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.

seeking

clueless about the announcement Vivienne was about to make.

exhaled deeply. "Vivienne, the family's all here. Whatever

shimmering with feigned confusion. "Mr. Wolf, am I bad at counting? It seems like

at her expression, playfully pinching her cheek. "Indeed, not

you up to? We're all quite busy, and frankly, we don't

been overly warm, but certainly not as strained

allowing a peaceful coexistence. But ever since Vivienne

look down on them as if she considered

her gaze to Baron, her

she lifted a finger, pointing towards the wardrobe behind Baron, "Why

straightened up instantly, cold sweat breaking out

"That's just a liquor cabinet. How could

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

pulled his sister back, worried she might provoke

to defuse the tension, "Ashley's

comments and simply

understood immediately and approached

tone detached, "Rivenwood suburb apartment 36, South Ridge Community villa 5, East County Villa 17, Sovereign Community 19-3... Timothy, do any of

direct question

no knowledge of

who also shook

we own other properties, they're usually nearby. The houses you mentioned

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

was a solid wall; how could

for Baron, who remained as

dismantled plank, Leopold said, "Vivienne,

and said to Leopold, "You have something quite

could that

having anything of the

reached into his pocket, he found a brand-new

Typical Vivienne, always prepared.

in his hand and