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 particularly

handed her the phone. "Draven called. There's been some activity on Declan's end. I've forwarded the details to your phone. Take a look while I

left, Vivienne sat

it, noting the addition of several cryptic gestures she hadn't seen before. These symbols didn't seem to relate

of food just as Vivienne

her head. "Some of these gestures are

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

taking

him running errands for the Martinez family. He'll

sense of amusement and sympathy for Leopold, who was unaware that

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

nodded. "That works. Anna, being a woman, might be more attentive to your

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

Vivienne, Anna quickly approached and stood

nodded slightly. "Are you

fine now," Anna responded, opening

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

eyebrow, puzzled by the timing of

and instructed Anna, "Turn around.

executed a perfect U-turn and sped off in the opposite

hour later, they arrived at the Wright family estate nearly simultaneously with another

nodded in acknowledgment and then turned

where's the

her gaze, sparking a silent question between

toward the car

from beside the vehicle, "Over

blueprints, jogged over from the