The Million-Dollar Heart

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.

kept glancing at Leopold, seeking clues as to what

Vivienne was about to make. After all,

deeply. "Vivienne, the family's all here. Whatever you need to

eyes shimmering with feigned confusion.

help but chuckle at her expression, playfully pinching her cheek.

frowned. "Vivienne, what are you up to? We're all quite busy, and frankly,

warm, but certainly not

a peaceful coexistence. But ever since Vivienne aired some family secrets about her

always seemed to look down on them as if she considered herself

gaze to Baron, her stare

wardrobe behind Baron, "Why do I

cold sweat breaking out despite his

his voice, "That's just a liquor cabinet. How could someone

"Can you stop with the theatrics? If there's something to say,

quickly pulled his sister back,

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

and simply looked at

understood immediately and approached the cabinet,

apartment 36, South Ridge Community

question

had no knowledge of these

glanced at Ronald, who also

Brooks family mostly resides in the Brooks Mansion. Even if we own other properties, they're usually nearby. The houses you mentioned are

cabinet as they spoke, revealing a hidden passage. "Vivienne, there's

were stunned. Behind the cabinet was

for Baron, who

a dismantled plank, Leopold said, "Vivienne, what

as she fixed her gaze on Baron and said to Leopold, "You have something quite interesting

could

having anything of the

into his pocket, he found a brand-new

Typical Vivienne, always prepared.

in his hand