The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 1198

In the lounge.

Floyd, with a devilish grin, looked at Vivienne and Percival. "What's to be done, Vivienne? You're still not careful enough. You didn't even notice the one right beside you."

His eyes sparkled with certainty of victory, yet he failed to see the faint smile that Vivienne wore as she left.

In the grand hall.

It was time to cut the cake.

Vivienne and Percival reappeared at the party.

Hiding in the lounge, Floyd also came down. He looked at Vivienne and Percival, laughing wildly for the first time.

Vivienne glanced at him and calmly shifted her gaze away.

Suddenly, all the lights in the hall were turned on.

Floyd stood in the middle, like a demon fallen into hell, opening his arms, his eyes bloodthirsty as he looked at the people in the hall.

"Welcome to the hell I've prepared for you!"

Floyd thought the crowd would panic, but instead, they looked at him emotionlessly.

Floyd scoffed, "Pretending to be calm in the face of death! No matter, you'll keep your composure when the bomb explodes!"

Yet, the crowd remained unperturbed.

Floyd thought they were too frightened to react. Standing on the stage, he laughed wildly, "Forgot to tell you, I've planted bombs in this hall. Just a press of this button, and the hall will be..." "Boom! Reduced to rubble!"

Floyd was frenzied, completely unaware that the audience looked at him as if he were a fool.

Isaiah stood below the stage, hands in his pockets, speaking leisurely, "You talk too much!"

Floyd's smile faded, and he looked at Isaiah with malice, "Isaiah, what are you playing at? You knew who I was all along, didn't you? That I had planted bombs here? What, you didn't find them all?" Isaiah smirked, "Oh, those? Been defused!"

Floyd sneered, "I never knew you for being so stubborn. Well, let me show you how those defused bombs explode!"

Floyd pressed

wild, ready to

the anticipated explosion never happened, and everyone remained

in disbelief,

a diversion, letting us find those bombs? You

was stunned,

then glanced back at the guests, looking at Floyd again without answering his question, only saying, "Like the show I

deepened,

you smart, or foolish? If Abigail and Connor couldn't finish it, what made you think a five-year-old

in disbelief, "Impossible! This can't

your confidence make you forget who Isaiah and I

Vivienne,

wanted you close to those secrets, or why

move! Since you weren't in a hurry, neither were we. My mom said, after having me and Isaiah,

had to bring the stagecraft home. After performing for twenty years, my mom's still enjoying

time you want to act, let's do it my way. Let's fund my new book, 'The Billionaire Bride's Bid for Marriage,' into a TV series. I think

"My

overkill! How much does a star make, and you're asking for a billion? Would

worth much,

Juliette, "..."

Well!

roles her mother played, surely,

look, "Finish your act

taking a backseat, watched the

coughed, turning to

face filled with disbelief, "I don't believe it! I was only five, just a kid. How could a child be so scheming? Even if you were smart, how could you

Vivienne and Percival genuinely cared for me. They adopted me because they pitied me

early. Even if it was

voice crazed, "They're from major families, how could they

up, "Us? We're here for the drama. The legendary doctor's play, we all had

she's putting on a show, I'm definitely playing a supporting role!"

"I am..."

Watching people casually drop

mix of disbelief and defiance in his eyes. "No, I can't fail. I