The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 730

Percival's lips curled into a smile, his eyes twinkling like stars in the night sky.

The divine beauty of Vivienne's face, akin to a masterpiece carved by the gods themselves, made even someone like her-who prided herself on being no stranger to handsome men and beautiful women- pause in sheer admiration.

She belonged to him, and the fierce surge of possessiveness that rose from the depths of her heart quickly spread to her eyes.

Unabashed by her desire, Vivienne discarded her drenched dress. Her pale arms wrapped around Percival's neck. "What's so funny?" she asked, her voice sultry.

Percival's gaze flickered. "I've already shared my thoughts," he said. "Now's not the time, so we have to... postpone 'it' a bit longer."

Vivienne rolled her eyes internally. Who was really being put out here?

"You're not worried about Kaitlyn?" Percival asked just before their lips met, voicing the final question of the night.

Before Vivienne could respond, the sound of labored breaths filled the steamy bathroom, spreading throughout.

As her mind hazed over, she thought she heard her phone ring. But then she was pulled into a sea of desire by Percival, all thoughts forgotten.

At the Hawthorn residence, the clock struck midnight.

Dorian sat up in bed, sleep nowhere in sight. His gaze then shifted to the emails on his laptop, feeling as if a boulder weighed heavy on his chest, making it hard to breathe.

[By tomorrow, I want to see that Hawthorn Group has terminated the endorsement deal with Kala.]

He had been on edge for days, and those few words made his heart tremble once again.

He opened and closed Vivienne's contact on his phone, looking years older all of a sudden.

and resilient eyes were now filled with

long sigh echoed through the

he supposed

The next day.

follow the path laid out for them, which

visit the Hawthorn residence with Leopold

he followed Vivienne into the house. He'd been

Vivienne's orders. Before he knew it, he was waiting

was unrepentant. "Got a problem with

no problem at all," Leopold replied, shaking his head like a tambourine. "Besides, I've got

stopped in his tracks and glanced back at him. "What? You're

a mission to root out corruption in the Vanguard Agency. Right now, anyone not assigned to an important person is basically on house arrest. Micah and Vance, too. The ones with assignments

he spoke, something else came to mind. "Oh, and Thomas tried calling you yesterday.

for him to be taken back to the

that

response, apparently not inclined to explain, and followed

out several times, both upstairs and downstairs, but received no response,

and wouldn't have come over if it weren't for the lack of news from

didn't find anyone soon, she was ready to call on the Order of Nine Mystics

the second floor and pushed open the

paused, "Dorian, why didn't you answer when I

his desk, impeccably dressed in a suit and tie, ready to walk out the door at a moment's notice, yet he was

eyes noticed the fine

the air conditioner blowing above and spoke softly, "I called you yesterday, and you didn't pick up, so I came to check on you. Are you hot? It's 79 degrees

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