The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Percival casually snapped off a twig and flicked away the power line in his path. Thankfully, he was in the garden; otherwise, he would have had to endure a jolt of electricity.

But Finnian’s test was not something to be taken lightly.

No sooner had Percival tossed aside the twig than a snake, tongue flickering, shot towards him along the branch.

That did it. Percival was livid. He grabbed the snake by its body and slammed it to the ground.

But as he did, something felt off.

Why was this snake so light?

Frowning, he glanced back at the pit he had passed and the discarded power line.

He decided to shut his eyes, ignoring anything else he might touch or sense.

Thirty seconds later, Percival reached the garden fence. With a firm kick, the fence collapsed. Only then did he open his eyes and turn to see that there was neither pit nor snake—just projections from a high-tech projector!

Finnian possessed the same kind of cutting-edge projector that Karen had been researching!

Percival’s gaze sharpened, and some thoughts in his mind were now confirmed beyond doubt.

The only problem was the lack of evidence.

Stepping over the fallen fence, he approached the villa’s main gate.

With the delay, Finnian was long gone.

Percival exhaled a sigh of resignation. When Vivienne woke up, she was going to be furious.

He would have to think of a way to sweet-talk her.

As he was about to head back, he heard a loud noise behind him. It was Vivienne!

“Vivienne, you’re awake,” Percival exclaimed, relieved. If Vivienne was up, the eight still out cold would get an earful, not him.

Vivienne nodded. “A little trick like that won’t fool me. Did you catch him?”

“No, Finnian was too fast. I couldn’t keep up.”

cough up 800 billion!” Vivienne said with a vengeful tone before slipping her arm through Percival’s. “Mr.

gave Vivienne a once-over.

onto the couch, half-sinking into it, and sighed, “After all that, I can’t sleep. Mr. Wolf, let’s have

her with a

the cabinet and poured two glasses, her eyes shimmering

her leg and hooked Percival’s, her

you want me to sit in your lap while

up his sleeves with a decisive

startled, but in the next instant, Percival had flicked her

and Vivienne found

of flirtation,

who the

lost their luster, like a light suddenly

and only realized the truth when he lifted

It was a robot!

could a robot be indistinguishable from a real person, even mimicking Vivienne’s

read, [Congratulations, you’ve passed the second

scroll in his hand,

this another of

it a test of his resistance

Vivienne, whom he naturally desired. If he

carried the faux Vivienne to her bedroom, where

indeed strong; even

seemed his immunity was part of this

Vivienne’s room, leaning against the robot

in Rivenwood, Finnian relaxed on a sun lounger while a

he knew from

nodded approvingly, pleased with Percival’s

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man curved his lips in a silent smile, seemingly privy to the

a nearby room. “Aren’t you worried about sending this out? What if the girl

Better to