The Million-Dollar Heart

Calista could imagine the frosty reception she would receive from the Ellington family, but she never expected to be met with such outright disdain.

Of course, it was all because of Vivienne!

"Grandpa, please keep it. Don't disregard Calista's thoughtful gesture," Fiona chimed in, playing peacemaker, and managed to diffuse some of the awkwardness.

Cecilia scoffed disdainfully, eyeing Calista with contempt. "Calista, my father already has a Specter Healer's bracelet, a gift from our dear Vivienne. Your little present is redundant at the moment." Calista's heart skipped a beat.

Specter Healer!

How did Vivienne come to possess something from the elusive Specter Healer?

The entire medical community knew of Specter Healer's enigmatic reputation, never leaving a trace. How could they have possibly left something personal behind? Where did Vivienne acquire it?

What infuriated Calista even more was the fact that Vivienne dared to give away something as coveted as a Specter Healer artifact!

Those were treasures she could only dream of obtaining!

As Calista grappled with shock, Cecilia's smirk widened.

"Come on, Vivienne, let's go have some fun," Cecilia said, pulling her away.

Vivienne did not resist, allowing Cecilia to lead her off, only sparing Fiona a fleeting glance as she passed.

Fiona suddenly felt a chill run down her spine, unsettled by the penetrating gaze of Vivienne's eyes. She felt she had been seen through for some inexplicable reason.

It was not until Vivienne and Cecilia had ascended the staircase that Fiona's shiver subsided.

She could not shake the feeling that she had seen those eyes somewhere before.

Percival stood up, briefly glancing at the herbs in Calista's hands.

Coming back to her senses, Calista was about to greet Percival when he abruptly spoke, "Aurelia, make sure to properly inspect anything brought into the Ellington home from now on. We can't just accept things from anyone."

The household staff, especially Aurelia, had served the Ellingtons

to read the Ellingtons'

their disdain for Calista, and Aurelia was more

herbs from Calista. "Please let me inspect

cheeks burn with embarrassment, managed a strained smile. "Of course, Aurelia. Thank

to her word, Aurelia called the family doctor before Calista to check

silently, forced to

in the spectacle, followed Vivienne

tightened as she watched

all because of

she would not have

the family doctor confirmed the herbs were harmless,

Fiona sat next to Calista and placed

this is a token of Calista's respect for your birthday. You can't just turn it away, right? Please

you can't just loaf around and bring troublemakers around. I'm tired. It's time for you to go," Richard grunted, tossing

ousted from the company, but as Richard's granddaughter, he showed

as for Calista, Richard had no

was visiting under her friend's name, yet he refused to

family to have

Calista had no choice

the Ellington Mansion,

lips, apologizing, "Fiona, I'm sorry

box tightly,

not your fault. If only we could have come sooner," Fiona said, her

that woman's fault. If not for her, Richard would have never treated us

the blame was squarely placed on Vivienne's shoulders, as if by mutual unspoken

secretive Rivenwood

blindfolded by Astrid to

Astrid removed the blindfold, "Welcome to our lab. These are all

surroundings: masked faces, white lab coats, impassive