The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 413

Two days later.

Dorian's company had finalized their new perfume line, and Vivienne found herself with some free time to visit the hospital.

Anna had already returned to school, but Natalia and Yasmine were still hospitalized, though they had been moved from intensive care to a regular VIP ward.

Jasper sat beside the crib with two plush toys in hand, smiling at the sight of his granddaughters' joyful faces, an involuntary chuckle escaping his lips. Vivienne knocked on the door. "Excuse me, sir."

Jasper's face lit up with excitement. "Ah, young lady, you've finally made it. I was beginning to think you had forgotten about me."

"How could I forget such a charming gentleman?" Vivienne teased.

It was the first time Jasper had been described as charming, and he basked in the novelty, "My, my, your words warm an old man's heart." Vivienne smiled.

Just then, Yuri and Zelda came in, and Jasper immediately boasted. "Vivienne just called me charming. Take that, you bunch of brats who always call me stern. She doesn't think so."

He then turned to Vivienne. "I can call you Vivienne, right? It feels more personal."

"Of course," Vivienne replied with a laugh.

Yuri sighed, "Vivienne, my dad's only ever this happy when he's chatting with you. When he talks to me, he's far from charming."

"Cheeky boy, go fetch Vivienne's gift, will you? That's all you're good for," Jasper scolded, glaring at Yuri.

This boy was no good!

"Dad, I've brought everything. Don't look at him. He's useless," Zelda said, also shooting Yuri a teasing glare. Yuri muttered to himself, feeling like the black sheep of the family.

Zelda retrieved a mahogany box from the cabinet, its craftsmanship clearly that of a master's touch.

much, but please accept this small token of my father's gratitude. Do not reject

at an auction the year before, the Heart of Hope! The rarity of the craftsmanship was what truly set it apart. Not

Vivienne's collection, there was only one

to rescue the captured babies; it was

"You can't refuse an old

"Please, Vivienne, take it. We can't imagine what our girls

my dad will insist on personally delivering it to

him with his cane, but not too hard. "Who said you could

my daughters? Dad, you're being too harsh. Vivienne, you have to back

Vivienne finally accepted, then said to Yuri, "Mr. Perez, they say you owe a favor

room, and Vivienne felt a sense of peace settling in her heart. Unconsciously, she had come to think of this room as her sanctuary, where she

dark. Percival was waiting downstairs and approached her as

her coat tighter around herself, asking,

taking Vivienne's hand and noticing the bag she was carrying. "What's

at it and smiled. "It's

had secretly collected her DNA to conduct a paternity test back in Sea City but had not yielded the desired

an offense, hence

did not take much offense; she understood the Perez family's desire to find their daughter, perhaps noting some resemblance

she was not the

mother was not

never spoke of her biological family. Perhaps they had not been kind, so they

hospital, Jasper stared at the paternity test report, a deep regret filling his

so familiar, so much like his

no genetic link between

How could this be?

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