The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

The chill in the air took everyone by surprise over the next few days.

Vivienne, thanks to her pregnancy, found herself succumbing to sleep more than ever, spending the majority of her day either eating or curled up in bed.

Percival, worried about leaving her alone, stayed by her side constantly.

One afternoon, while Vivienne was deep in slumber, her phone on the bedside table began to vibrate.

Seeing the caller ID, Percival picked it up and stepped outside to answer.

"Boss!" came Draven's voice through the phone.

"It's me," Percival replied with a stern voice. "Vivienne's asleep. What's the matter?"

Draven paused briefly, then quickly said, "Percival, Declan's made another move. But these symbols, only you can decipher them. We think he's trying to send a message out." Percival frowned. "Did the surveillance catch anything unusual?"

Draven's response was firm. "Nothing at all."

Percival's gaze darkened slightly. "Keep an eye on him. Report back with any suspicions. I'll inform Vivienne."

When Vivienne woke up, she turned to see Percival sitting by her side, which warmed her heart. "Mr. Wolf, what time is it?"

Percival looked at her, closing his laptop gently. "You're awake. It's seven in the evening."

Vivienne rubbed her temples. "Why do I feel like I can sleep forever?"

Percival took her hand and massaged her temples gently. "Hungry? I'll whip up something you love."

She glanced outside at the night sky and nodded. Her morning sickness had been particularly bad before she fell asleep, leaving her stomach feeling incredibly empty.

As Percival stood to leave, he handed her the phone. "Draven called. There's been some activity on Declan's end. I've forwarded the details to your phone. Take a look while I get started on dinner."

Percival left, Vivienne sat up and unlocked

several cryptic gestures she hadn't seen before. These

Vivienne was puzzling over

these

bowl of soup and said, "I'll have Thomas stick close to you from

she asked, taking

the Martinez family. He'll be tied up for a day

amusement and sympathy for Leopold, who was unaware that these gestures

solely on Thomas," she suggested to

a moment then nodded. "That works. Anna, being a woman, might be more attentive to your

before Percival and Vivienne even left the house, Anna was already

Vivienne, Anna quickly approached and stood at attention. "Vivienne, I'm

nodded slightly. "Are

fine now," Anna responded, opening the car

has unearthed the Wright family's blueprints.

eyebrow, puzzled by the timing of

call and instructed Anna, "Turn around. We're going to

and

arrived at the Wright family estate nearly simultaneously with another car. Matthew, who had been waiting,

then turned to

where's the

met her gaze, sparking a silent question

car

boomed from beside the

of blueprints, jogged over from the

sight of him. "What are you doing here, Leo? Weren't you

for this. One clever sentence from him, and I was out of