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.

from the desk and hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even handle a

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

the modern era, the Grimshaws clung to

the situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be so formidable. I suspect she might come from an ancient

inquire about it. See if there's a family with such a prodigy. Wouldn't those old coots be

as one of the five major families, had no

fools possibly boast to have such a talent? And if they did, he'd have eliminated

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café in Rivenwood a day later,

bitterness. "War God, 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

and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with them. It's no wonder they don't trust you." "They could just

they agreed, then went back on their

neutral, though his opinion

girl was definitely capable of

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

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

indeed a little

chosen her

and helping you covertly deal with the Abernathys was the

with that weapon, I can't intervene. You want Vivienne's trust? That's on

were masters

having deceived Percival's aunt and concealed her as a

learning her true heritage, Victoria had been searching for her mother

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