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

were as impure

came the decision to use Paula as a pawn to kill

Because it was the woman he

to his shock, Karen

his identity to eliminate over a

then Scott realized that Karen had recognized him all along. She had stayed silent, biding her time until she could

that moment, Scott could not tell

he would never

absolutely certain she was

Arabella was not his

a bed that night, and the sheets

in love with another man and so cunning, use intimacy with him to fulfill

to

results confirmed a genetic match between him and Vivienne, he found solace, repeatedly convincing himself that

from Frostfire Intelligence Agency came back positive: Vivienne was

he

now, he knew someone would always shatter his self-deception. That

Vivienne knew precisely what

from the underworld. "I know you didn't kill my mother. What does

"So, spare

was like a dagger, piercing Scott with icy

a moment of silence, he said, "You didn't come here just to

you introduce me to

rejected the

B was the organization's right hand, the benefactor who had elevated him. He

anticipated