The Million-Dollar Heart

Vivienne shot Arthur a look, pretending not to hear his objection, her long legs crossed as she sat on the sofa.

She then clicked on the third trending topic on Twitter, curious to see how Alyssa had dug her own grave this time.

Opening the tweet, there was an audio clip that played for both Sasha and Arthur to hear.

"What's going on with you and Scott? Have you been with him?"

"What does it matter to you if I've been with Scott? What right do you have to ask?"

"I'm not interested in your personal life. I've been waiting for Arthur for years..."

"Why drag my brother into our issues?"

"We're family. Why can't your brother pay for your mistakes?"

Sasha frowned, murmuring, "I never said any of that. She's clearly manipulated my voice."

Arthur, angered, added, "Sasha would never say such things. This is obviously doctored!"

Vivienne looked at the online file, the audio continuing to play, and raised a question, "When she entered, would the guards have checked her? Could she bring something that even the Linklaters couldn't detect?"

Arthur, catching on to Vivienne's implication, his gaze sharpening, said sternly, "Someone get those two guards in here now!"

It was either the guards were bribed by Alyssa to let her sneak in the recording device, or Alyssa had something so sophisticated that even the Linklaters' latest detectors couldn't pick it up, though the latter seemed highly unlikely.

intense pressure emanating from Arthur, like a lion asserting his dominance,

Vivienne's phone out loud on the coffee table, letting it

and thoroughly scanned Ms.

electronic devices in!" Arthur,

pulled up the Linklaters' comprehensive surveillance footage in less than

video showed, from the entrance of the Linklaters' estate, Alyssa and Winston being scanned by

go. It's not

closer to Vivienne, watching the surveillance footage. Vivienne chuckled coldly, "Seems like there's a third possibility." All three understood

all morning. Let's go have breakfast; dad should be

looks exchanged between mother and daughter

Arthur's eyes, followed by a

of the Linklaters, everyone gathered for breakfast except for Hector Linklater, who was always abroad due to his diplomatic

eyes,

first time seeing

been trained by him, wasn't known

strength amidst her vulnerability, "Dad, I'm fine. Just getting older, losing some of my former resilience." Dracon looked on in disbelief; his

on the table, fumed "Sasha and I are getting married tomorrow, and someone releases a

to refute the recording's content! Sasha was so wronged she

butler to bring him

under the tweet, Yorick's initially stern face

this is beyond. Disloyal, unkind,