The Million-Dollar Heart

Percival massaged the bridge of his nose, a sense of inevitability hanging in the air.

With a soft cough to clear his throat, he said, "Uncles, forgive me, I can't wait any longer for Vivienne. Marrying her isn't about weighing the pros and cons; it's about giving her my whole heart. Rest assured, as long as I draw breath, Vivienne will never be aggrieved!"

Maddox had intended to give Percival a hard time, but faced with such sincere devotion, he found himself momentarily at a loss for words.

Fredrick and Yuri exchanged glances. They had been quite cross, but now their anger seemed to have dissipated.

What had gone wrong?

Vivienne glanced at her three uncles and smiled. "Don't worry, Uncles. Getting married was my idea. I trust him."

The uncles looked at each other and sighed softly.

What could they say?

Their little angel's heart was already so entwined with Percival that they feared she might get upset with them for trying to settle scores with him! Oh well, it was done!

The license was signed; what else could be done? They couldn't seriously expect them to divorce, could they? That was the last thing they wanted.

"If that's how you feel," they conceded, "then let it be. But Percival, Vivienne is our treasure. We expect you to throw a fitting wedding."

"Of course! I'll give Vivienne the grandest wedding in the world!" Percival declared.

Richard and Cecilia had planned to discuss the wedding arrangements with the Perez family, but the commotion involving rogue robots in town had them worried that someone might use the incident to harm both the Ellington and Perez families, so they shelved the plans for the time being.

the wedding would indeed be the

and Vivienne prepared to

to leave, Vivienne suddenly remembered

nodded and

found a silver needle and a sealed bag, meticulously packaged it, and slipped it into her pocket. Once aboard the plane, Percival held

by her side, she felt especially at ease and soon drifted

in red watched the private jet

hunch was correct; this visit to M State was merely a ruse,

was barely hanging on. If that was the case, it was

had lingered too long in power. It was time for someone more capable to take the

Veridia, Percival and Vivienne wasted no time deploying their people nationwide

area, Vivienne and Percival sat in

the ongoing manhunt outside, and mused, "Mr.

F-Poison, the notorious founder of RST, whose tactics had become many people's nightmares. Yet, in her eyes, F-Poison seemed no more

raised an eyebrow. "How much of

the screen was a message from minutes earlier that read, [No record

here and in M State investigate her before we came back. All the information is the same. There's nothing on

was the first time he had searched

the head of GTO, that he was not alone, and they had some leads on his covert dealings. But

back to Percival,

"We don't know her purpose yet. You must