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 as

Vivienne was about to make.

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

Percival, her clear eyes shimmering with feigned confusion. "Mr. Wolf,

help but chuckle at her expression, playfully pinching her

quite busy, and frankly,

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

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

always seemed to look down on them

to

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

cold sweat breaking out despite

voice, "That's just a liquor cabinet.

with the theatrics? If there's something to say, why can't you

quickly pulled his sister back,

the tension, "Ashley's just suggesting the

comments and

and approached

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direct question took

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who also shook his

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

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

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

who remained as still as

dismantled plank,

lips curved into a sly smile as she fixed her gaze on Baron and said

What could that

did not recall having anything of

into his pocket, he found a

Typical Vivienne, always prepared.

grenade in his hand and tossed it into the