The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

As the mention of the explosion lingered in the air, a silence fell among the three.

There was no need for words; it was clear Karen had caught on to what Vance had just said.

Karen sat down, her gaze lifting to meet Vance’s. “I’m on board with your idea.”

After years of covert investigation, even if Vivienne had the intention to conceal the truth, how could she have truly kept it from Karen?

Over the years, Karen had scrutinized everyone involved in the “Destruction Plan,” even her follower, Micah.

Friend or foe, every suspect had been cleared.

In the end, the least likely person became a possibility once more.

Micah stepped forward, trying to sway Karen’s thoughts. “Boss, that’s our mentor, our guide through thick and thin!”

“I know.” Karen’s eyes held Micah’s, her words measured and heavy. “For over a decade, I’ve abandoned my daughter, forsaken my comrades, lived under aliases, too afraid to show my face. It wasn’t to end up doubting my mentor at the final hour.”

Micah’s gaze shook with the gravity of her words. When Karen spoke with such conviction, he knew there was no turning back.

Next door, Vivienne watched the monitors with a somber expression. When she saw the fleeting pain cross Karen’s face, her heart twisted in empathy.

Percival wrapped an arm around Vivienne’s shoulders, squeezing gently. “We couldn’t have kept this from her forever. She was bound to find out sooner or later.”

Vivienne nodded. “Yeah, my mom’s tough. But Micah, he’s going to have a hard time swallowing this pill.”

Percival’s lips quirked in a wry smile. “He’ll come around. Master’s sidekick isn’t that fragile.”

Exchanging a knowing look, Percival and Vivienne shared a light chuckle before turning their attention back to the surveillance screens.

a long moment, Micah collected himself. “Boss, what’s our

curved into a thin smile. “We don’t have concrete evidence

Agency for years; he won’t act rashly. If we confront him without proof, it’ll backfire. Micah, I need your

shadows, plus Percival on our side, he’s bound to

heavy nod, Micah agreed, “Alright, what leads

up at the surveillance camera and gestured with

next room, slapped a folder onto Percival’s chest, “Take this to

the only person in this world who could render Vivienne so

Percival delivered the information to

over the documents before casting a glance

out the material on the table, presenting it to Vance and

over the detailed files, their expressions

merits, and two seconds. It’s

the Vanguard Agency team, with Noah as his second-in-command. When Yorick was injured, Noah took charge, and in pursuing the traffickers, they stumbled

was GTO’s first experimental site that Vanguard

had raged between

he thwarted multiple GTO schemes, eventually securing

reviewing the case files, their

joined Vanguard Agency, Yorick told us about this,” Vance

and personally arranged for their return home,” Micah clenched his teeth, “but why does this file say there were

fingers on the table, “This file came from an undercover my daughter planted in GTO. To

the other two children the boss reported?”

narrowed, a realization dawning on

kids, ranging from three to nineteen years old, from nursery to college.

have been among them. Vance, get the photos from that case file. Micah, the Martinez family will soon pass a new bomb detector through Vanguard Agency, which will go through his hands. Stay alert and try to draw out F-Poison so we can

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