The Million-Dollar Heart

Indeed, no sooner had Percival finished speaking than he received a confidential message from the higher-ups. He was ordered to return to Rivenwood immediately to take control of the situation at Rivenwood headquarters. Stretching languidly, Vivienne remarked, "Looks like it's time to wrap this up."

That evening, Mara sat anxiously in the living room of the Ashford Mansion.

"Gillian, I'm still worried. What did Percival mean? I didn't say anything, and he said he'd bring what you want. This..."

Gillian handed Mara a cup of steaming cola. "Oh, don't fret, sweetheart. If your brother said so, we just wait. Dad mentioned that as long as the contract and the Boyd family signet ring are brought over, you can inherit the Boyd family. Trust me."

To Gillian, neither the contract nor the Boyd family signet ring mattered much; she could not understand why Patrick was so hung up on them.

Earlier tonight, she had merely phoned Patrick to inform him that Mara had brought the items without getting into details.

Before long, Percival arrived at the Ashford Mansion with Vivienne, knocking on the door.

Gillian quickly primped her hair and went to answer the door, brimming with excitement. To her absolute surprise, the door opened to a squad of armed individuals who stormed in and surrounded the Ashford Mansion.

Staring at Percival in disbelief, Gillian asked, "Mr. Ellington, what is this?"

"Patrick is suspected of drug trafficking. We're here to search the premises." Percival produced a search warrant, flicking it so that agents from Vanguard Agency began scouring the Ashford Mansion. "You must be mistaken; my father has been framed..." Gillian stepped back, only to see someone retrieve a plaster doll from her room.

It was a gift from Patrick for her eighteenth birthday.

With a crack, the doll shattered, spilling its contents on the floor: a bag of Keco!

Vivienne approached, opened the bag, and took a sniff. "This is the original Keco we've been searching for, identical to the batch seized at the docks."

As the sound of car doors closing came from outside, a scream followed.

target identified as Patrick in person, suspect is secured, we

face contorted in horror at the sight of the plaster doll fragments on

I don't know why

"How did my mom ever overlook your talent? You even ventured into drug production." Seeing Vivienne's reaction, a flicker

code name within the

had fallen to his knees,

How did you find

been operating under GTO for the past decade, essentially acting as their chief

for Karen's

production and

the years, he had become bolder in his illicit

chuckled. "What's done in the dark will come to

absorb the Boyd family's mysterious

yet Patrick schemed to overtake the Boyds and

continued their investigation. Tracing Keco led them to the factory where it was

be advancing bionic tech, but in truth, it was a front for drug

Leopold also arrived at

This guy's bigger than some international kingpins," Leopold slapped Patrick on the head, "Damn, thought I'd have

from Leopold's words that the factory was just a drug production site, not

another dead end,

GTO's virus research base would not be easily uncovered. "Take him away." Percival

watched the entire ordeal, too stunned to grasp what had just