The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Maddox had been ruminating for a long time. To alter the paternity test results right under Yuri’s nose, the opposition must be formidable and well-prepared.

Taking out Vivienne’s test result now would undoubtedly cause an uproar.

For Vivienne’s safety and to swiftly uncover the mastermind, keeping her identity under wraps for as long as possible was imperative.

Everyone in the Perez family knew how much Jasper treasured Sasha.

With Sasha’s daughter surfacing, Vivienne would become the Perez family’s precious jewel. Frankly, the entire Perez family might end up belonging to Vivienne.

This would inevitably make her a target for the person pulling the strings.

Vivienne’s safety could not be guaranteed in such a scenario.

Thus, Vivienne’s identity must remain a secret for the time being!

Vivienne nodded. “Okay, I’ll follow your lead, Uncle Maddox.”

Maddox covered his eyes again. Hearing Vivienne call him ‘Uncle’ so many times, it was this one instance that pierced his heart the most.

He could not contain his tears, sobbing while saying, “Vivienne, you can’t let anyone find out I cried in front of you, especially Yuri. Otherwise, even Natalia and Yasmine’s kindergarten would hear about it.”

Vivienne could not help but laugh through her tears at Maddox’s antics.

“Got it,” she assured him.

After a moment, Maddox regained his composure, handed Vivienne her phone back, licked his dry lips, and clasped his hands tightly together.

“Vivienne, how did Sasha really die? Who’s your dad? What has your mom been through all these years?”

Maddox struggled to ask.

The Perez family had received Vivienne’s background information early on, the first detail being her orphan status.

had to face the harsh truth that his beloved sister Sasha was no longer among the

story of her mother Karen’s suicide, including her involvement with GTO

she was not battling the world alone

her stability,

could feel a void in her heart being silently

be

pride

was so close, and I had

direct contact with

sister having served as the captain of Vanguard Agency’s special squad without his knowledge, despite his frequent dealings with the agency, was shocking, to say the

is Percival. He was my mom’s most promising apprentice. After her suicide, he took over as the captain of the Vanguard Agency’s special squad. After that, I lived anonymously,

hand Maddox a tissue, but they

him to

said that Sasha had to be the one who created the bionic

remembered the robot Finnian had

material, efficiency, and operational lifespan, it was unmatched by anything the Ashford family had achieved over the

had

tell Uncle Yuri about the bionics?”

didn’t say a word. Bionics were something my father intended for me to manage, which is like my own business. I can handle it as I see fit without interference from

friend. Knowing about the technology would not be hard for him, but the

few seconds, considering Vivienne’s

“You mean…”

investigate. Find out what Finnian has been up to all these years, and that guy named Vesper around him,

too well Finnian was familiar with her capabilities; a

if Finnian could fake his death without a trace for so long, then Percival likely would not

certainly

the influence of the Perez

piece of information

I’ll dig up everything on Finnian, down

a bit too detailed. Oh, Uncle,