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. Wolf,

gave Vivienne

and sighed, “After all that,

before her with a steady gaze,

whiskey from the cabinet and poured

a glass, she stretched out her leg and hooked Percival’s, her lips glistening in the dim light, enticing beyond

me to sit in your lap while

tie, revealing an attractive Adam’s apple, and rolled up

had flicked her leg aside, and his elbow came

fell and shattered, and Vivienne found herself pinned

was no hint of

who the hell

their

and only realized the

It was a robot!

indistinguishable from a real person, even mimicking Vivienne’s tone

read, [Congratulations, you’ve passed the second trial. This is your

in his

another

it a test of his

If he felt nothing for

bedroom, where the real

sedative was indeed strong; even Vivienne had succumbed

immunity was part

in Vivienne’s room, leaning against the robot double, and

a sun lounger

and steady nerves. Looks like he knew from the start that the Vivienne replica was not the real

with Percival’s performance in the second

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

the unfinished bionic robot in a nearby room. “Aren’t

this. Better to send it out now