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.

pressure emanating from Arthur, like

played the recording from Vivienne's phone out loud

I followed protocol and thoroughly scanned Ms.

electronic devices in!" Arthur, with years of combat experience, could tell these men likely weren't lying. Moreover,

her fingers flying over her laptop keyboard, pulled up the Linklaters' comprehensive surveillance footage

the entrance of the Linklaters' estate, Alyssa and Winston

It's not their fault," Vivienne said

coldly, "Seems like there's a third

"Let's not sit around all morning. Let's

daughter in that

through Arthur's eyes, followed

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

eyes, Yorick's hands

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

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

likely 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 sister-in-law was known for her fierceness, adept in both intellect and combat, even more intimidating than his brother at

getting married tomorrow, and someone releases a recording slandering her

even find evidence to refute the recording's content! Sasha was so

to bring him the details of the online

under the tweet, Yorick's initially stern face tensed

manipulative, but this is beyond. Disloyal,