The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

After hanging up the call, Vivienne stormed into Finnian’s room, where other eight disciples were sprawled out, sleeping like logs. With a swift kick, she woke them from their slumber.

Dawson was the first to come to his senses, groggily nudging Jerry beside him. “Get up, man. We’ve gotta settle the score with Finnian.”

The group roused themselves one by one, taking in their surroundings and falling silent for a few seconds…

“Where the heck is Finnian?!”

Vivienne grabbed a magazine from the table and gave each of them a thwack on the head. “By the time you lot figure it out, Finnian will have skipped town!”

Dawson rubbed his sore head and pointed accusingly at Percival. “Vivienne, why aren’t you hitting him?”

Without missing a beat, Vivienne delivered another smack to Dawson. “He’s my man. Think you can measure up?”

Percival smirked smugly at the others, his expression just begging for a punch.

But what could they do? After all, he was Vivienne’s man.

The disciples collectively groaned, a chorus of shattered hearts.

After a round of scolding, Vivienne pointed toward the garden outside, “Go fix that fence and then frog hop around the villa ten times. No dinner until it’s done!”

“Vivienne, can we make it five laps?” Gary begged with puppy eyes.

Vivienne shot him a look that could freeze fire. “You, fifteen laps!”

Hearing that, the other disciples scattered like the wind. Fifteen laps were no joke!

Vivienne sighed heavily. “What’s the use of having all these guys if they can’t even keep an eye on an old man?”

Percival took Vivienne’s hand. “Let’s go. Now that Finnian’s made an appearance, he won’t hide again. We’ll have plenty of time to deal with him later.”

“Alright.”

Halfway out, Percival glanced at Vivienne, his lips pressed in query, “You didn’t notice Finnian drugging you yesterday?”

a

had

eyebrow. “Finnian’s

really looked into Finnian’s capabilities, but he must

firm.

puzzled. “You

a sly smile, her captivating eyes shimmering with an enigmatic light. “There’s not a second person in this

was not just confidence—it was

in medicine,

when it came

into the car,

was odd—Yuri never called early in the morning.

a moment’s silence,

come over? My

surged in

pedal, driving straight to the

of the car and into the house, where

Vivienne asked

fine, walking Natalia and Yasmine in the park. But he collapsed without warning before breakfast, and the doctors can’t find anything

once in Sea City but had been

the past, but this

from before?” Vivienne

of a sighting of Sasha near Fariana Isle. When he arrived, he found only

paused, sensing the complexity of

Jasper’s bedroom, where the family doctor, a renowned heart surgeon named

“Professor Keegan,

glanced at Vivienne. “Not good, and there’s something odd. His breathing is stable, but his heartbeat is

look.” Vivienne approached, checking Jasper’s

youth; instead, he

frown deepened as she felt Jasper’s pulse. It was almost imperceptible, yet his breathing was eerily calm—as if he were

This was medically impossible.

healthy complexion and normal lip color, Vivienne scribbled a prescription and handed it to Keegan. “Professor Keegan, could you please prepare this? Thank you.”Books Chapters Are Daily