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!"

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

he snatched a cup from the desk and hurled it at Isaac's forehead. "Useless! Can't even

"Please, forgive me, Patriarch!"

era, the Grimshaws clung to archaic

never anticipated a young woman could be so formidable. I suspect she might come

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

one of the five major

possibly boast to have such a talent? And

you one more chance. Whatever it takes, that bio-weapon must be

pounded the desk emphatically. "If fate has placed this opportunity before us, then it's destined to be the

...

a day later, Victoria was

facing Arthur, her words were laced with bitterness. "War God, for the sake of my mother who once aided you, could you please convey a message to the Ellingtons?

you've had past issues with them. It's no wonder they don't trust you." "They could just reject

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

though his opinion of Vivienne was

girl was definitely capable of such

I

Arthur's gaze darkened momentarily.

a little too

rest had chosen her to lead the new division was beyond

did help me, and helping you covertly deal with the Abernathys was the most I

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 patient after birthing his

Victoria had been searching for her

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