The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 539

Vivienne froze for a moment.

Was Maddox implying that she should carry on with this contract?

"Exactly as you're thinking," Maddox slid the contract toward Vivienne. "The Perez family has its own fish to fry these days, not focusing on bionic tech. And I know the reason the Ashfords have stood the test of time has a lot to do with this project."

He paused, his gaze growing intense before he continued, "The person who got the Ashfords involved in the first place was your mother, Karen, right?"

Vivienne nodded but remained tight-lipped.

She was not ready to stir the pot with the Perez family's waters still uncharted.

"Vivienne, only the Perez and the Boyd families are in on the bionic tech secret. Your mother managed to bring this concept to life, and it's nearly identical to what the Perez family envisioned. I think she must have seen their initial concept draft. I'm not saying she copied or stole it. I'm just saying..."

"Uncle, I get what you're trying to say."

Vivienne smiled at Maddox.

She knew he was beginning to question her identity.

If her mother had indeed introduced those concepts, matching the Perez family's ideas, it only meant she had some connection with them.

If that was the case, could Karen perhaps be Sasha?

Maddox hesitated to voice his suspicion, fearing another disappointment.

Vivienne tucked the contract away. "Thanks, Uncle. I'll take it from here and push the research forward."

Maddox nodded. "Yeah, I believe in you."

He also believed that she must be his niece, his sister's daughter.

a paternity test looming, this was a matter that

At the Ashford Mansion.

came as an abrupt blow, derailing Patrick's

would save him a great deal of trouble. Plus, she was supposed to retrieve the Boyd family signet ring from Vivienne, and

and key and the murder footage spreading like wildfire online, no

pale with

thought was his trump card had become

she really kill Wendy?" Gillian had woken

mind was still preoccupied with dreams of

asked, "Gillian, has Mara

to deal with her anymore. Percival has already cut ties with them, so she's useless to me now." Gillian snorted with disdain for her

bother with

one of mutual exploitation, nothing

a way to get close to Vivienne and retrieve the Boyd family signet ring. And try

puzzled. "Dad, you still want to entangle

for our family. We won't be at Vivienne's mercy anymore

probe further, but seeing Patrick's ashen face, she swallowed

never seen her father so

Patrick's instructions, Gillian dialed Mara's number. For the

them, Vivienne had heard every word of

as she reviewed the translated documents

all these years relying

fixated on the

on his computer, where three red dots were converging into

realize that loyalty to my mentor is the wisest

curved her lips. "Traitors

later, Mara's call came through to

"Bro, it's Mara."

with sobs, still not fully comprehending how the Boyd family had

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