The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

That night, Vivienne was tormented by a nightmare.

In her dream, Abigail was desperately trying to kill her, but Mr. Wolf, in a heroic act, took the fatal blow for her and collapsed right in front of her eyes. Vivienne, frantic, tried everything to bring Mr. Wolf back, but he wouldn't wake up.

The scene felt so real that Vivienne's heart ached unbearably, as if she couldn't breathe.

She tried to scream for help, but no sound came out.

Waking up, Vivienne felt a tightness in her chest, the suffocating pain was just like in her dream, too real to ignore.

She clutched at her chest, speechless.

Percival, sensing something was wrong with her, immediately turned on the light and saw Vivienne's pale face.

"Vivienne!"

He quickly picked her up and gently patted her back. After a few minutes, Vivienne managed to catch her breath.

"Mr. Wolf, I'm okay now, it was just a dream."

Percival got up, fetched her a glass of water, and wiped the cold sweat off her face. "Why on earth would you have such a nightmare? You must be overthinking something." Vivienne, having caught her breath, shook her head.

Since coming down from the mountains, she occasionally dreamt of her childhood with her mother, but never experienced anything like this.

This pain that extended from her dream into reality was definitely not normal.

Percival, his brow furrowed with lingering fear, was about to step outside. "I'll call the doctor, have her come over."

Vivienne stopped him, "Mr. Wolf, it's the middle of the night, she's probably asleep."

Percival frowned, "Then I'll call Finnian to have a look at you."

Vivienne sighed, "The doctor has really gone back to Emerald Mountain..."

Percival paused, trying to think of someone else who could help.

Vivienne sighed softly at him, "Mr. Wolf, come hold me, you pacing around is making me dizzy."

Percival approached, his body tense, and hugged her tightly, "I'll take you to the hospital."

calmed Vivienne down, "It was just a nightmare,

Vivienne fell asleep

stayed awake the whole night, holding

Percival got ready, waiting

Vivienne slept until almost noon. Opening her eyes, she saw Percival sitting by the bed,

"Mr. Wolf, what are

gently helped her up, "Get up, we're going to

Vivienne, puzzled, "What check-up?"

her head, slowly saying, "I'm not at ease about

just a nightmare, I'm really fine. Don't forget, I'm a doctor myself. If there was something wrong, I would know. There's no need to go to the hospital." Percival insisted, "Doctors don't treat themselves,

dissuade him, Vivienne let herself be helped up and dressed for the

the check-up, Percival went to the office

buy breakfast, sitting on a bench to eat, missing Mr.

phone rang-it

answered, "Boss, the information you wanted has been found. Someone from the Hawthorn family did inquire

years ago. He was following Delilah's trail to the Brooks

discovering the Brooks family moved to Rivenwood, she followed. There were no

an eye on this Chris person, find

now, Delilah didn't seem to

Later, Vivienne called Leopold.

phone, "Hey, Vivienne, what's up so

was straightforward, "The Brooks family has a child in need of emotional guidance. Go there, and while

you sure you dialed the

If you're not there by

leg in the process,

asked,

was on the verge of tears, "Vivienne, did you forget I'm

"Seems like you forgot

with Leopold as if he hit the mute button. You could hear

up and reached for Percival's hand, "Mr. Wolf, what's got you looking

"Huh?"

Vivienne couldn't help but notice Percival's hands trembling

inner energy throughout

Everything seemed fine.

Mr. Wolf looking so