The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 1047

Evening.

Yorick had heard about the Perez family's ordeal and, over dinner, he tasked Arthur with a heavy tone, "Since this case falls under your watch, you need to catch the criminal at all costs. We can't let such people off easily!" Arthur nodded, "Don't worry, dad. They won't get far!"

Yorick then turned to Sasha, his tone softening, "Sasha, don't stress too much. Whatever concerns the Perez family concerns us, the Linklaters. If you need any help, just say the word."

Sasha felt a warmth in her heart, "Thanks, dad."

She then served Yorick a bowl of soup.

Yorick took a sip.

Arthur and Sasha had just started to eat when suddenly,

"Crack!"

Yorick's face tightened suddenly, clutching his chest, and collapsing onto the table.

Arthur jumped up, rushing over, "Dad, what's wrong?"

The butler was equally startled, rushing to call for help, "Quick, get the doctor!"

Sasha came over, checking Yorick's pulse, her brows furrowing, "It's too late, dad's been poisoned. Lay him flat on his side, quick!" Arthur did as told.

Sasha swiftly used a needle to induce vomiting, and shortly after, Yorick spat out a mouthful of the clear soup he had just ingested. Sasha's eyes turned icy, "The soup was poisoned!"

Arthur's face turned grim, "Find out who entered the kitchen today. No one gets off the hook."

If it weren't for Yorick drinking that soup earlier,

likely, everyone at the table would have been poisoned by now.

Someone was clearly after the Linklater family's lives!

Daring to poison the Linklaters, he was eager to see who had such audacity.

In the hall,

the staff brought by

to hear about the patriarch's poisoning from just a sip of soup. Arthur scanned the room, his voice cold,

Silence fell.

dared to take the

for one person, trembling uncontrollably, his feet inching

and grabbed the

previously cowering, suddenly looked up with a

man flashed a sinister smile and

flying and

to the ground, writhing in agony before dying. Arthur's eyes darkened, stepping

he could examine him, a voice halted

"Wait!"

frowning, "He's covered in a

"Honey, something's off about this guy. He

at the man's twisted corpse, speaking softly,

the mind, making him act according

and Martinez families, and now the

to stir

But who?

unusual

pale, shook his head, "No strangers have been around, and the servants in the back have been with us for over a decade. They wouldn't..." Mid-sentence, the butler collapsed to

the master's poisoning and these senseless deaths. It's

was stern, "That's irrelevant now. Notify the others to come in. Apart from that

bowed deeply, "Yes,

Handle their remains carefully. Meet any of their families'

security force; it didn't take long to

the

then approached Sasha, "How's

"I've neutralized the poison. It won't harm him further, but the toxin was strong. It might

in front of him, his

his wife's vigilance, the entire Linklater family could have been

after our

held a deep

undetectable, flavorless, and odorless; who could it

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