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.

it was even worse - a bomb! Vivienne was more

tosses a bomb around like a

could almost be certain of his innocence regarding the bomb incident that

stated, her legs shifting

the ship, my daughter and I were there, too. I would never risk our lives by planting a bomb. This has nothing

know," Vivienne murmured

began to rise, "Could this be connected to the

she looked at him. "You

just find it odd. After the engagement party fiasco, I cut all ties with the Boyd family. But for the sake of the bionic tech, I

wanted to apologize, claiming their matriarch was indisposed and that he would represent her. I agreed, and during preparations yesterday, my men told me the Boyd family's head wanted to drop

then a signal beeped in her earpiece-it was from

The shipment had arrived.

wanted to check it but could not do so in front of Vivienne,

yawned, her eyes closing.

that, she went

move. He knew Vivienne was not dozing off but

matter of the bomb had touched a nerve, and his pale excuses and baseless suspicions held little

phone

the shipment had arrived, just

Why bother messaging him?

now at the Sea City harbor. Leopold and Thomas had secured the docks, sealing

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

brow furrowed. "How

with Leopold before revealing an

"Three tons."

Anna gasped. "How much?"

"Three tons," Thomas repeated.

could profit enough to buy

had not

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