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 his dominance,

phone out loud on the coffee table,

one guard's legs trembled as he stammered, "Mr. Linklater, I swear I followed protocol and thoroughly scanned Ms. Wright with the detector! Knowing her history with being thrown out before,

didn't intentionally let her bring any electronic devices in!" Arthur, with years of combat experience,

keyboard, pulled up the Linklaters'

showed, from the entrance of the Linklaters' estate, Alyssa and Winston

It's not

had left, Arthur moved closer to Vivienne, watching the surveillance footage. Vivienne chuckled coldly,

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

sly looks exchanged between mother and daughter in

Arthur's eyes, followed

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

Sasha's red-rimmed eyes, Yorick's hands trembled

first time seeing you cry," Yorick asked,

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

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 sister-in-law was known for her

married tomorrow, and someone releases a recording slandering her

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

to bring him the details of

the tweet, Yorick's initially

thought Sasha was manipulative, but this is