The Million-Dollar Heart

Scott's normally stern face took on an even more sinister cast as he glared at Vivienne.

"When did you figure it out?" he asked, his voice deep and heavy with accusation.

He had always suspected that Vivienne would uncover his true identity, but he had not anticipated her discovery would come so swiftly.

Perhaps it was not today. Maybe she had known for quite some time, watching him like a court jester, smiling sweetly as he played his part, likely mocking him silently all the while. "Let me think..." Vivienne propped her chin in her hand, feigning deep recollection. "I'd say it was around the time Rowan and Ismene disguised themselves as my foster parents." Scott felt his heart tighten, realizing she had known for longer than he thought.

Clearly, he had underestimated Vivienne.

Like mother, like daughter.

As the saying goes, a viper never gives birth to a dove.

"So, you didn't come back to the Brooks family to find your biological father but to avenge your mother?" Scott's voice was a low growl.

Vivienne's lips curved slightly, but she remained silent.

Scott paused for a moment, then spoke again. "Since you know everything, you must also understand that I didn't kill your mother."

He had fallen for Karen at first sight, a love so sudden and all-consuming.

But he knew they would never have a future together.

When he discovered Karen was 'Lark', he knew his feelings would dissipate like mist. Because he was Scott, the high-ranking agent of GTO, the only person apart from the boss who knew the true face of Mr. B.

GTO was his allegiance, and Lark was its arch-nemesis.

For three years, he and Karen explored every nook of Rivenwood's flower fields, witnessing the world's most beautiful vistas together.

would be forever, just

intentions were

the decision to use Paula as a pawn to kill Karen at their

him apart. Because it was the woman he

his

vanished, she used his identity to eliminate over a hundred

stayed silent, biding her time until she could expose his undercover agents, and then she

Scott could not tell if he

knew he

was absolutely

not his child, yet he played along.

a bed that night, and the

man and so cunning, use intimacy with him to fulfill her

to put to rest

him and Vivienne, he found solace, repeatedly convincing himself

this time, the results from Frostfire Intelligence Agency came back positive: Vivienne

believed that he

he knew someone would always shatter

shift unpredictably, Vivienne knew precisely what he

"I know you didn't

"So, spare me the act of deep affection. You're

was like a dagger, piercing Scott with icy

after a moment of silence, he said, "You didn't come here just to talk about my identity and your mother, did you? Out with it. What

don't you introduce me to

rejected the

B was the organization's right hand, the benefactor who had elevated him. He would never

had anticipated this