The Million-Dollar Heart

At the mention of it, Jasper couldn't help but grimace.

He knew it was coming!

Yorick was on a warpath!

And Arthur, always stirring the pot!

Rising to his feet, Jasper cast a cold glance at Arthur. "Aren't you going to deal with this?"

Arthur, ever so calmly, picked up his fork. "Dad, I'm now Arthur South. Your son. And a son's problems? That's for a father to solve."

Bold as brass, he was!

Jasper was speechless.

Outside, Yorick had waited for quite some time without seeing Arthur emerge and decided to storm in.

Seeing Arthur still calmly eating his meal infuriated Yorick to the brink of explosion!

"You ungrateful wretch! How dare you still eat? Who gave you the right to change your surname? Is 'Linklater' too shabby for you?" Before Arthur could respond, Yorick turned to Jasper, fuming, "And changing it to 'South'? Jasper Perez, playing smart, are you? With all your sons, and now you're poaching mine? Think I'm too old to fight back?"

indifferently, "Your son insisted on changing his surname. What's that got to do with me? He slept

"What, because the Perez family doesn't wield power in court, you think you can trample all over us?" "Rubbish!" Yorick bellowed. "He's been on the battlefield; when did he have time

him, and he turned to Arthur in shock. "The person you've

had been desperately looking for a woman named Winnie after returning home. Twenty years ago, Arthur had a girlfriend named Winnie,

Yorick to leverage his

sons all in their forties and none married, the Linklater lineage was in jeopardy. If Winnie could be found and marry Arthur, perhaps it would set a

the intention of staying there permanently, Yorick was livid. He couldn't understand Arthur's decision, but Jasper's words provided

even bore me

gestured towards Vivienne,

past prejudices against Vivienne

Yorick blurted out,

he exclaimed, "Haha! The Linklater bloodline continues! Good on you, Karen! I always had high hopes for her; I wanted to introduce her to you myself. Who knew

This is

"And for your mother, too. She might be unable to attend due to her condition, but worry not. We'll make

Vivienne remained silent.

as Yorick's joy seemed boundless, Arthur calmly interjected, "My father-in-law disapproves of my marriage to Karen. So, I changed my surname. Dad, you should head back. You don't need to bother

Jasper, you old fox, you dare object to my son marrying Karen? What's wrong with him? Why do

you're just exploiting my son's love for Karen to make things difficult for him! And now, a change of surname? Ridiculous! I barely have a

his surname! And Vivienne must take on the Linklater name! Over my dead

on the table, "Enough with your yelling! He got my daughter pregnant and disappeared for over twenty years. You think you have the