Percival tightened his embrace, resting his forehead just above Vivienne's brows, whispering tenderly, "Looking at my Vivienne." My Vivienne.
Few words in the world could send Vivienne's heart fluttering quite like those.
She felt as if she had plunged into a pool of spring water, her entire being drenched in its soothing embrace.
Their gazes locked, neither willing to take a step closer.
In their eyes, there was only each other, each deeply etching the other's features into their memory.
They tugged at each other, eyes speaking volumes.
Creak...
The lab door swung open, and Karen marched in, dragging Rex by the ear, the awkwardness in the room thick enough to cut with a knife.
Karen was the first to snap out of it. "Carry on, lovebirds. I've got a bone to pick with this good-for-nothing apprentice!"
Vivienne watched as Karen pulled Rex aside and, with a swift kick, sent him sprawling.
Meanwhile, she and Percival were still wrapped up in each other, fingers interlocked.
"Boss, your daughter's over here making goo-goo eyes, and you're not saying a peep? She's underage and being seduced by an older man-aren't you gonna do something about it?" Rex's outburst was swiftly silenced by Karen's expert move.
"If you don't spill the beans on all those toxins you've been cooking up over the years, you might as well forget about talking ever again."
Karen had zero tolerance for her underlings causing trouble.
If she had known Rex was actually Brody, she would have cut him down long ago!
Vivienne pursed her lips, conceding that when it came to inner strength, her mom was unbeatable.
"Old man, gonna let go, or do you want to play a live show?" Vivienne teased, pulling away with a mischievous wink.
forward, handing Karen a stun baton.
Brody's, could discharge a burst of high voltage at the push of a button and was
a
Alright, he got it.
feather flock together-Karen was shamelessly cunning, Percival was sly and ruthless, and Vivienne was wickedly sharp. None
Percival, with Vivienne
unfolded at Mara's house to Percival, "Looks like they're targeting the Miller family again, trying to use them to stir up trouble within the Nine Mystics Society and
but all Percival heard was:
"Alright, I got it."
paused, "Got what,
the subject, "Thomas called me earlier
quick? What
there to learn,
left, Rivenwood's Vanguard Agency became
were Percival's people. Even
entirely Percival's domain, a new overseer
the agents, they had to send Gillian, who had
clear: Rivenwood was
with brains like Leopold-that's the bare minimum, and yet they sent her?" Leopold: I feel like someone's
discern the
Vanguard Agency, Vance called
here. As the captain of the headquarters, take care of
was fed up-never had he seen a former suspect become his
the understanding
Just focus on
acknowledged.
wave of his
deeply, pondering over Gillian's
had personally recommended her-Gillian was
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