The Million-Dollar Heart

Scott suddenly grabbed Calista's neck, pulling her roughly toward him as his eyes blazed with a chilling intensity.

"No? Then you'll die for it!"

Calista's eyes reddened with fear, and tears streamed down her face instantly.

She knew Scott was serious-he would undoubtedly let her die.

Disgusted, Scott pushed Calista away and wiped his hands with a tissue. "Brody has bugged you. Get back to the lab tomorrow, work on that virus with TIC Research Institute, and don't screw up." Calista nodded in understanding. "Yes, I've got it."

Scott gave Calista a cold glance that carried the same annoyance as he felt with her mother.

Then, donning his mask, he stood up and left. He still had to track down Rowan and Ismene. Those two had betrayed the organization, and they would not be forgiven.

In the restaurant, Vivienne bit into a juicy steak, scrolling through messages on her phone.

[Vivienne, Timothy's fine. The Brooks family business is a bit messy, but Baron's in charge, so it's stable. Timothy's been auditing the company accounts lately.]

While chewing on her steak, Vivienne replied. [If Timothy's alright, then check on Carl. Make sure their whole family's safe.]

Matthew responded promptly. [On it.]

Vivienne was engrossed in her phone, oblivious to Percival's longing gaze from across the table.

It was not until Vivienne reached for the next dish that she noticed Percival's eager eyes.

"Mr. Wolf, do I look that appetizing to you?"

A shadow flickered in Percival's eyes, which seemed to linger on Vivienne. "Yes, you do look quite appetizing."

"Then eat up. You've got a match this afternoon." Vivienne forked some salad into her mouth.

Percival raised an eyebrow. "You know?"

Vivienne glanced up. "Snake lost their championship chance in the team match three years ago, but a month later, they came back and took six titles in a row. There's no way they did that by themselves." After all, as Hawk's top coach, Vivienne knew all about the history of her old rival, Snake.

with new blood compared

Bennett and his team could outplay many professional

lack of funds to attract promising new players, they were

spend and nurture talent. With a mysterious coach joining three years ago, they quickly

She had sent

that she had met Percival, the

facing off

his intentions, switching his finely cut steak onto Vivienne's plate and raising his juice glass in a toast. "Then, Vivienne, good

She

teams for the group stage were announced on the

to the group stage but were not placed in the

Bennett across the room, "Tell Aaron we'll see him in the

and said with a nonchalant smile, "Why don't you tell Aaron yourself? I saw you carrying Aaron back to the lounge at lunch. Seems like you're quite close." With that, Bennett left the drawing room

knew about the tension between

"little lackey,"

knew about the fiery temper of Kenneth, the young heir of

so enraged

was a last

let his brother get his

we meet in the

Hawk and Snake had a breather from the qualifiers. Vivienne and Percival set up training tasks for

no real reason for Percival to go to the

to prevent some people from distributing

to careless card distribution,

I realize I

If your brother hadn't let it slip, I'd still be in the dark about my dear granddaughters being

cane,

silently, not daring to breathe too loud while his father

cursed, always losing our treasures. Why can't you careless boys get lost instead?

heart ached for his granddaughters, and

of something happening