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."

morning sickness had been particularly bad before

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

Percival left, Vivienne sat up and unlocked her

Draven was already two hours old, containing a surveillance video. She watched it, noting the addition of several cryptic gestures she

a tray of food just as Vivienne was

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

handed her a bowl of soup and said, "I'll have Thomas

Leopold?" she asked, taking a sip of

the Martinez family.

help 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

don't need to rely solely on Thomas," she suggested to

being a woman, might be more attentive

and Vivienne even left the house,

and stood at attention. "Vivienne, I'm

slightly. "Are you feeling

now," Anna responded, opening the car door for

has unearthed the Wright family's blueprints. I'm heading there now. Let's meet in half

raised an eyebrow, puzzled by the timing of

Anna, "Turn around. We're going

U-turn and

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

nodded in acknowledgment and then turned to

where's

empty, met her gaze, sparking

toward the car with a hint

voice boomed from beside the

blueprints, jogged over from