The Million-Dollar Heart

Jeffrey had always been a hothead, and Vivienne's challenge sent him over the edge.

In a fit of rage, he hurled his phone at her, shouting, "Are you behind all this crap?"

Vivienne merely glanced at the phone lying on the floor, her elegant features cool and detached. She did not move an inch, just quietly observing Jeffrey.

At that moment, Percival stepped forward and crushed Jeffrey's phone underfoot, swiftly turning it into a heap of electronic waste.

The next second, Jeffrey found himself unable to move. Panic crossed his face. "Vivienne, what the hell did you do to me?" His eyes bore into hers, but other than his eyes and his mouth, nothing else in his body responded to his mind.

With a casual flick of her hair behind her ear, Vivienne replied indifferently, "An eye for an eye. You have a problem with that?"

"You!"

Before Jeffrey could retort, Vivienne's fingers twitched, and a silver needle flew from her fingertips.

Jeffrey's words were instantly cut off.

Seeing the scene unfold, Henry realized his options were dwindling. The only path left was to plead with his father, Richard.

He dropped to his knees before Richard, begging, "Dad! I messed up. Please give me another chance. I swear I'll never do this again. I can't go to jail!

I just wasn't thinking, Dad. Please, for all the years I've dedicated to our family business, forgive me this once."

He knew the gravity of his situation.

The money he had embezzled over the years was enough to land him behind bars!

Richard placed his cane down and slowly sat on the couch, his aged face void of expression. "As of today, you are no longer welcome at the company, and don't you dare show your face in this house again!" Henry felt as though he had been struck by lightning.

Was Richard casting him out from the Ellington family?

the tax

he even get out of

your son! Fiona's still suffering, Jeffrey's still sick, and we have no

clung to Richard's

this mess, would you still be here begging me? All of you, get out! I never want

jail. The future looked bleak. Heloise's heart hardened when her eyes landed on Vivienne, sitting there

swift kick,

her face. She always prized her beauty, and now, disfigured, she felt worse than dead. She looked at the blood in her hands and screamed, "Ah! My

frowned at

So annoying.

flew out with a flick of

Vivienne cleared her ears.

Much better.

could it not always

scene unfolded in the Ellington household. There was

glanced at Heloise before addressing the tax officials. "Officers, my son has broken the law, and the Ellington family will not shield a criminal. Take him away."

ached, and her voice was gone; she could only watch

left, Percival gestured to the servants to

they were dragged out of

peace returned to

took his time to recover on the

approached, pressing acupressure points on Richard's

son of mine might have kept me in the dark!" Richard thought of Henry's misdeeds and

about Henry and his brother Ryan's sneaky dealings, but since the sums were insignificant,

at Percival; Percival wanted to keep a low profile; Richard was old, and his ideas were outdated. All of these reasons combined, Richard had decided to leave the business in the hands of

had given him the reins of the company, while Henry and Ryan were kept away from crucial

family as large as the Ellingtons, some were bound to