Vivienne massaged her forehead, utterly flabbergasted by Maddox's thoughtfulness.

It was beyond thoughtful-it was downright invasive!

Grinding her teeth, she snapped a picture with her phone and sent it to Jasper.

"Grandpa, please extend my thanks to Uncle Maddox!"

In the stillness of the night, Maddox, lounging in a bath at home and gazing at a photo of his beloved Willa, suddenly felt a chill he had never experienced before.

The next second, his phone rang-it was his dad, Jasper.

Maddox spent the entire night weathering a storm of Jasper's blistering reprimands, not one word repeated.

Vivienne instructed the maid to return her bedroom to its normal state and to escort Percival to his room.

The maid looked at Vivienne uneasily. "Miss, we only prepared one guest room. The others aren't ready-there's not even bedding."

Just one room?

In a mansion this size, there was only one room available?

You've got to be kidding!

Noticing the change in Vivienne's expression, the maid slowly explained, "Miss, we were notified by Master Maddox too late, so we didn't have time to prepare. Usually, it's just us here tending to the house- we weren't expecting to accommodate any guests."

Luckily, the staff had the foresight to prepare a clean set of sheets and blankets, preventing the pink surprise from continuing.

But even the staff had not anticipated that Vivienne and Percival would sleep separately.

Thus, there was only one room available.

smiled. "It wouldn't be proper to have Mr. Ellington stay in the servants'

suitable for Percival to stay in a servant's room-not to mention

bunk with Vivienne. You may

into the room and shut the door firmly behind

now alone, shared knowing

adults here; there was an unspoken

against the wall and

fervent, pouring out long-suppressed emotions as if

while the other wrapped tightly around her waist, their embrace intense yet restrained. Vivienne quietly reciprocated, expressing

unique intensity of his emotions, responding to them with equal passion. They held each other tightly, their embrace full of longing, yet never crossing that

fell asleep

Vivienne stirred, only to find the comforting

she sat up and heard running

Percival was showering.

alert, her heart raced like a startled doe at the

was in

Hmm.

She wanted to peek.

pulling the blanket over

was, in fact, just a nineteen-year-old

and Vivienne composed herself, sitting on the bed as Percival

was dressed casually, clearly

twinge of disappointment. She had hoped

hair. "What's on your mind,

leaned in close, her bright eyes glinting. "I was wondering what Mr. Wolf thinks about in

an instant, a blush crept across Percival's

already at the bathroom door, peeked out with a playful smile.

again, Percival realized he had

the bathroom door, "Vivienne, while

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