Astrid chuckled dryly.

Mature enough?

If leaked, the research material in the lab would send shock waves around the globe.

Yet, in Vivienne's words, it was merely mature enough?

Astrid glanced at her and asked, "So, you agree to stay in the lab?"

Vivienne nodded. "Yeah."

Astrid breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. "Thanks, Vivienne. I really appreciate you agreeing to be part of this experiment. Our progress will surely skyrocket now." Vivienne did not respond. Instead, she turned her gaze to the car window, watching the streetlights fall, and a slow smile spread across her lips.

After dropping Vivienne off at home, Astrid did not go upstairs. Instead, she turned the car around and drove away.

In the back seat lay the experimental data Vivienne had revised that day.

Returning home, Dorian and Cordelia were already asleep, and even though the light was on in Thaddeus' room, he was sound asleep, too. Vivienne switched off Thaddeus' light and entered her own room.

The moment she opened the door, her steps faltered, her eyes sharpening instantly.

A chill ran through her as she looked towards the window - a piece of paper was wedged in the crack.

This was the twenty-third floor; unless it was an inside job, this kind of infiltration was extraordinary!

She was sure that apart from Dorian's family, no one else was here.

Obviously, she was dealing with a pro!

She walked over and pulled out the paper.

The message was a mishmash of newspaper cutouts, and crooked letters forming a single line.

[The TCL Lab.]

clenched the paper tightly in

this was not the same mysterious texter

who could it

Suddenly, she smirked.

his fill of the outside world, that old coot

Did he want to see if she had

as she pulled out her phone and opened Twitter, posting one simple tweet, [Pay

had resisted signing up for Twitter, but Matthew had insisted it was the rage and

not used it since signing up, just letting it

returning to the Hawthorn family, she had gradually become a public figure, and her Twitter followers had grown. She had about

the same

person in the world who could owe Vivienne

thousand bucks, unpaid

his death, leaving them grieving for

it was clear

could they miss out on

echoing

followers, as well as those of the nine, were baffled, wondering who owed her money to warrant

fans asked who owed her, only Leopold replied seriously, "The debtor is

even created a new account for Finnian and tagged him in a post, [Master,

sent their followers into a

What was going on?

master dodging a

nowadays would cover

to retweet and tag Finnian,

Leopold's tweet, the other

message the group, [Holy smokes! Leopold, you've got guts! Aren't you afraid the master will come for

I support you. Keep

mourn for you in

fear? A man's

all, scaredy-cats! Did Vivienne treat you right for nothing? It's her hard-earned money the old man owes. Aren't we supposed to help her get it back? If I were you, I'd be tweeting right now, hounding the old man to pay! Isn't Vivienne's happiness worth more than your little troubles? Besides, who knows where that old guy is enjoying his life? If we don't push, when will he show

this time. We stand

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