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."

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

on Declan's end. I've forwarded the details to

sat up

was already two hours old, containing a surveillance video. She watched it, noting the addition of several cryptic gestures she hadn't seen before. These symbols

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

her head. "Some of these gestures are coded. I

soup and said, "I'll have Thomas stick

Leopold?" she asked, taking a sip of

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

for Leopold, who was unaware that these gestures of goodwill were

we don't need to rely solely on Thomas," she suggested to Mr. Wolf.

this for a moment then nodded. "That works. Anna, being a woman, might be more attentive to

and Vivienne even left the house, Anna

quickly approached and stood

"Are you

Anna responded, opening

"Vivienne, the Watson family has unearthed

raised an eyebrow, puzzled by the

instructed Anna, "Turn around. We're

executed a perfect U-turn and sped off in

arrived at the Wright family estate nearly simultaneously with another car. Matthew, who had been

then turned to see

Wolf, where's

met her gaze, sparking a silent question

car with a hint of

boomed from beside

a roll of blueprints, jogged over