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!"

City, within the Grimshaw estate-a structure reminiscent of a middle-age castle-Oliver Grimshaw sat at

snatched a cup from the desk 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 are

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

the modern era, the Grimshaws clung to

pressed to the ground. "We underestimated the situation. We never anticipated a young woman could be so formidable. I suspect she might come from an ancient

teacup flew. "You think 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

Grimshaws, as one of the five major families, had no

such a talent? And if they did, he'd have eliminated

you

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

...

café in Rivenwood a day later, Victoria

of my mother who once aided you, could you please convey a message to the Ellingtons? Vivienne and

the tabletop intermittently. "You're too impulsive. Vivienne and Percival are both shrewd; you've had past issues with them. It's no wonder they don't

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

remained neutral, though his opinion

definitely capable of

to vent. "Richard's gone senile; I just don't

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

indeed a

Lucas and the rest had chosen her to lead the new division was

helping you covertly deal with the Abernathys was

involvement. Until we know what the Grimshaws want with that weapon, I can't intervene.

Abernathys were

concealed her as a comatose

her true heritage, Victoria had been searching for her

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