne dangled the bag of Keco, shaking it with a smirk. “How did my mom ever overlook

reaction, a flicker of

name within

to his knees, realizing

How did you

GTO for the past decade,

Scott and Belle, who were relentlessly searching for Karen’s legacy potion,

been amassing wealth through drug production and trafficking, providing GTO with

the years, he had become bolder in his

“What’s done in the dark will come to

on Patrick, but his ambition to absorb the Boyd family’s mysterious business network was too great to

Patrick schemed to overtake the Boyds

dock incident, Percival and Vivienne continued their investigation. Tracing Keco led them to

he claimed to be advancing bionic tech, but in truth, it was a front for drug production, exploiting bionic

also arrived at this

guy’s bigger than some international kingpins,” Leopold

the factory was just a drug production site, not GTO’s virus research

another dead end, though not

was known to the local division, and GTO’s virus research base would not

him away.” Percival gestured for the agents to escort Patrick out and seal

watched the entire ordeal, too

involved in drug trafficking? Who were Percival and Vivienne, and how could they

on earth was

had changed overnight; all she knew was that she

he and Vivienne left without a second glance at