The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Vivienne took a deep breath, realizing there was no way she could neutralize the poison coursing through her veins. She turned to look at Zelda, relieved to see her aunt unharmed and conscious.

Zelda’s eyes, large and watery, were fixed on Vivienne, filled with concern.

“Vivienne, are you okay? Does your head hurt? Feeling dizzy?” Zelda asked quickly, her voice tinged with guilt.

Vivienne shook her head, only to feel the room spin even more. “I’m fine, Auntie. Are you hurt?”

“I’m not,” Zelda replied, her voice heavy with worry, then her gaze shifted to Diana. “Diana, you double-crossing snake, how could you collaborate with GTO? You know full well that’s Dad’s Achilles heel!”

“So what?” Diana stepped forward, her face twisted with resentment as she slapped Zelda hard across the cheek.

“Who do you think you are to tell me what to do, Zelda?”

Diana then grabbed Zelda by the throat. “Do you have any idea how much I’ve loathed you since you married into the Perez family? The only ones who ever dared to cross me were you and that smug Maddox. I’ve wanted you out of the Perez family for ages!”

Zelda could not speak, but her defiant gaze never wavered.

That defiance only fueled Diana’s spite. “Oh, so you like playing the doting auntie to Vivienne, huh? Well, watch closely as I show you just how she’s going to die!”

Vivienne turned to Diana. “Die? You really think you’ve got the chops for that?”

Diana’s hatred for Vivienne boiled over. She clenched her fist and punched Vivienne in the stomach with the force that could take down a mastiff.

Vivienne coughed up blood, but her eyes remained icy as she stared at Diana.

live in my mother’s shadow, Diana. You were the one who got her

landed even harder, nearly

a long time since Vivienne had felt such physical pain, and

nails into Vivienne’s chin, seething. “Listen up, Vivienne. I got rid of Sasha Perez without

the sidelines, Zelda’s mind raced as she absorbed Diana’s words. “What are you saying? Did Sasha’s disappearance have something

faced Zelda. “Are you always this slow on the uptake? I thought you’d have figured it out the moment

Zelda shouted, her voice thick with

up alongside Yuri, and she had a soft

lounged back, swirling a glass of red wine as if she were on a picnic. “I bet you’re dying

her out, just like I did with you. I watched F-Poison take her away. Before they left, I hit her wound

stared at Diana, her body

on the other hand, found the strength to lash out at Diana with every curse

She adored you, and this is how you repay her? Have you no soul? You were so young, yet so

insults with indifference. “So what if she was good to me? No matter how good, I was always overshadowed, never able to shine! Zelda, you were pampered as the Lynette family’s darling, Yuri’s childhood sweetheart. What could you possibly understand? You and your

Diana had been treated like a princess by Jasper, yet she spoke as if she had

you and Vivienne. Next will be your precious daughters. I’ll drive each one out

planning? You heartless creature, why don’t you just drop dead! Even without

against Zelda’s head,

fury? She’s still of use to me. Not yet

infiltrate her ranks through her and forge connections with the Perez family, it would be like fitting

Vivienne would have taken her last breath, and no one would

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