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.
Vivienne said dismissively, her
looked pitiful, on the verge of tears. "Vivienne, it really isn't how she's making it out to
Vivienne's gaze sharpened, "So you think you don't have to
been
had
dictionary,
they slept together, the responsibility would be even
got to take responsibility
A real problem solver!" She thanked Vivienne in her
at a loss
so wronged! If only I had known it would come to this, I would have never kissed
the time, and Griffin was a cute seven-year-old, like a porcelain doll, and he just could
"Don't worry, I'll marry you
to seek support from Percival, but then he remembered that this whole situation was Percival's doing.
"Vivienne, can we 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 we were kids, can we?" After speaking, Leopold turned to Griffin. "Shall we step outside to talk? I promise
pondered for a
plagued with hostility. If they could have a
neither did Vivienne. She said,
her gaze darkened as she turned
at her icy tone. He nodded meekly. "Understood, Vivienne.
he hurriedly
back in her chair. "Let's continue with our
"Sure."
atmosphere in the room was still recovering from
eyebrows lifting. "Mr. Wolf, that was
curled slightly. "Breaking ties with me is
know what to
she felt a twinge of sympathy for
returned to the dining
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