The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Vivienne shot Arthur a look, pretending not to hear his objection, her long legs crossed as she sat on the sofa.

She then clicked on the third trending topic on Twitter, curious to see how Alyssa had dug her own grave this time.

Opening the tweet, there was an audio clip that played for both Sasha and Arthur to hear.

"What's going on with you and Scott? Have you been with him?"

"What does it matter to you if I've been with Scott? What right do you have to ask?"

"I'm not interested in your personal life. I've been waiting for Arthur for years..."

"Why drag my brother into our issues?"

"We're family. Why can't your brother pay for your mistakes?"

Sasha frowned, murmuring, "I never said any of that. She's clearly manipulated my voice."

Arthur, angered, added, "Sasha would never say such things. This is obviously doctored!"

Vivienne looked at the online file, the audio continuing to play, and raised a question, "When she entered, would the guards have checked her? Could she bring something that even the Linklaters couldn't detect?"

Arthur, catching on to Vivienne's implication, his gaze sharpening, said sternly, "Someone get those two guards in here now!"

It was either the guards were bribed by Alyssa to let her sneak in the recording device, or Alyssa had something so sophisticated that even the Linklaters' latest detectors couldn't pick it up, though the latter seemed highly unlikely.

When the two guards came in, they felt the intense pressure emanating from Arthur, like a lion asserting his dominance, making them exchange nervous glances.

Arthur played the recording from Vivienne's phone out loud on the coffee table, letting it loop.

stammered, "Mr. Linklater, I swear I followed protocol and thoroughly scanned Ms. Wright

other guard, witnessing the scene, spoke up for his colleague, "Mr. Linklater, I saw him check Ms. Wright carefully. We didn't intentionally let her bring any electronic devices in!" Arthur, with years of combat experience, could tell these men likely weren't lying. Moreover, it wasn't easy to

keyboard, pulled up the Linklaters' comprehensive surveillance footage

video showed, from the entrance of the Linklaters' estate, Alyssa and Winston being

go. It's not

the surveillance footage. Vivienne chuckled coldly, "Seems like there's a third possibility." All three understood that someone was eager to stir

her belly, suggested, "Let's not sit around all morning. Let's go have breakfast; dad

and daughter in that moment mirrored each

flickered through Arthur's eyes, followed by

the Linklaters, everyone gathered for breakfast except for Hector Linklater, who was always abroad due to his diplomatic duties. Yorick,

red-rimmed eyes,

you been crying? It's my first

having been trained by him, wasn't known for such

Sasha shook her head, feigning strength amidst her vulnerability, "Dad, I'm fine. Just getting older, losing some of my former resilience." Dracon looked on in disbelief; his sister-in-law was known for her fierceness, adept in both intellect and combat, even more intimidating than his

his hand

and I are getting married

slandering her integrity, accusic.net

her

extending her wrath to

content! Sasha was so wronged she couldn't help but cry in

instructed the butler to bring him the details of the

through the comments under the tweet, Yorick's

this is beyond. Disloyal,

recording clearly shows

Scott, poor Alyssa waiting faithfully only