The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 432

In a clandestine surveillance room somewhere.

Calista's wrists were bound by handcuffs, surrounded by stark white walls that seamlessly blended with the door. A shiver ran down her spine, and fear pounded in her heart.

She had been knocked unconscious by Percival and when she came to, she found herself trapped in this sterile cell, too terrified to resist.

Had her research on the viruses been discovered? Would that mean the death penalty?

No, it couldn't be!

Lost in thought, Calista was jolted back to reality by the sound of the door unlocking. Her eyes widened in alarm as she watched the door intently.

Soon after, a figure in a black trench coat entered the room. It was Mr. B, who tossed a key toward her without a word.

It was the key to her cuffs.

"Mr. B, what's going on? Where am I? Do I still have to return to the lab?"

Before she could get her bearings, Calista was met with a slap that sent her tumbling to the floor.

Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth as the blow nearly knocked her out.

"Fool, who gave you permission to collaborate with Fiona behind our backs?" Mr. B's voice was harsh and undisguised. There was no need for pretense anymore; Calista's identity had been exposed, and from now on, she could only operate under strict surveillance.

Calista was stunned. Mr. B was a woman?

Mr. B removed her hat, revealing Astrid's familiar face, the disguise still in place, "Tell me, where is Boar Poison?"

Calista, regaining her senses, was shocked to see Mr. B's true appearance.

"You're Vivienne's sister!"

B merely rolled her eyes,

didn't give me Boar Poison. She said she'd hand it over at

thought this might be the moment to seize Boar Poison, but

for GTO had

assumed Fiona was working alone, never suspecting she had an organization backing her, one with the capability to acquire

unable to replicate Boar Poison, especially

Poison had resurfaced, GTO was determined

floor, Mr. B reached

before placing her hand in

though her arm might rip from its socket. The next instant, Mr. B had her by the neck, "Calista, do

through Calista. The gentle face before her inspired a deep-seated terror, "I...

expertise. If you can't

felt a chill run through her. She was playing with fire, one false step from

will, I'll develop it, I'll

wafted up from below, and with a few

is no longer an option for you. You'll be taken to your new lab, remember, you only have

disdainfully, Mr. B turned and

lay crumpled in a puddle of foul liquid, shedding tears of regret. Her remorse was beyond words. If only she had known Vivienne was Specter Healer, she never would

At TCL Labs.

brought Vivienne

approached, "The director's not here, and we're not allowed

nodded, "Carry on with your

sidelong glance at the hat-wearing woman behind Percival, his

who would dare to look twice

better, Holden averted

led Vivienne to Calista's office door, which now sported a

card from nowhere, he slid it through the reader and with a beep,

full

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