"You... you really are going to help me?" Mara looked at Vivienne, her eyes wide with disbelief. Vivienne nodded, "Yes."

"But you... you..." Mara stuttered, at a loss for words.

Even Cecilia hadn't expected Vivienne to consent. "Vivienne, you're really willing to help Mara?"

Vivienne affirmed. "Sure, but I have my conditions. I'm the Specter Healer; I don't work for free."

Mara knew it. Vivienne wasn't the type to offer help out of the goodness of her heart.

"I understand, but I'm broke right now. Can I write you an IOU and pay you back once I have the money?" Mara pleaded.

Vivienne smiled, her red lips lifting in a beguiling curve. "That's not what I'm asking for."

A shiver ran down Mara's spine as she locked eyes with Vivienne's smile. She felt like she had just fallen into a bottomless pit - a trap that could spell her doom! Leaving the hospital, Percival drove Isolde back home.

Isolde took every chance to stick close to Vivienne. "Vivienne, what was the deal you made with Mara back there?"

Vivienne scooped Isolde into her arms, meticulously parting her hair to craft a sweet hairstyle for the youngster.

"Little ones shouldn't pry."

Isolde sat still, leaning against Vivienne, her tiny shoulders pressed against her chest.

After a while, Isolde murmured, "Vivienne, you're really busty, you know."

Percival nearly choked on his own spit.

Unfazed, Vivienne continued her task while Percival's face turned a shade that would've given any artist's palette a run for its money.

"Kids shouldn't talk about such things," Percival cleared his throat.

Isolde scoffed. "Percival, why so prudish? I'm just saying she's got a great figure. It's just a fact."

the

and you're

muttered under

at home, where her father, Nathan,

got out of the car, she whispered to Percival, "Percival, don't tell me you never noticed how great Vivienne's figure

into Nathan's arms, urging her dad to whisk

by his son's anger and his daughter's smugness, totally

Vivienne couldn't contain her laughter any longer and burst into giggles in the

even redder. "Vivienne,

imagined Percival could be so shy -

his manhood challenged for the first time in his life. He adjusted his tie and stepped out of the car, opening the back door to put an end to the giggling - with a more hands-on

car, things got

holding a thermos of soup Aurelia had made for Vivienne, unsure how to

maybe you two could take a

roof. Without

to appear calm

a meaningful look. "The soup's freshly made. Don't rush; it

double entendre was not lost

entered the

going back to

Perez Mansion, Karen

again last night?" Karen felt his pulse, and her brows knit with

vigorously. "No, no, of course not. You saw me go

forty-five AM. That's about when you actually went to sleep. Caught up

at the

you hungry? I've got a bit of an upset stomach and could use something light," Jasper complained, clutching

pointing to the pastries.

Jasper cajoling Karen, with

old man?" Vivienne approached, handing a bag to

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