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."

glanced outside at the night sky and nodded. Her morning sickness had been

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

left, Vivienne sat up and unlocked her

message from Draven was already two hours old, containing a surveillance video. She watched it, noting the addition of several cryptic gestures

returned with a tray of food just as Vivienne was puzzling over

these gestures are coded. I can't

handed her a bowl of soup and said, "I'll have Thomas

taking a sip

sighed. "Kellan's got him running errands for the Martinez family. He'll be tied up for a day

but feel a sense of amusement and sympathy for Leopold, who was unaware that these gestures of goodwill were merely offhand

need to rely solely on Thomas," she suggested to Mr. Wolf.

then nodded. "That works. Anna, being a woman, might be

next morning, before Percival and Vivienne even left the house, Anna was

and stood at attention.

"Are you

responded,

Mr. Wolf. "Vivienne, the Watson family has unearthed the Wright family's blueprints. I'm heading there now. Let's meet in half

eyebrow, puzzled by the timing of the Watson

Anna, "Turn around. We're going to

U-turn and

Wright family estate nearly

nodded in acknowledgment and then turned to see

where's

hands empty, met her gaze,

car with a hint of

from beside

roll of blueprints, jogged over from the driver's