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.

and TCL

lab first, taking in

was set up just like the one her

the past month meticulously restoring it to

mother working diligently as she

path her mother had

followed by a group of lab

lab, Holden had been orienting his team

her eyes catching an unfinished experimental report on

replicate that

his team had been busy with

quickly spotted several errors on the report and said, "These numbers are correct, but you've got

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

Admiration was an understatement.

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

asked, "Who's handling the

a young man holding a copy of Hippocrates' Corpus. His hair was neatly trimmed, his nails clean, and he wore silver-rimmed

sized him up, feeling

man's capabilities, Holden quickly added, “Ma'am, his name is Rex. He's a recent hire. Young,

over his half-finished report. Each

nodded, impressed by

the director once I've figured

looked at it and scribbled a series

for a moment, his eyes

"How long have you been working on

casually, clutching the report as he headed to his workstation,

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

bothered. However, Rex's dedication reminded her of someone, though that person was not nearly as

spoke, Percival entered, "Anna's

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