Everyone was slack-jawed with amazement.

Just a kiss?

Was it really necessary to chase after Leopold for 15 years just because of a peck on the lips?

This woman was really something!

"Explain, my foot! My BFF told me a kiss is as good as hitting the hay, and you even held me close, swearing you'd marry me when we grew up! Are you even a man? Can't remember your promises?" Griffin fumed, her anger mounting by the second.

That was her first kiss.

And she had held onto it for 23 years, waiting for Leopold to step up and take responsibility.

But this guy!

He was flat-out denying it!

Leopold was hopping mad, "Which of your BFFs said that? Bring her here. I'll give her a piece of my mind! Responsible for a kiss? If that's the case, considering the number of women I've kissed, should I marry them all?"

"Ptooey! Have I lost my mind? Why did I say 'the number of women I've kissed'? I've only ever kissed Griffin!" He thought.

And it was that very kiss that had sparked a decade and a half of pursuit, leaving him so terrified that he dared not even think of romance.

"You dared to kiss someone else?" Griffin's face turned a shade of jealous green.

Leopold opened his mouth to explain, but Griffin turned her back, clinging to Vivienne's legs and wailing, "Vivienne, look at this scoundrel! Not only does he refuse to take responsibility for me, but he's also messing around with other women. My life is so miserable, truly unbearable."

Vivienne rubbed her temples as Griffin's ranting gave her a headache.

She grabbed Leopold, swiftly healed his previously dislocated arm amid his cries of surprise, and then shoved him toward Griffin.

said dismissively, her eyes rolling with

on the verge of tears. "Vivienne, it really isn't how

gaze sharpened, "So you think you don't

never been in

had ever kissed

in her dictionary, a kiss

together, the responsibility

nodded vigorously. "Exactly, you've got

problem solver!" She thanked Vivienne in

a

had known it would come

he was only ten at the time, and Griffin was a cute

"Don't

seek support from Percival, but then he remembered that this whole situation was Percival's doing. Thus, there was no

handle this by ourselves? Marriage isn't child's play; it's supposed to last a lifetime. We can't just rush into it because of something that happened when

a moment, then agreed,

be plagued with hostility. If they could have a decent conversation,

no objections, neither did Vivienne. She said, "Sort

her gaze darkened as she turned

ran down Leopold's spine at her icy

he hurriedly whisked Griffin

them leave, then settled back in her

"Sure."

in the room was still recovering from Griffin's

Percival, her eyebrows lifting. "Mr. Wolf, that was quite

lips curled slightly. "Breaking ties with me is

know what

felt a twinge of sympathy

later, Leopold returned to

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