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

and her gaze harbored meaning.

her account

at the latest!” Fiona declared confidently. It seemed that she was not the least bit worried about whether

Vivienne nodded, “Agreed”

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

billion dollars. He stormed off, neglecting the gallery’s guests. He had to get

leave after she she nodded to

too. But they were suddenly halted

purchase that painting from

his hair

but exuding a palpable authority. His aged, cloudy eyes seemed sharp

“This painting is a copy”

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

smiled and

buy it to help find her,” the old man disclosed without reservation. “I hope you will

to me

looked up. “You recognize the person in this painting?”

only someone who knew

ear, the old man recounted his voice was tinged with a hint of melancholy “My lost daughter has a mole

the painting tightened. “Your daughter? Whats

the old man said as his tears welled up I’ve been searching for her for thirty years without a trace. I heard the might have come to Rivenwood recently, so I’m here to

was taken aback

was a

meeting anyone named Sasha,

Chapter.

you say the person in the portrait

old man could finish,

old man apologized, “I’m sorry to have touched

Vivienne replied softly, her

be so bold, the mole behind your mother’s ear is in the exact spot as my daughter’s. May I ask if you know much about your maternal grandparents?”

suddenly turned cold, “are

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