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."

sickness had been particularly bad before she fell asleep, leaving her stomach

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

sat up and

several cryptic gestures she hadn't seen before. These symbols didn't seem to relate to Abigail but rather looked like Declan paying homage

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

head. "Some of these gestures

of soup and said, "I'll have Thomas stick close to you

asked, taking

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

sympathy for Leopold, who was unaware that these gestures of

Thomas," she suggested to Mr. Wolf. "Let

being

before Percival and Vivienne even left the

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

slightly. "Are you feeling

completely fine now," Anna responded,

Watson family has unearthed the Wright family's

an eyebrow, puzzled by the timing of

and instructed Anna, "Turn around. We're going to

U-turn and sped

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

acknowledgment and then turned

where's the

hands empty, met her gaze, sparking

toward the car with

from beside the vehicle, "Over

of blueprints,