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

knew the person who sent this was not

could it

Suddenly, she smirked.

outside world, that

to see if she had lost

lips curled slightly as she pulled out her phone and opened Twitter, posting

Matthew had insisted it was the rage

since signing up,

the Hawthorn family, she had gradually become a public figure, and her

same master were the first

were clueless, they knew there was only one person in the world who could owe

thousand bucks,

his death, leaving them

call for payment, it

miss out on helping Vivienne

echoing Vivienne's

well as those of the nine, were

Leopold replied seriously,

tagged him in a post, [Master, a grand isn't a fortune. Time

sent their followers into a

What was going on?

dodging a thousand-dollar

nowadays

followers began to retweet

tweet, the

was the first to message the group, [Holy smokes! Leopold, you've got guts! Aren't you afraid

one, Leopold! I support you.

[I'll mourn for you

fear? A man's gotta have backbone! Just do

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

this time. We stand with Vivienne and must stand up

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