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.

at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

modern era, the Grimshaws clung

to the ground. "We underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be

How powerful could a twenty-something-year-old possibly be? Go on, inquire about it. See if there's a

the Grimshaws, as one of the five major

fools possibly boast to have such a talent?

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pounded the desk emphatically. "If fate has placed this opportunity before us, then

...

at the café in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria was still fuming

"War God, for the sake of my mother who once aided you,

too impulsive. Vivienne and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with

on their word. It's obvious they want to humiliate

his opinion of

girl was definitely capable

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

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

was indeed a little

Lucas and the rest had chosen her to lead the new division

deal with the Abernathys was the most I

"As for the rest, my position prevents further involvement. Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene. You want Vivienne's trust? That's on you.

Abernathys were

concealed her as a comatose patient after birthing his

her true heritage, Victoria had

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