The Million-Dollar Heart

That night, Vivienne was tormented by a nightmare.

In her dream, Abigail was desperately trying to kill her, but Mr. Wolf, in a heroic act, took the fatal blow for her and collapsed right in front of her eyes. Vivienne, frantic, tried everything to bring Mr. Wolf back, but he wouldn't wake up.

The scene felt so real that Vivienne's heart ached unbearably, as if she couldn't breathe.

She tried to scream for help, but no sound came out.

Waking up, Vivienne felt a tightness in her chest, the suffocating pain was just like in her dream, too real to ignore.

She clutched at her chest, speechless.

Percival, sensing something was wrong with her, immediately turned on the light and saw Vivienne's pale face.

"Vivienne!"

He quickly picked her up and gently patted her back. After a few minutes, Vivienne managed to catch her breath.

"Mr. Wolf, I'm okay now, it was just a dream."

Percival got up, fetched her a glass of water, and wiped the cold sweat off her face. "Why on earth would you have such a nightmare? You must be overthinking something." Vivienne, having caught her breath, shook her head.

Since coming down from the mountains, she occasionally dreamt of her childhood with her mother, but never experienced anything like this.

This pain that extended from her dream into reality was definitely not normal.

Percival, his brow furrowed with lingering fear, was about to step outside. "I'll call the doctor, have her come over."

Vivienne stopped him, "Mr. Wolf, it's the middle of the night, she's probably asleep."

Percival frowned, "Then I'll call Finnian to have a look at you."

Vivienne sighed, "The doctor has really gone back to Emerald Mountain..."

Percival paused, trying to think of someone else who could help.

Wolf, come hold me, you pacing around is making me

his body tense, and hugged her tightly, "I'll

Percival's calmed Vivienne down, "It was

Vivienne fell

awake the whole night,

Percival got ready, waiting for Vivienne to wake

Vivienne slept until almost noon. Opening her eyes, she saw Percival sitting by the bed, his eyes

"Mr. Wolf, what are

gently helped her up, "Get up, we're going to the hospital

Vivienne, puzzled, "What check-up?"

slowly saying, "I'm not at ease about last night, it's better

Don't forget, I'm a doctor myself. If there was something wrong, I would know. There's no need to go to the hospital." Percival insisted, "Doctors don't

let herself be helped up and dressed

the check-up, Percival went to the office

on a bench to eat, missing Mr. Wolf's homemade breakfast because they

rang-it

from the Hawthorn family did

He was following Delilah's trail to the

Brooks

her eyes, "Keep an eye on

now, Delilah didn't seem

Later, Vivienne called Leopold.

barely awake, mumbled into the phone, "Hey,

in need of emotional guidance. Go there, and

still dreaming, replied, "Vivienne, are you sure you dialed the right number? I'm Leopold, not Thomas..."

for you. If you're not there

his leg in the process, gasping in

Vivienne asked,

verge of tears, "Vivienne, did you forget I'm injured? My leg can't even

forgot how Master ended up with the Martinez family,

moment her words fell, silence swept over the line with Leopold as if he hit the mute button. You could hear a

anxiety written all over his face, his grip on the paper nearly crumpling it. Setting aside her glass of milk, Vivienne stood up and reached for Percival's hand, "Mr. Wolf, what's got you looking so pale?" Feeling Vivienne's warmth, Percival, startled, grabbed her hand and headed for the door, "Vivienne, let's go.