The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 408

Kala felt a ripple of anxiety; she certainly did not want the Brooks family to become tabloid fodder again.

It was not about her rising career but the desire to preserve the harmonious unity of the Brooks family from fragmenting into scandal.

Vivienne's gaze dropped slightly before she spoke softly, "There's a bit of an issue."

Kala's heart clenched with worry. "Vivienne, please tell me it's not something to do with Dad..."

Her words stumbled out of her, knotted with nerves.

No, it could not be!

Her father was the epitome of kindness, incapable of harming a soul.

Though she tried to reassure herself, Kala's palms were drenched with sweat from her mounting tension.

"Let's discuss it when he gets back," Vivienne said as she sat down and pulled out her phone to call Timothy, telling him to return home.

Meanwhile, with Cheryl's support, Baron made his way out of his room.

Kala rushed to help Baron down the stairs, her mind racing with apprehension.

She had no clue what would unfold next.

But she was certain that whatever was about to happen would once again turn the Brooks family upside down.

"Vivienne, what's on your mind?" Baron asked, his aged eyes betraying a hint of guilt.

Vivienne smiled faintly. "Let's wait until everyone's here."

Baron did not press further, but his grip on his cane tightened, his hand slick with anxious perspiration.

Soon, Timothy and Ronald returned, and alongside them walked Ashley with her brother Darren and Melissa in tow.

With the Brooks family gathered, silence fell, all eyes on Vivienne and Percival.

Leopold, seeking

about the announcement Vivienne was about to make. After all, he

all here. Whatever you need to say,

her clear eyes shimmering with feigned confusion. "Mr. Wolf, am I bad at

but chuckle at her expression, playfully pinching her

to? We're all quite busy, and frankly, we

Vivienne's relationship had never been overly warm, but certainly not as strained as

for Ashley, allowing a peaceful coexistence. But ever

look down on them as if she

turned her gaze to

pointing towards the wardrobe behind Baron, "Why do I feel like

instantly, cold sweat breaking out

"That's just a liquor cabinet.

theatrics? If there's

sister back, worried she might

to defuse the tension, "Ashley's just suggesting the liquor cabinet can't be hiding

and

approached the

Ridge Community villa 5, East County

direct question took

had no knowledge of

also shook

in the Brooks Mansion. Even if we own other properties, they're usually

had dismantled the liquor cabinet as they spoke, revealing a hidden passage.

were stunned. Behind the cabinet was

Baron, who remained as still as a

a dismantled plank,

on Baron and said to Leopold, "You

could that

recall having anything of the

his pocket, he found a brand-new tear

Typical Vivienne, always prepared.

hand and tossed it into the

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