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.

from Arthur, like a lion

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

trembled as he stammered, "Mr. Linklater, I swear I followed protocol and thoroughly scanned Ms. Wright

Wright carefully. 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,

pulled up the Linklaters' comprehensive surveillance footage

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

It's not their fault,"

the surveillance footage. Vivienne chuckled coldly, "Seems like there's a third possibility." All

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

exchanged between mother and daughter in that moment mirrored

Arthur's eyes,

was always abroad due to his diplomatic duties. Yorick, at the head of the table, served Sasha a fried egg and

eyes,

It's my first time seeing you cry,"

wasn't known

my former resilience." Dracon looked on in disbelief; his sister-in-law was known for her fierceness, adept in both intellect and combat, even more intimidating than his brother

married tomorrow, and someone releases

recording's content! Sasha was so wronged she couldn't help but cry in the living

the butler to bring him the details

the tweet, Yorick's initially

was manipulative, but this is beyond. Disloyal, unkind,