The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 365

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.

and get hitched!" Vivienne said dismissively,

"Vivienne, it really isn't how she's

sharpened, "So you think you don't have to take responsibility after kissing

never been in

had ever

in her dictionary, a

if they slept together, the responsibility

nodded vigorously. "Exactly, you've got to take responsibility after a

so reasonable! A real problem solver!" She

was at a

known it would come to this,

ten at the time, and Griffin was a cute seven-year-old, like a porcelain doll, and he just could not resist kissing

kiss, he had earnestly promised, "Don't worry, I'll marry

but then he remembered that this whole situation was Percival's doing. Thus, there was

"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

for a moment, then agreed,

Leopold to be plagued with hostility. If they could have a decent

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

darkened as she turned

her icy tone. He nodded meekly. "Understood, Vivienne.

hurriedly

then settled back in her

"Sure."

in the room was still recovering from Griffin's outburst,

fell on Percival, her eyebrows lifting. "Mr. Wolf, that was quite the surprise you arranged

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

know

twinge of sympathy

later, Leopold returned

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