The Million-Dollar Heart novel Chapter 252

"Huh?" Percival rested his hands on the arms of his chair, leisurely adjusting his cuffs, before rising to his feet and sauntering towards Paula.

He exuded a powerful aura, and with each step he took, Paula felt as if a weight of a thousand pounds was pressing down on her chest, making it difficult to breathe.

Percival frightened Paula, but she was not willing to back down, so she raised her voice even higher. "What do you think you're doing? This is our home; it's not your place to cause trouble!"

After looking at Paula's panicked expression, Percival curled his lips into a charmingly wicked smile. "Don't worry, I'm a bit of a neat freak. I don't lay hands on mad dogs!"

"Percival!" Paula's face turned red with anger.

This insolent man! He dared to call her a mad dog!

Percival nonchalantly slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out his phone. "I'm not one for settling matters diplomatically, but my dear Vivienne prefers a more civilized approach, so we'll do things her way."

With that, he dialed a number.

The call connected immediately, and Richard's voice echoed through the phone. “Percival, you finally remembered to call me! Where did you take my granddaughter-in-law? Hurry up and bring her to see me!”

"Grandpa." Percival's eyes flicked upward as his gaze swept casually over the faces of the Brooks clan. "I've invested 30 million for Vivienne to purchase a piece of gemstone, and now the Brooks family wants her to hand over the gemstone. They think I can't afford the sum and that Vivienne and I have been lying."

The entire Brooks family fell silent.

Was he really tattling on them again?

Did he have no shame?

Couldn't he just let things be?

Was it a habit for him to always snitch?

"Rubbish!" Richard’s voice roared over the phone. "My grandson might be broke, but my granddaughter-in-law, Vivienne, absolutely cannot be! 30 million is nothing! I can afford a hundred billion!"

"You people have some nerve. You expect Vivienne to hand over her hard-earned gemstone to you? Keep dreaming!"

"What are you trying to do? You take Vivienne in, then harass her? You don't like the sight of her? You think I, Richard, am dead?"

"Wait! Just you wait! I'm coming to get Vivienne right now!"

"Sweetheart, you're not staying in that godforsaken house any longer. Grandpa is sending a car over for you right away!"

"No way! I'm so angry, I can't breathe! I need to go to the nursing home to curse Baron to death!"

The Brooks family was once again rendered speechless.

Without giving them a chance to respond, Richard hung up the phone.

The entire Brooks family was utterly dumbstruck.

Why was Richard so explosive? Was he a lit firecracker?

Was he sick or what?

Every time something happened, he'd run off to find Baron. If he went again, Baron would surely tear them apart.

Judith massaged her temples, feeling a headache coming on. She turned to Paula. "Are you satisfied now?"

Paula shrugged. "I did nothing wrong."

She couldn't care less whether Vivienne stayed at the Brooks Mansion. All she wanted was to make Scott miserable.

Judith was annoyed, but there was nothing she could do about her daughter.

For the past few years, because of her missing daughter, Paula would often return home and cause trouble for the family.

Everyone had been putting up with her to some extent because of what happened in the past, but now she was becoming more and more unreasonable.