The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Yorick shot him a glare, "You always have too much to say!"

"Come on, help me soothe the kids."

At the mention of the kids, Arthur instantly caved.

It was a good thing there were two of them; otherwise, he, as their grandad, wouldn't even have a fighting chance against their own dad. Vivienne was already immune to their antics.

Out of sight, out of mind.

At least for now, she could play the role of a hands-off manager.

She turned to Arthur, "Dad, where's Mom?"

Arthur awkwardly held one of the kids in his arms, too nervous to even glance around freely, and just jerked his chin towards the back.

"She's in the north wing, giving that lad one last round of acupuncture, hoping to stimulate his nerves. If all goes well, we should see some reaction in a couple of days." Vivienne checked on the kids to make sure they were truly sleepy before she left.

On her way, Leopold called, "Vivienne, Mr. Watson has heard the news and asked me to pass on a message."

Vivienne hummed as she walked, signaling him to continue.

"He said the Watson family owes you one. Just say the word if you need anything."

"Okay."

After hanging up, Vivienne knew the weight of a favor from the Watson family.

But, there was no need for it now.

She'd save it for when the time came.

Entering the room, Sasha was in the middle of an acupuncture session.

Vivienne quietly took a seat nearby.

Soon, she was sweating from the warmth.

Ever since Mr. Wolf had been brought to the Linklater family's care, the room's temperature was kept slightly higher to maintain his normal body heat. Now that spring was here, just sitting made her feel overheated.

Wolf hadn't

been a month already, and

while, Sasha finished her session and checked his pulse, frowning at Percival's

of inquiry

"Mom, how's Mr.

his hand and stated frankly, "His internal injuries are all healed, but when

at

Specter Healer and a renowned

Mr. Wolf couldn't

thoughts and patted her shoulder, "Don't overthink it. It's common in such cases. As soon as his consciousness decides,

see Mr.

hear him call her Vivienne with

feel his embrace

becoming too sentimental, Sasha led

tomorrow is Uncle Maddox and Willa's engagement party. Grandpa has already

about it, "I'll pick

she didn't need to be so formal,

Uncle Maddox and Willa make it official. I have to buy them

and was back in less than an

asked, "What did

secrets, but don't give them anything too outlandish. Willa is

en

silent, amused by her mother's imagination. Willa indeed wouldn't

party full of elders, what could she possibly

day of

at the Perez

affair, just family, to keep things

staying home with the kids, claiming they couldn't relax not knowing if the

been packed into the car in

the Perez Homestead by noon, they were greeted by an eagerly

but look past them, asking,

exchanged glances before focusing on Jasper's sons

coughed subtly, hinting something, while Fredrick and Yuri

and nobody wanted to upset the old man, especially since Maddox would never let them live it

to console him, "Dad, the kids are still too young for the wind. We'll bring them over

partly because the two men were too attached