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?

rolled his eyes and dragged Percival into

small room with a person sitting in it, with only one eye and

incomprehensible, this person

to keep

her

Karen also arrived, each carrying

girl’s organs starting

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

knew what kind of experiments

now? Although your medicine has been effective, and she is indeed slowly regenerating her organs, the human body’s endurance is limited. Her organs will inevitably begin to fail, and by the looks of it, she won’t last much

I’ll look for another candidate. Someone with a death wish, perhaps,

nodded eagerly. “Yes, yes, please hurry. But please, no more of your love rivals; I don’t want to be collecting your husband’s

next piece of salmon into her own mouth and casting

himself: I’m

innocent man in this

only watch as the salmon meant for him disappeared, the thought of turning Brody into a test subject crossing

Calista’s failing

bring the ST-1 and inject it into

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! If you want her dead, leave it to

picking up ST-1 and preparing to

about this, Boss!”

pulled him back by the collar as if he were a little puppy. “ST-1 is

dawned on Brody. “Alright, alright, do as you

women

a time, Brody had a significant reputation in the underworld,

was all because

say

have the time to pay attention to Brody’s internal

up to numerous monitoring devices, tracking the condition of

agonizing pain, writhing

wasn’t until a half-hour later that Calista finally stabilized. She sat on the floor, gasping for air as the pain

slowly returning to normal

to repair Calista’s failing and

Karen were incredulous at the

medical intervention has its limits, and once those are