The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 144

Chapter 144

His voice held a rare tinge of vulnerability. After a moment of hesitation, Vivienne moved to his side, allowing him to wrap his right arm around her. She rested her head on his shoulder, and in no time at all, Percival drifted into sleep.

Vivienne gently removed his arm and dialed Matthew’s number.

“I couldn’t find the two ingredients you asked for on the black market.” Matthew informed her over the phone.

“Keep looking.” Vivienne commanded him. After pausing briefly, she said, “Put the word out that anyone who has these ingredients and is willing to part with them will be owed a favor by me.”

Her favors were rare and precious. They were sometimes powerful enough to cheat death.

She believed that once this message was out, the items she sought would find their way to

her.

“It seems you do care a lot about your fiancé.” Matthew commented after an unexpected

pause.

Vivienne didn’t confirm or deny it. She simply hung up.

She glanced at Percival, who lay on the couch with his eyes closed.

Did she care?

Perhaps.

After all, he had always been good to her.

“Percival.” She murmured while gently patting his face.

There was no response. He was running a low fever from the poison, and she could feel the heat radiating from him.

“Mr. Wolf.” Vivienne called softly.

Percival opened his eyes slightly to look at her. She helped him up. “Let’s get you to bed.”

He nodded. His lips pressed together as she supported him up the stairs to the bedroom. His nearly six-foot-three frame weighed heavily on Vivienne.

to get him into the room and settled him onto the bed, where he promptly fell back into

wet towel to carefully wipe away the sweat on his face and body, then placed a damp cloth on his forehead to bring down his

she was about to pull away, Percival grabbed her hand,

half-sleeping “Vivienne, don’t go

and lay down beside him, fully clothed, allowing him to

her hand

Percival suddenly spiked a high fever, and

fever reducers

her even in sleep.

dawn approached,

on the Star Grass and the Seven

to part with

are, but…” Matthew

mind.” Vivienne urged

Poison Flower is with

is a nutcase. Ever since you beat him once, he’s been looking for a rematch. If you win, the flower is yours. But if

to be his guinea pig?” Vivienne

to turn you

once stormed a high-security prison, using almost a hundred inmates as test subjects. By the time the Nine Mystics Society arrived, the scene looked like it was straight out of the horror game ‘Resident Evil.’ Many were so horrified that

been trying to capture him ever since, but he was elusive. Now,

Prepare to capture him once the match is over. That way, I wouldn’t

paused before replying, “As for the Star

high-ranking figure in GTO. His exact status

unknown.

He was a man who left no traces, a

Vivienne asked

he’s keeping this favor for later.” Matthew knew

replied after a moment

Technically, with Vivienne’s medical skills, they could wait

she would owe

seem to want to dwell on this. “As for Brody, set

a sadist.

about Brody

just worried that you’ll let your feelings cloud your judgment.”

Percival beside her. He was asleep, but his brows were furrowed in discomfort while his right hand still held

her feelings get

later, the Star Grass was delivered. Vivienne inspected it

with Brody was also set. The address Matthew sent made her pause.

in Havenwood, tucked away in the

the coincidence,

showdown was set

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