The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 351

Chapter 351

Jeffrey’s eyes bulged in disbelief, and for a long moment, he struggled to process what he had just heard.

After a brief pause, he snapped back to reality and roared at Fiona Ellington, “Are you out of your mind? Ten billion dollars to them? Do we look like we’re running a charity here?”

With ten billion dollars, you could open a string of world–class art galleries! He thought.

Fiona must have lost her marbles by giving out such an astronomical number.

Fiona shot him an icy glance before turning to Vivienne and Percival, “Give me an account number. I’ll transfer the funds to you!”

She wasn’t offering this fortune for Jeffrey’s sake, but to keep Percival and Vivienne from dismantling the other art galleries.

Some of the galleries Jeffrey had established were a front for under–the–table dealings, which were secrets that outsiders must never uncover. It was a network she had painstakingly built, hidden from her entire family.

Even Jeffrey, the supposed head, was clueless about it.

If these secrets were ever exposed, she’d stand to lose up to thirty billion dollars.

When weighed against ten billion, it was a no–brainer. She had to protect those assets.

And Fiona didn’t buy for a second that Percival could go after her family without a reason.

Mr. Percy’s stature alone had put him at the zenith of power; he wouldn’t bat an eyelid at a few art galleries, let alone a few hundred billion

Yet, he was insistent on tearing down the galleries. She suspected he knew something.

It seemed Percival had to go. His very existence was the most significant threat to her.

With Percival around, the inheritance wouldn’t fall into her hands even if the old man died. Not to mention that Richard Ellington was still alive

were out of the picture, the other Ellington nonentities wouldn’t

eyebrow and her gaze harbored

her account details.

the money by tonight at the latest!” Fiona declared confidently. It seemed that she was not the least bit worried about whether her parents, Henry and Heloise Ellington, would

Vivienne nodded, “Agreed”

National Gallery’s secretary, and soon after, the team that had come to seal off the premises withdrew

fury as Fiona casually promised to hand over ten billion dollars. He stormed off, neglecting the gallery’s

also took her leave after she she nodded to Percival

made to leave too.

that

turned to see an elderly man leaning on a cane; his hair was almost entirely white

be in his seventies, dressed modestly but exuding a palpable

paused before responding. “This painting

aware, the old man replied, “but you wouldn’t sell the original,

smiled and nodded,

person in this painting feels familiar to me I’d like to buy it to help find her,” the old

to me

“You recognize the person in this

and only someone who knew the individual

tinged with a hint of melancholy “My lost daughter has a mole in the same place Even though it might not be her, I want to investigate

this, Vivienne’s grip on the painting tightened. “Your

for thirty years without a trace. I heard the might have come to

was taken aback

It was a beautiful

couldn’t recall meeting anyone named Sasha, yet the name felt

Chapter.

I heard you say the person in the

could finish, Vivienne interjected,

words, the old man apologized, “I’m sorry

fine,” Vivienne replied softly, her

bold, the mole behind your mother’s ear is in the exact

Vivienne’s voice suddenly turned cold, “are in prison!”

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