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

sitting in it, with only one eye and surrounded by photos of

something incomprehensible, this

to keep her calm is by plastering your photos

remembered her name,

each

girl’s organs starting to fail?”

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

kind of experiments Brody had subjected Calista

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

another candidate. Someone

hurry. But please, no more of your love rivals; I

popping the next piece of salmon into her own mouth and casting

to himself: I’m being wronged

in this world! Except for me,

meant for him disappeared, the thought of turning Brody into a test subject

her sushi, observing Calista’s failing organs,

the ST-1 and inject it

stunned, but Vivienne quickly caught

ST-1 left. You’ve already had me alter cell growth with it,

up ST-1 and preparing to inject it

this,

him back by the collar as if he were a little

on Brody. “Alright, alright,

two women were

had a significant reputation in the underworld,

was all because

to say the

have the time to pay attention to Brody’s internal cries. They injected Calista, who had lost her senses,

hooked up to numerous monitoring devices, tracking the condition of her

immediate change. Calista seemed to be in agonizing pain, writhing

a half-hour later that Calista finally stabilized. She sat on the floor, gasping for air as the pain on her

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

begun to repair Calista’s failing and nearly dead

Karen were incredulous

its limits, and once those are exceeded,