"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."

slammed on the brakes and parked by the roadside, swiftly

you're going to

muttered under her

Isolde was dropped off at home, where her

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

arms, urging her dad to whisk her

son's anger and his daughter's

contain her laughter any longer and burst into giggles in

face grew even

had never imagined Percival could be so shy - adorably

his tie and stepped out of the car, opening the back door to put an

things got heated,

a thermos of soup Aurelia had

two could take

then bumped his head hard on the roof. Without pausing

tried to appear

nodded, passing the thermos to Percival with a meaningful look. "The soup's freshly made. Don't rush; it can

entendre was not

the house, leaving Percival alone in

no going back to

Karen

Karen felt his pulse, and her

head vigorously. "No, no, of course

let out a sigh. "Three forty-five AM. That's about when you actually went to sleep.

lips, amazed at the

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

a knowing look, pointing to the

caught Jasper cajoling Karen,

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

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