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."

sky and nodded. Her morning sickness had been particularly bad before she fell asleep, leaving her stomach

some activity on Declan's end.

left, Vivienne sat up

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

tray of food just as Vivienne

her head. "Some of these gestures

soup and said, "I'll have Thomas stick

taking a

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

but 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

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

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

and Vivienne even left the house, Anna was already

Anna quickly approached and stood

nodded slightly. "Are you

Anna responded, opening the car

has unearthed the Wright

eyebrow, puzzled by the timing of

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

executed a perfect U-turn and sped off

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

in acknowledgment and then turned to

where's

her gaze, sparking a

the car with a hint

boomed from

a roll of blueprints, jogged