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.”

old fox. If I get my hands on him, I’ll make him cough up 800 billion!”

Vivienne

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

with a

whiskey from the cabinet and poured

hooked Percival’s,

me to sit in your lap while

his tie, revealing an attractive Adam’s apple, and rolled up his sleeves with a

but in the next instant, Percival had flicked her leg aside, and his elbow

and Vivienne found

was no hint of

the hell are

and her eyes quickly lost their luster, like a light suddenly snuffed

only realized the truth when he

It was a robot!

from a real person,

scroll fell that read, [Congratulations, you’ve passed

scroll in his hand, Percival was momentarily

another

a test of his

was Vivienne, whom he naturally desired. If he felt nothing for Vivienne, that would be a

her bedroom, where the real Vivienne was

was indeed strong; even Vivienne had

was

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

Finnian relaxed on a sun lounger while a man applied

kid’s got a good eye and steady nerves. Looks like he knew from the start that the Vivienne replica was

Percival’s performance in the

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silent smile, seemingly privy

room. “Aren’t you worried about sending

man shook his head. “She’s been prepared for this. Better to send it out