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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