The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 750

Vivienne's fingers froze atop her phone screen, Griffin's contact highlighted. The sudden pause was punctuated by a sense of déjà vu.

A café?

Why did that sound so hauntingly familiar?

She pinched the bridge of her nose in frustration. "How could I have forgotten about this?"

Meanwhile, in a café, Victoria perched in a reserved booth, her gaze drifting over the bustling crowd through the panoramic windows.

Irritation flickered in her eyes.

Vivienne!

She really had some nerve!

Twice now!

That wretched woman had stood her up twice!

Calls unanswered, texts ignored, just like she had vanished off the face of the earth. How could Richard have ever approved of such a granddaughter-in-law, bringing shame to the Ellington name?

And Percival!

Birds of a feather indeed. Both just as unreliable as the other!

Victoria gnashed her teeth on the freshly served scones as if she were biting into Vivienne and Percival, those two good-for-nothings. "Let's go find War God! Damn it, I refuse to believe I can't handle the two o you!"

Grimshaw estate-a structure reminiscent of a middle-age castle-Oliver Grimshaw sat at

and hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even handle a simple task, and now the young master's been hurt. What use

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

modern era, the

"We underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be so formidable.

I'm a fool? How powerful could a twenty-something-year-old possibly be? Go on, inquire about it. See if there's a family with such a prodigy. Wouldn't those old coots be parading her around like a

Grimshaws, as one of the five major families,

those old fools possibly boast to have such a talent? And if they did, he'd have

your punishment. I'll give you one

desk emphatically. "If fate has placed this opportunity before us, then it's

...

café in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria was still fuming over being stood

my mother who once aided you, could you please convey a message to the Ellingtons? Vivienne and Percival have gone too

tabletop intermittently. "You're too impulsive. Vivienne and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with them. It's no

they agreed, then went back on their word. It's obvious they want to humiliate

expression remained neutral, though his opinion

was definitely capable

gone senile; I just don't get his fascination

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

was indeed a

the rest had chosen her

deal with the Abernathys

glanced at his watch. "As for the rest, my position prevents further involvement. Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon,

Abernathys were

Percival's aunt and concealed her as a comatose

her true heritage, Victoria had been searching

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