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."

and nodded. Her morning sickness had been particularly bad before she fell

leave, he 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

Vivienne sat up and unlocked

surveillance video. She watched 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 was puzzling over the

head. "Some of these gestures are coded. I can't decipher

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

about Leopold?" she asked, taking a sip of

running errands for the Martinez family. He'll be tied up for a day or

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

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

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

Percival and Vivienne even left

Anna quickly approached and stood at attention. "Vivienne, I'm

nodded slightly. "Are

responded,

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

puzzled by the

Anna, "Turn around. We're going

U-turn and sped off in the

arrived at the Wright family estate nearly simultaneously with another car.

then turned

where's the

her gaze, sparking a

toward the car with a

voice boomed from beside the vehicle, "Over here,

clutching a roll of blueprints, jogged over from