The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 750

Vivienne's fingers froze atop her phone screen, Griffin's contact highlighted. The sudden pause was punctuated by a sense of déjà vu.

A café?

Why did that sound so hauntingly familiar?

She pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. "How could I have forgotten about this?"

Meanwhile, in a café, Victoria perched in a reserved booth, her gaze drifting over the bustling crowd through the panoramic windows.

Irritation flickered in her eyes.

Vivienne!

She really had some nerve!

Twice now!

That wretched woman had stood her up twice!

Calls unanswered, texts ignored, just like she had vanished off the face of the earth. How could Richard have ever approved of such a granddaughter-in-law, bringing shame to the Ellington name?

And Percival!

Birds of a feather indeed. Both just as unreliable as the other!

Victoria gnashed her teeth on the freshly served scones as if she were biting into Vivienne and Percival, those two good-for-nothings. "Let's go find War God! Damn it, I refuse to believe I can't handle the two o you!"

Over at Northway City, within the Grimshaw estate-a structure reminiscent of a middle-age castle-Oliver Grimshaw sat at Asher's bedside.

son, he snatched a cup from the desk and hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even handle a simple task, and now the

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

the modern era, the Grimshaws clung to archaic

underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be so formidable. I

teacup flew. "You think I'm a fool? How powerful could a twenty-something-year-old possibly be? Go on, inquire about it. See if there's a family with such a prodigy. Wouldn't those old coots be parading her

of the five major

such a talent? And if they did, he'd

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has placed this opportunity before us, then it's destined to be the

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in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria was still fuming over

for the sake of my mother who once aided you, could you please convey a message to the Ellingtons? Vivienne and Percival have gone too far! They're clearly toying

tapping the tabletop intermittently. "You're too impulsive. Vivienne and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with them. It's no wonder

back on their word. It's obvious

though his opinion of Vivienne

definitely capable

vent. "Richard's gone senile; I just don't get

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

indeed a little too

her

help me, and helping you covertly deal with the Abernathys was the most

glanced at his watch. "As for the rest, my position prevents further involvement. Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene. You

were masters

and concealed her as a comatose patient after

heritage, Victoria had been

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