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 bad

Percival stood to 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 get

sat

the addition of several cryptic gestures she hadn't seen before. These symbols didn't seem to relate to Abigail but rather

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

shook her head. "Some of these gestures are

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

Leopold?" she asked, taking a sip of

for the Martinez family. He'll

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 hinged

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

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

and Vivienne even left the house, Anna was already

Anna quickly approached and stood at attention. "Vivienne,

slightly. "Are you feeling

now," Anna responded, opening the car door for

Vivienne received a call from Mr. Wolf. "Vivienne, the Watson family has unearthed the Wright family's blueprints. I'm heading there now.

an eyebrow, puzzled by the

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

U-turn and

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

in acknowledgment and then turned to see

where's the

gaze, sparking a silent

toward the car

loud voice boomed from beside

blueprints, jogged over from the