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.

to entangle himself with them when necessary to mask his true purpose

he was exposed, he

agreed to dine with Gillian the next day. Gillian was a crucial player in his mission

observing the scheming look in

what are

to properly attend to the matriarch

cat just dashed across

Percival and his lady now discussing such explosive topics? This isn't a

Griffin's bomb factory and get blown to bits if

privacy screen in the car, thinking maybe Maddox should consider a

had only been teasing Mara,

would

flushed face on his lap, felt a stir in his heart, and leaned down

At the Perez Mansion.

arrived in Sea City?" Diana Perez was having dinner when she overheard the servants discussing Juliet's reassignment. One nodded. "Yes, she

clenched her fork tightly. Despite her years with the Perez family, she had never received

was getting all the

in, and all

It was maddening!

regaining her composure and smiling. "Vivienne's here, and I really should visit her. Please

awakened by a frantic call from

Grandma's back is acting up after the water ceremony yesterday. She's bedridden and can't get

might think

out of bed, missing the warmth of Vivienne next to him, which only added to

she had cleared

sharing the

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