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,

played the recording from Vivienne's phone out loud on the coffee

protocol and thoroughly scanned Ms. Wright

We didn't intentionally let her bring any electronic devices in!" Arthur, with years of combat experience, could tell these men likely weren't lying. Moreover, it wasn't easy to become a guard for the Linklaters without proven

up the Linklaters'

Alyssa and Winston being scanned by two guards with a detector, not missing any

them go. It's not their fault," Vivienne

the guards had left, Arthur moved closer to Vivienne, watching the surveillance footage. Vivienne chuckled coldly, "Seems like there's a third possibility." All three understood that someone was eager to

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

between mother and daughter in that moment

through Arthur's eyes, followed

of the Linklaters, everyone gathered for breakfast except for Hector Linklater, who was always abroad due to his diplomatic duties. Yorick, at the head

red-rimmed eyes, Yorick's

you been crying? It's my first time seeing you cry," Yorick

by him, wasn't

Just getting older, losing some of my former resilience." Dracon looked on in disbelief; his sister-in-law was known for her fierceness, adept in

table, fumed "Sasha and I are getting married tomorrow, and someone releases a recording slandering her integrity, accusic of mistreating Alyssa

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

Yorick instructed the butler to bring

tweet, Yorick's initially

but this is beyond. Disloyal, unkind,