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 the butler, questioned

the Linklater family for years, were shocked to hear about the patriarch's poisoning from just a sip of

Silence fell.

one dared to take the

for one person, trembling uncontrollably, his feet inching

odd behavior and grabbed the man, "Trying

man, previously cowering, suddenly looked up with

flashed a sinister smile

the man flying and dodged

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

examine him, a voice

"Wait!"

"He's covered in

something's off about

twisted corpse, speaking softly,

of dark magic that manipulates the mind, making him act according to

the Perez and Martinez families, and now the

eager to stir

But who?

"Has anything unusual

around, and the servants in the back have been with us for over a decade. They wouldn't..." Mid-sentence, the butler collapsed to his

leading to the master's poisoning and these senseless

to come in. Apart from that man, make sure the

butler bowed deeply, "Yes,

won't dissipate quickly. Handle their remains carefully. Meet any of their families' requests to avoid hard

own security force; it didn't take long to

orders were given, the staff dispersed in

approached Sasha, "How's dad?

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

front of him, his eyes

it weren't for his wife's vigilance, the entire Linklater family

after our

held a

undetectable, flavorless, and odorless; who

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