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.

at Leopold, seeking clues

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

"Vivienne, the family's all here.

fixing her gaze on Percival, her clear eyes shimmering with feigned confusion. "Mr.

help but chuckle at her expression, playfully pinching her

all quite busy, and frankly, we don't

had never been overly warm, but certainly not as strained as it was with

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

look down on them as

gaze to Baron, her

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

cold sweat breaking out

fear in his voice, "That's just a

Vivienne was being ridiculous. "Can you stop with the theatrics? If there's something

pulled his sister back, worried she might

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

comments and simply looked

understood immediately and approached the cabinet,

to intervene, but Percival spoke up, his tone detached, "Rivenwood suburb apartment 36, South Ridge Community villa 5, East County Villa 17, Sovereign

question

no knowledge of

who also shook his

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

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

were stunned. Behind the cabinet was a solid wall; how could there be a

for Baron, who

on a dismantled plank, Leopold said, "Vivienne, what

her gaze on Baron and said to Leopold,

What could

did not recall having anything

reached into his pocket, he found

Typical Vivienne, always prepared.

in his hand and tossed it