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 was

shrugged; he was clueless about the announcement Vivienne was about to

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

her gaze on Percival, her clear eyes shimmering with feigned confusion. "Mr. Wolf, am I

not help but chuckle at her expression, playfully pinching her

all quite busy,

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

But ever since Vivienne aired some

seemed to look down on them as if

her gaze to Baron, her

a finger, pointing towards the wardrobe behind Baron, "Why do

instantly, cold sweat breaking out despite his

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

stop with the theatrics? If there's something to

quickly pulled his sister back,

Darren said with a nervous chuckle, trying to defuse the tension, "Ashley's just suggesting the liquor cabinet can't

the comments and simply looked at

approached the

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

direct question

knowledge of

Ronald, who also shook his head in

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, you wouldn't know. But Baron, he

revealing a hidden passage. "Vivienne,

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

around except for Baron, who remained as still

plank, Leopold said, "Vivienne,

on Baron and said to Leopold, "You have something quite interesting in

could

recall having anything

when he reached into his pocket, he found a brand-new tear

Typical Vivienne, always prepared.

grenade in his hand and