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?

his eyes and

a small room with a person sitting in it,

something incomprehensible, this

I’m conducting experiments. The only way to keep her calm is by

remembered her

Karen also arrived, each carrying a box of

organs starting to fail?” Karen

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

what kind of experiments Brody had

been effective, and she is indeed

Percival a piece of salmon sushi. “Really? I’ll look for another candidate. Someone with a death wish, perhaps, and

of your love rivals; I don’t want

next piece of salmon into her own mouth and casting a

himself: I’m

no innocent man in this world! Except

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

sushi, observing Calista’s failing organs, then suddenly

ST-1 and inject it

others were stunned, but Vivienne

“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.

ST-1

this, Boss!” Brody

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

on Brody. “Alright, alright,

these two women were something

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

all because

to say

to Brody’s internal cries. They injected Calista,

was hooked up to numerous monitoring devices, tracking the

seemed to be in agonizing pain, writhing on the floor, screaming incoherently, reminiscent of Flynn’s torment

half-hour later that Calista finally stabilized. She sat on the

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

had miraculously begun to repair Calista’s failing and

incredulous at the turn

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