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

picture, the other Ellington nonentities wouldn’t stand a chance against her.

raised an eyebrow and her gaze

provided her account

latest!” Fiona declared confidently. It seemed that she was

Vivienne nodded, “Agreed”

call to the National Gallery’s secretary, and soon after, the team

off, neglecting the gallery’s guests. He had to get back and convince his parents not to release

she she nodded to Percival and

left, Percival and Vivienne made to leave too. But they were suddenly

that painting

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

be in his seventies, dressed modestly but exuding a palpable authority. His aged, cloudy eyes seemed sharp as they fixed

before responding. “This painting is a

“but you wouldn’t sell the original, would you?”

and

familiar to me I’d like to buy it to help find her,” the old

to me

“You recognize the

a figure from the back, and only someone who knew the individual very

mole behind her ear, the old man recounted his voice was tinged with a hint of melancholy “My lost daughter has a mole in the same place Even though it might not be

grip on the painting tightened. “Your

years without a trace. I heard the might

was taken aback

a

meeting anyone named Sasha, yet the name felt eerily familiar

Chapter.

I heard you say the person in the portrait was your mother, who has

man could finish, Vivienne

apologized, “I’m sorry to have

fine,” Vivienne replied softly, her

ear is in the exact spot as my daughter’s. May

Vivienne’s voice suddenly turned cold, “are

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