The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 353

Jasper Perez clutched a forged portrait Vivienne had given him, exhaling a wistful breath.

After hours of standing there, long after the gallery had emptied, he couldn’t shake the feeling that the silhouette in the artwork was eerily familiar

Yet it didn’t quite match the memory of his daughter, Sasha, who had gone missing years ago.

Perhaps it was just his age playing tricks on him. After all, Sasha was just a ten–year–old kid when she vanished, and the woman in the portrait appeared to be in her mid–thirties. The gap in years made it hard to draw any solid connection

Or was it simply because of the mole?

Just then, a man in a crisp black suit hurried over, “Dad, you had me worried sick! You can’t just disappear like that. The brothers would have my head if anything happened to you!”

It was Jasper’s fourth son, Yuri Perez

Jasper gave him a side–eye and carried a commanding aura, “Since when do I have to report my whereabouts to you?”

“I didn’t mean it like that! Yuri said with a hint of frustration in his voice.

Ever since Sasha’s disappearance, Jasper had never looked at his sons the same way. He had treated them with cold shoulders and hard stares over thirty years worries us, you know?”

Yuri sighed. “Your health is not well, Dad If you go somewhere, at least let me know

Jasper scoffed, “Instead of worrying about me, why don’t you put that energy into finding

“We’ve already sent people out to look again,” Yuri replied. Sasha?”

Jasper peered down at the portrait again, then handed it to Yuri, “Take a look at this: The woman daughter named Vivienne.”

passed away, leaving

paused, taken aback, “The mole is

does it matter where I got it from? Jasper shot back, emotionless. “Vivienne has a fiancé, Percival, who is from the affluent Ellington family. Look into them and see if you can dig up anything

it!” Yuri said, a surge of hope in his

exhaustive and fruitless despite it took

cut off. It didn’t come to him that the

with a potential lead, he got an intuition that the light had pierced through

after shooting him a look, “Just go and don’t dawdle. I don’t want to see you until you have news, seeing you boys

favored their sons, but Jasper? He appeared to hold a grudge

even worse than strays. Strays at least got scraps from his table, while

to leave Jasper alone, so he said, “Let’s get

might very

roared, “Home? I’m not going anywhere until Sasha is found And I want you to buy me a townhouse. I’ll be staying here for

shake the feeling of familiarity with Vivienne, and he needed to find out

You want stay in Riverwood? It’s dangerous here You’re coming home

you? What dangers are you talking about? Do you see any gangs? If so, I’d like to see them

Yuri was speechless

Go on, get moving Jasper

protest, but seeing his father’s temper he reluctantly agreed. “Okay I’ll get

comply and quickly inform his brothers They’d need to arrange

his father, but Jasper pushed him

Sasha is found, I

Yuri sighed in resignation

and his whole family told him