The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 441

She glanced at Soren's retreating figure, knowing full well her recent tie in combat was just a stroke of luck.

Soren was still nursing an old injury, not yet back in top form.

Percival approached with the detached professionalism of a captain, addressing Anna, "A month from now will be the final assessment. Pass that, and I'll arrange for you to start interning in the lab while carrying out missions."

Anna saluted smartly. "Yes, sir. I won't let you or Vivienne down."

Vivienne watched her with a hint of amusement. The girl was a quick study.

While Leopold drove Vivienne and Percival back to their estate, Anna was left at the Vanguard Agency's training camp to hone her skills.

On the way, Leopold queried, "Vivienne, do you think Anna's got what it takes? The Agency's training isn't for the faint of heart."

Despite Anna's draw with Soren, he was worried.

"If you made it through, she will too," Vivienne replied nonchalantly, leaning on Percival's shoulder.

Percival nodded in agreement, "Right, makes sense."

Leopold glanced in the rear-view mirror, catching the couple's affectionate display, and asked belatedly, "Hang on. What do you mean 'if I made it through'? I'm way better than Anna, okay?" Vivienne lifted her gaze lazily, "She's nineteen. How old are you?"

Leopold fell silent.

Alright, he asked for it. He should just shut up!

With a snap, he pulled down the visor.

Out of sight, out of mind, right?

A month later.

began. The YQ and TCL labs had merged, keeping the YQ lab's

lab first, taking in

just like the one her mother, Karen, had established years

spent the past month meticulously restoring it to its former

could almost see her mother working

path her mother

Holden emerged from within, followed by a group of lab

had been orienting his team to the lab's environment and its various

acknowledgment, her eyes catching an unfinished experimental

replicate that

operation, Holden and his team had been busy with experiments and

report and said, "These numbers are correct, but you've got the

researchers' eyes lit up. They had been stuck for a month,

Admiration was an understatement.

were research fanatics, and seeing Vivienne's expertise, they eagerly surrounded her with reports from their

discussion, Vivienne asked, "Who's

crowd parted, revealing a young man holding a copy of Hippocrates' Corpus. His hair was neatly trimmed, his nails clean, and he wore silver-rimmed glasses with a naive yet profound smile. "Ma'am, I'm working on

sized him up, feeling an odd sense

“Ma'am, his name is Rex. He's a recent hire. Young, yes, but a medical prodigy and quite insightful about

half-finished report. Each word

nodded, impressed

back to the director once

looked at it and scribbled a series

for a moment, his eyes brightening. "Yes, this could

set down the pen and said, "How long have you

morning," Rex replied casually, clutching the report as he

explanation. "Ma'am, he's utterly devoted to medicine. We're all used

not bothered. However, Rex's dedication reminded her of

Percival entered,

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