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.

hitched!" Vivienne said dismissively, her

verge of tears. "Vivienne, it really isn't how she's making it out to

you don't have to take responsibility

never been in a

had ever kissed

in her dictionary, a kiss

together, the responsibility

you've got to

so reasonable! 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

he seemed to forget that he was only ten at the time, and Griffin was a cute seven-year-old, like

"Don't worry, I'll marry you

that this whole situation was Percival's doing. Thus, there was no way he would speak

it because of something that happened when we were kids, can we?" After speaking, Leopold turned to Griffin. "Shall

pondered for a moment, then agreed,

want her future marriage to Leopold to be plagued with hostility. If they could have a decent

no objections, neither did

turned to Leopold.

spine at her icy

he hurriedly

then settled back in

"Sure."

still recovering

her eyebrows lifting. "Mr. Wolf, that was quite the surprise

lips curled slightly. "Breaking ties with me is not that

know what

twinge

returned to the dining

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