The Million-Dollar Heart

Godfrey's heart sank as he had only just found out the Perez family had run into trouble.

He hadn't expected the problem to trace back to his own doorstep.

Without intending to hide anything, he spoke up, "I'm fully aware of what happened, and I'm just as shocked about the Perez family's misfortune. But this whole bomb situation is definitely a misunderstanding. We only found out this morning that something was stolen from us." "The Martinez family serves our nation loyally; we would never engage in such absurd actions, especially not against our own kin."

"This is something the Martinez family would never do."

Godfrey was ready to put his reputation on the line to guarantee for the Martinez family.

Luke raised a hand, "Godfrey, you've got it wrong. We're not pinning this on the Martinez family."

"Both the Martinez and the Perez families hail from ancient warrior lineages. We just need to uncover the truth. We won't wrong the innocent and hope for your cooperation."

Godfrey breathed a sigh of relief, "Feel free to investigate. We'll fully cooperate to catch whoever's behind this. Such heinous acts cannot be overlooked."

Arthur got straight to the point, "Could we have full access to the Martinez family's armory for our investigation? We need to gather evidence."

Godfrey, no longer in a position to refuse, gestured for Leopold to lead the way, "Leopold, take Arthur over there and make sure Griffin knows we're fully cooperating with the investigation." Leopold, seeing Godfrey so compliant for the first time and sensing Arthur's imposing presence, felt the air around him grow heavy.

"Of course, Grandfather," he quickly replied.

As they left, Godfrey wiped off the sweat from his brow.

What a mess.

To think someone dared to steal from the Martinez family's heavily guarded armory.

They must have the audacity of a lion.

reasonable. Otherwise, no amount of talking would

had just received news that the Perez family had a narrow escape from death last night, particularly Jasper, who only woke up after several hours of surgery. Godfrey urgently called his butler, "Prepare a generous gift. I need to

delicately, the future relationship between

that the Martinez family wasn't behind the bombing, the fact remained that the bomb came

shirk

Martinez family's private grounds, Arthur suddenly asked,

was taken aback and turned to

about information leakage, Leopold was about to explain when he heard Arthur ask, "How is she? Feeling better?" Leopold, caught off guard, responded, "... Vivienne's

softly, "War

Leopold, "Nothing. Just

swallowed hard, noticing how Arthur's demeanor changed drastically when Vivienne wasn't around, turning into a cold and

meet those unfathomably deep

the guards let them through upon

car drove deep into the heart of the Martinez family's

already waiting at

and reassured her, "Griffin, it's just Vivienne's dad and the Perez family uncle coming for a routine investigation. Nothing more."

under investigation, if the Martinez family is innocent, it's for our own good," she said, gripping his hand tightly. Arthur explained their

into the armory, to where the

off-limits to anyone outside the Martinez

missing, there was another item, far too dangerous to disclose, also

surveyed the surroundings, his voice cold, "What

answered directly,

newly developed heavy-duty

not yet fully tested. But

immense, enough to level the entire town of

was her biggest