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 dragged Percival into

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

incomprehensible, this person

when I’m conducting experiments. The only way to keep her calm is by plastering your photos around,

her name, Calista

also arrived, each carrying a box

this girl’s organs starting to

“Yes, but it’s not my

they knew what kind of experiments Brody had subjected

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 will inevitably begin to fail, and by the looks of

handed Percival a piece of salmon sushi. “Really? I’ll look for another candidate. Someone

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

popping the next piece of salmon into her own mouth and

himself:

innocent man in this world! Except for

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

sushi, observing Calista’s failing organs, then suddenly had an

ST-1 and inject it into

but

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

him, picking up ST-1

this, Boss!”

the collar as if he were a little puppy. “ST-1 is her discovery. Are you worried she can’t

Brody. “Alright, alright,

women were

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

because of the Specter

say the

and Vivienne didn’t have the time to pay attention to Brody’s internal cries. They injected Calista, who had lost her senses,

to numerous monitoring

no immediate change. Calista seemed to be in agonizing pain, writhing on the floor, screaming incoherently, reminiscent of Flynn’s torment in

She sat on the floor, gasping for air as the pain on her

to show signs of recovery, their functionality slowly returning to normal levels. They were still low compared to the average person but no longer

had miraculously begun to repair

Karen were incredulous at the turn of

limits, and once those