Eliza had just tucked Wendy in when she bolted out the door.
"Hold on a sec, Percival!" she called out.
Percival was about to slide into his car when he heard his name being called. He turned around and asked, "What?"
Eliza tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear. "Percival, we haven't had a proper chat in ages. Can we catch up the day after tomorrow, maybe over dinner?" Percival squinted slightly. "What's on your mind, Eliza?"
She chuckled awkwardly, "I just wanted to talk to you about your mother, my sister, you know?"
Percival gazed at Eliza, his thoughts concealed by the dim light around them.
After a moment, he said with a deep voice, "Day after tomorrow it is."
Eliza then pulled out something from her pocket, handed it to Percival without explanation, and headed back to the Boyd residence.
In the car, Vivienne sniffed the object curiously.
It was an antidote for some love potion!
"Why did she give you this?" Vivienne was puzzled.
Could it be that Eliza, a member of the Boyd family, did not want Gillian to marry into Percival?
Percival chuckled. "She probably wants to curry favor."
Vivienne nodded in understanding. "So, are you going to accept this favor or not?"
"Absolutely," Percival said, wrapping his arm around Vivienne and rubbing her shoulder, "It wouldn't be fun otherwise. Can't be completely uninvolved with the Boyds during this time." Percival had come to Sea City on a mission, and getting close to the Boyds was just a cover.
when
his enemies were hidden and he was exposed, he had
Gillian was a crucial player in his mission and had to be handled with
in Percival's embrace, observing the scheming look in his
what are
about how to properly attend to the matriarch tonight to ensure her
cat just dashed across the
lady now discussing such explosive topics?
bomb factory
in the car, thinking maybe Maddox should consider a new driver for Vivienne
turned crimson. She had
knew he would take her
face on his lap, felt a stir in his heart, and leaned down to
At the Perez Mansion.
the servants discussing Juliet's reassignment. One nodded. "Yes, she has arrived. Master Maddox mentioned she's busy and might not visit the Perez family. He said not to prepare
clenched her fork tightly. Despite her years with the Perez family, she had never received such attention
was
check in, and all he talked about was his foster
It was maddening!
composure and smiling. "Vivienne's here, and I really
Percival was awakened by a
up after the water ceremony yesterday. She's bedridden and can't get up. What should we
were so intense one might think it was a life-or-death
bed, missing the warmth of Vivienne next to him, which only added to his
efficient sometimes; she had cleared his room in just
mind sharing the sprawling king-sized bed with
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