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?

and dragged Percival into his

in it, with only one

something incomprehensible, this

“She’s always a nuisance when I’m conducting experiments. The only way to keep her calm is by plastering your photos around, which is incredibly

remembered her

also arrived, each carrying a box of

organs starting to fail?”

lips. “Yes, but it’s not my fault. I

what kind of experiments Brody had

me a new test subject by now? Although your medicine has been effective, and she is indeed slowly regenerating her organs, the human body’s endurance is limited. Her organs

sushi. “Really? I’ll look for another candidate.

But please, no more of your love rivals;

popping the next piece of salmon into her own mouth

himself:

in this world!

the salmon meant for him disappeared, the

Calista’s failing organs, then suddenly had an

bring the ST-1 and inject

stunned, but Vivienne

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 has wasted a lot. If we inject this into her, there will be no chance for research!

ignored him, picking up ST-1 and preparing to inject it into

this, Boss!”

the collar as if he were a little puppy. “ST-1

Brody. “Alright, alright, do

these two women

in the underworld, a name that resonated far

because

say

attention to Brody’s

monitoring devices, tracking the condition

in agonizing

later that Calista finally stabilized. She sat on the

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

miraculously begun to repair Calista’s failing and

and Karen were incredulous at

human body’s tolerance for medical intervention has its limits, and once those are exceeded, the very