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.

of the settling dust, he remembered staring at

satisfaction that had welled up inside him

the dirt, a throbbing

stomped on every patch of white. Even now, the soles of his

supposed

staggered, his vision darkening, his

then close, finally settling

of blaming me? Vivienne is the thief, Dad! Instead of lecturing me, you should be leading

if she were found, the chances of retrieving the stolen items

concealed the truth. 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 idea that this girl could

fool, do I need you to

crack

are you doing? If you've got something to say, speak up.

voice was soothing to

if he were in front of Oliver, the vase would surely be aimed at his own

manage to give birth to such a towering idiot without a shred of sense? Wasn't last time embarrassing enough for you? You want to see your old

match for Jasper. He only had the numbers to

for a fallout with the Perez family over a deceased relative. Yet the

Vivienne!

a vindictive little creature

blatant provocation

to make matters worse, he couldn't find any evidence

his foolish son to blame. None of this would have happened if he hadn't meddled. How could it

stuttered without finding words to refute. Or rather, he

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