The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 422

Astrid fidgeted nervously beside Vivienne, apparently still wracked with guilt over the previous day's events.

Vivienne, unfazed, glanced at Astrid with eyes as soft as a strawberry cheesecake and stood up.

Astrid halted her with a call, "Vivienne."

Vivienne's lips curved into a smile, her bright eyes flashing with disinterest. "What is it?"

Astrid rose and approached her, lifting her shirt.

On her slender waist was a hideous black scar.

A knife wound, poisoned.

Astrid clenched her fist. "I got this on a mission when I fell into the enemy's trap. Now, I still suffer from the pain, especially when it rains, my whole body aches.

Vivienne, I'm not trying to gain your sympathy. I just want to tell you that we've sacrificed our lives to ensure that our organization can develop a defense against the biochemical weapons of rival nations.

So, on behalf of the organization and our country, I'm inviting you to join our fight!"

Vivienne's gaze fell on the scar on Astrid's waist.

It was clearly real.

She grasped Astrid's wrist and felt for her pulse.

The poison had been lurking in her body for years; she, indeed, had suffered greatly.

Vivienne casually took out a life-saving pill and popped it into Astrid's mouth. "This poison isn't hard to cure. Just come to me once a day."

After a pause, she added, "I'm quite interested in what you've said. I'll give it a try."

Astrid froze, surprised. "You mean you agree?"

Vivienne nodded slightly. "Yeah, but I'm out if your experiments don't meet my standards."

"Great. You'll find our experiments fascinating," Astrid said with a smile. "I'll notify the organization and see when they can take you to the lab." With that, Astrid went into her room.

Looking at her door, Vivienne let a sly smile creep onto her face.

and

[Came up empty. You?]

[Hook, line, and sinker.]

cunning expression from those words - like a

house of the Ellington family's

of bed

strength was beyond their imagination. A

the timely hospital visit, he

the couch. "I'm going stir-crazy

was useless; he was in agony. It was better to

mind me. What about Fiona? Why

him. How could he just throw her out of the company?" "I

are you doing hiding all day? Think you can get back into the company that way? Come out and figure out how to ask your grandpa to

mainstay of the Ellington family's second branch, with half their savings coming

she was out, they had

Jeffrey's complaints below. She put on

pressing concern. It was

in the art galleries; she also needed the Ellington Group's

her livelihood, her

had signed agreements. If she failed to deliver as

dialed an unknown number on

still in our hands, being moved as

close eye. I'll find a way to

rubbed her fingertips, her

an unfamiliar number

hesitating, she answered, "Who's

replied, "Ms., I'm

Fiona paused.

Calista?

not close, but Fiona had heard of Calista in their

once-proclaimed prodigy of traditional medicine, the cheap daughter of the

also become reclusive. Why

asked, her

voice came through. "Got time

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