The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 783

As the butler deliberated on the best response to appease Asher, a man hurriedly approached from the side, clutching a smartphone. "Young Master, it's the Boss on the phone."

Asher's pupils shrank, his breath coming in strained gasps. He swallowed hard, his hand trembling as he picked up the incessantly vibrating phone. The second he pressed the answer button, Oliver's furious roar blasted clearly into everyone's ears. "You bloody fool! What have you done?"

"I, I, I just wanted to capture Vivienne back. Dad, I..."

A man in his thirties, Asher believed he hadn't felt this cloak of fear enveloping his heart since reaching adulthood, leaving him stammering, devoid of any spirit to fight back. Even guilt crept in. "Capture Vivienne, huh? Great, just great..." Oliver was panting heavily over the phone, and faintly, the soothing voice of a woman could be heard.

The sound of porcelain shattering clattered in his ears, and it was about five minutes later that Oliver, through gritted teeth and with venom in his voice, said, "Asher, have you lost your damn mind? A girl with no title, no status, and you're squabbling with her? You, get your ass back here now! Look at the mess you've made; how did I ever sire such a disappointment?"

Asher's heart skipped a beat. "Dad, what on earth happened? What did Vivienne do?"

"What did she do?" Oliver scoffed. "The Grimshaw family crypt has been desecrated, you tell me what happened? Asher, I'm telling you! You better pray your mother's urn can be found. Otherwise, forget about being the heir to this family!"

A chill ran through Asher.

Found?

Where could he possibly search?

The sound of the white porcelain urn shattering seemed to echo once again in his ears.

the settling dust, he remembered staring at the fragments scattered on the

had welled up inside him

ashes mixed with the dirt, a throbbing pain shot

now, the soles of his shoes

Was he supposed to bring the broken pieces to

staggered, his vision darkening,

roaring voice seemed distant, then close, finally settling on the ominous threat of a successor

of blaming me? Vivienne is the

were found, the chances of retrieving the

His feet planted firmly on the ground, his hands at his sides shaking uncontrollably, "Dad, I was just worried Gavin would be duped by Vivienne; that's why I followed. I truly had no

do I need you to

sharp crack

If you've got something to say, speak up. You're

voice was soothing to

feeling that if he were in front

snort cut him off. "I seriously doubt your mother had any brains left when she had you! How did she manage to

of power, Oliver was no match for Jasper. He only

time for a fallout with the Perez family over a deceased relative. Yet the thought of the gaping hole in the Grimshaw family's

Vivienne!

vindictive little creature with ruthless

provocation of the

couldn't

this would have happened if he hadn't meddled. How could it have led

refute. Or rather, he

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