"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 brakes and parked by the roadside, swiftly moving Isolde

word, and you're going

under

Isolde was dropped off at home, where her father,

whispered to Percival, "Percival, don't tell me you never noticed how great Vivienne's figure

Nathan's arms, urging her dad to

watched, bemused by his son's anger and his daughter's smugness,

couldn't contain her laughter any

even redder.

never imagined

the laughter from the back, Percival felt his manhood challenged for the first time in his life. He adjusted his tie and stepped out of the car, opening the back

car, things got

a thermos of soup Aurelia had made for Vivienne,

two could take

Without pausing to rub it,

to appear calm as he

a meaningful look. "The soup's freshly made.

entendre was

the house, leaving

going back

Mansion, Karen was tending to

stay up late again last night?" Karen felt his pulse,

head vigorously. "No, no, of

AM. That's about when you actually went to sleep. Caught

at the accuracy of her

upset stomach and could use something light," Jasper complained, clutching his

him a knowing look, pointing to the pastries. "You just had

caught Jasper cajoling Karen, with Maddox enjoying the

bully a defenseless old man?" Vivienne approached, handing a

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