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 clues as to what

Vivienne was about

here. Whatever you need to say,

her clear eyes shimmering with feigned confusion. "Mr. Wolf, am I bad at counting? It seems like not everyone's

her expression,

what are you up to? We're all quite busy, and

relationship had never been overly warm, but certainly

allowing a peaceful coexistence. But ever since Vivienne aired some family secrets about her grandmother, Ashley

down on them as if she considered herself

her gaze to Baron, her

behind Baron, "Why do I feel like there's

cold sweat

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

with the theatrics? If there's

back, worried she might

don't get upset," Darren said with a nervous chuckle, trying to defuse the tension, "Ashley's just suggesting

comments and

understood immediately and approached the

up, his tone detached, "Rivenwood suburb apartment 36, South Ridge Community villa 5,

question took Timothy

had no knowledge of

also shook his head in

mostly resides in the Brooks Mansion. Even if we own other properties, they're usually nearby. The houses you mentioned are unfamiliar to us." Percival smiled. "Of course,

dismantled the liquor cabinet as they spoke, revealing a

Brooks family members were stunned. Behind the cabinet was a solid wall;

for Baron, who remained as still

on a dismantled plank, Leopold

she fixed her gaze on Baron and said to Leopold, "You have

could that

recall having anything

into his pocket, he

Typical Vivienne, always prepared.

hand and tossed it into