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

wet towel to carefully wipe away the sweat on his face and body, then placed

was about to pull away, Percival grabbed her

half-sleeping “Vivienne, don’t go

down beside him, fully clothed, allowing him to

her hand

Percival suddenly spiked a high

fever reducers

to let go of her even in sleep. Vivienne was forced to stay awake

dawn approached,

have leads on the Star Grass and the

part with them?” Vivienne

are, but…”

mind.” Vivienne

Poison Flower is with

a long sigh. “Brody is a nutcase. Ever since you beat him once, he’s been looking for a

be his

he wants to turn

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 they vomited on

he was elusive. Now, he was practically delivering

him, right? Prepare to capture him once the

the

GTO. His exact

unknown.

and abilities were all mysteries. He was a man who left no traces, a

terms?” Vivienne asked

said that he’s keeping this favor for later.” Matthew knew how much Vivienne despised GTO because of

agree Vivienne replied after a

with Vivienne’s medical skills, they could wait for the ingredients.

agreeing to this, she would owe

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

a lunatic and a sadist. Matthew cautioned her.

about Brody Vivienne retorted

your feelings cloud your judgment.”

but his brows were furrowed in discomfort while his right hand still held

her feelings get in the

Grass was delivered. Vivienne inspected it carefully, ensuring that it hadn’t been

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

that freak, Brody, had been hiding out in Havenwood, tucked away in the N&S Psychiatric

coincidence, wasn’t

was set

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