The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 530

Patrick's limbs were beyond his control, his body betraying him as he followed Vivienne's retreating steps.

Behind him, Gillian's heart-wrenching cries for her father echoed through the air, but he was powerless to respond. Patrick finally felt the command of his body returned when they reached a secluded cabin on the ship.

But now, with both Percival and Anna guarding the door, escape was an impossibility.

"Kneel," Vivienne commanded, her voice serene as she sat on the seat representing authority.

Patrick fell to his knees with a thud, not out of compulsion but from the sheer force of Vivienne's presence.

His legs tingled with numbness, sharp pains shooting through his knees as if a thousand needles were pricking them.

Beads of sweat formed on his brow, trickling down his temples and disappearing onto his shoulders.

Vivienne sat with her legs crossed, her slender neck held high with disdain, a hint of scorn in her gaze.

As Patrick knelt, Vivienne wondered what her mother had seen in him. How could such a spineless man be entrusted with the critical technology of bionics?

She regarded him with contempt and curiosity, slowly pulling the small "Morning Glory" from her pocket and tossing it at Patrick.

Instinctively, he caught it, his forehead bulging with veins, paralyzed with fear.

When he saw what it was, he finally heaved a sigh of relief.

He had thought she had thrown a knife at him!

"Madam, what is this?" he stammered.

Vivienne raised an eyebrow, her voice calm. "A miniature bomb."

Shocked to his core, Patrick scrambled behind the couch for cover.

worse - a bomb!

tosses a bomb around

almost be certain of his innocence

she stated, her legs shifting position as she lounged back

presence on the ship, my daughter

know," Vivienne murmured absentmindedly, frowning

exhaled in relief and began to rise, "Could this be connected to

gaze sharpened as she looked at

sake of the bionic tech, I could not completely sever our relationship.

preparations yesterday, my men told me the Boyd family's head wanted to drop off a flora arrangement. I did not question it, but it's suspicious now that I think about it. I had always dealt with Eliza, not the head

then a signal beeped in her earpiece-it was from

The shipment had arrived.

same time, Patrick's phone buzzed with a message. He wanted to check it but could not do so in front of Vivienne,

eyes

she went

Vivienne was not dozing off but contemplating

bomb had touched a nerve, and his pale excuses and baseless suspicions

grew increasingly anxious as his phone continued to vibrate in his

shipment had arrived,

Why bother messaging him?

outside the cabin and were now at the Sea City harbor. Leopold and Thomas had secured the docks, sealing off all incoming shipments and detaining the dockworkers. "Percival, we found it—it's Keco," Thomas reported, handing over a bag

drug on the black market, identical to flour and often sold alongside grains to

furrowed.

exchanged a glance with Leopold before

"Three tons."

Anna gasped. "How much?"

"Three tons," Thomas repeated.

of Keco could profit

haul but had not imagined it

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