The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Vivienne didn’t respond. The enigma of F-Poison still perplexed her heart. He was the first mystery she’d pursued for so long without any leads.

The same was true for Karen, of course.

“It seems the answer to the secret still lies in the potion,” Karen said, gently tousling Vivienne’s hair and pinching her cheek. “Come on, let’s head to the lab.”

Vivienne rolled over on Karen. “Mom, can we grab a bite before we go?”

“Why is it always about food with you?”

“Mr. Wolf always takes me for a treat before we head out. If you don’t, I’m not going anywhere!”

Karen’s lips curved into a slight smile as she pulled out her phone and dialed Percival. “Your Vivienne is craving something delicious. Can you drop it off at YQ Research Center?”

Percival was in the middle of a meeting, but upon hearing the request, he immediately wrapped it up.

Nothing was more important than Vivienne wanting a delectable treat!

Watching her mother’s cunning face, Vivienne grumbled, “I got all my sneakiness from you!”

“Well, you’re my girl, aren’t you? Let’s get moving!”

There was no helping it; the only person who could truly handle Vivienne was Karen.

At the YQ Research Center, Percival arrived with a Japanese meal and decided to wait around.

Brody passed by Percival multiple times, rolling his eyes at each encounter.

Finally, Percival caught him. “Ever know what it’s like to have an eyeball gouged out?”

Brody shivered but retorted, “You heartbreaker. Do you know what it feels like to be castrated?”

Percival was baffled; had he broken Brody’s heart or what?

Realization dawned upon Brody from Percival’s expression, “Not me! That pig!”

Percival was even more confused now. Which pig was he talking about?

eyes and dragged Percival into his

with a person sitting in it, with only one eye and surrounded

something incomprehensible, this person caught their

The only way to keep her calm is by plastering

remembered her name,

each carrying

starting to

lips. “Yes, but it’s not my fault. I just

of experiments Brody had subjected Calista

been effective, and she is indeed slowly regenerating her organs, the human body’s endurance

look for another candidate. Someone with a death wish, perhaps, and send them your

more of your love rivals; I don’t want to be collecting your

next piece of salmon into her own mouth and casting a glance

to himself: I’m being wronged

this world! Except for me,

for him disappeared, the thought of

failing organs, then

and

others were stunned, but Vivienne

the first to object, adamantly refusing, “No way, Boss. We only have two doses of ST-1 left. You’ve already had me alter cell growth with it, which

picking up ST-1 and preparing to

this,

a little puppy. “ST-1 is her discovery. Are you worried she can’t make

“Alright,

these two women

had a significant reputation in

all because of the

say the

pay attention to Brody’s internal cries. They injected Calista, who had

to numerous monitoring devices, tracking the condition

to be in agonizing pain, writhing on the floor, screaming incoherently, reminiscent

sat on the floor, gasping for air as the pain on her face gradually

signs of recovery, their functionality slowly returning to normal levels. They were still low compared to the average person

begun to repair Calista’s failing

incredulous at

intervention has its limits, and once those are exceeded, the