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.

the intense pressure emanating from Arthur, like a lion asserting

out loud on

"Mr. Linklater, I swear I followed protocol and thoroughly scanned Ms. Wright with the detector! Knowing her history with being thrown out before, I was even more

his colleague, "Mr. Linklater, I saw him check Ms. Wright carefully. We didn't intentionally let her bring any electronic devices in!" Arthur, with years

over her laptop keyboard, pulled up the Linklaters' comprehensive surveillance footage in less

entrance of the Linklaters' estate, Alyssa and Winston being scanned by two guards with a detector,

not their fault," Vivienne said

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

belly, suggested, "Let's not sit around all morning.

and daughter in that moment mirrored each other

Arthur's eyes, followed

gathered for breakfast except for Hector Linklater, who was always abroad due to his diplomatic duties. Yorick, at the head of the table, served Sasha a fried egg and handed Vivienne a glass

red-rimmed eyes, Yorick's hands trembled

my first

having been trained by him, wasn't known for such displays

Jasper's as well, Sasha shook her head, feigning strength amidst her vulnerability, "Dad, I'm fine. Just getting older, losing some of my former resilience." Dracon looked on in disbelief; his

"Sasha and I are getting married tomorrow, and someone releases a recording slandering her integrity,

content! Sasha was so wronged she couldn't help but cry in

to bring him the details

the comments under the tweet, Yorick's initially stern face

thought Sasha was manipulative, but this is beyond.