The Million-Dollar Heart

The chill in the air took everyone by surprise over the next few days.

Vivienne, thanks to her pregnancy, found herself succumbing to sleep more than ever, spending the majority of her day either eating or curled up in bed.

Percival, worried about leaving her alone, stayed by her side constantly.

One afternoon, while Vivienne was deep in slumber, her phone on the bedside table began to vibrate.

Seeing the caller ID, Percival picked it up and stepped outside to answer.

"Boss!" came Draven's voice through the phone.

"It's me," Percival replied with a stern voice. "Vivienne's asleep. What's the matter?"

Draven paused briefly, then quickly said, "Percival, Declan's made another move. But these symbols, only you can decipher them. We think he's trying to send a message out." Percival frowned. "Did the surveillance catch anything unusual?"

Draven's response was firm. "Nothing at all."

Percival's gaze darkened slightly. "Keep an eye on him. Report back with any suspicions. I'll inform Vivienne."

When Vivienne woke up, she turned to see Percival sitting by her side, which warmed her heart. "Mr. Wolf, what time is it?"

Percival looked at her, closing his laptop gently. "You're awake. It's seven in the evening."

Vivienne rubbed her temples. "Why do I feel like I can sleep forever?"

Percival took her hand and massaged her temples gently. "Hungry? I'll whip up something you love."

nodded. Her morning sickness had been particularly bad before she fell asleep, leaving her stomach feeling

on Declan's end. I've forwarded the details to your phone. Take a look while I get

sat up and unlocked

a surveillance video. She watched it, noting the addition of several cryptic gestures she hadn't seen before. These symbols didn't seem to relate to Abigail but rather looked like Declan

a tray of food just as Vivienne was puzzling over the phone.

her head. "Some of these gestures are

her a bowl of soup and said, "I'll have Thomas stick close to you from tomorrow. His current task is

taking a

got him running errands for the Martinez family. He'll be

couldn't help but feel a sense of amusement and sympathy for Leopold, who was unaware that these gestures of goodwill were merely offhand remarks by their mentor. The reputation of Emerald Mountain

solely on Thomas," she suggested to Mr. Wolf. "Let Anna stick by

a moment then nodded. "That works. Anna, being

Percival and Vivienne even left

and stood at attention.

"Are you

completely fine now," Anna responded, opening the car

a call from Mr. Wolf. "Vivienne, the Watson family has unearthed the

raised an eyebrow, puzzled by the timing of the Watson family's

call and instructed Anna, "Turn around. We're going

executed a perfect U-turn and sped off in the

arrived at the Wright family estate nearly simultaneously with another

acknowledgment and then turned to see

Wolf, where's

met her gaze,

the car with a hint

a loud voice boomed from beside the

of blueprints, jogged over from