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.

stepped forward, handing Karen

could discharge a burst of high voltage at the push of a button and was designed to simulate

Percival a look of utter

Alright, he got it.

cunning, Percival was sly and ruthless, and Vivienne was wickedly sharp. None

his moment of revenge, Percival,

to Percival, "Looks like they're targeting the Miller family again, trying

heard was: "Something,

"Alright, I got it."

"Got what,

grin, deftly changing the subject, "Thomas called me earlier and

quick? What position?"

she's there to learn, but reality

Percival left, Rivenwood's Vanguard Agency

of Rivenwood's Vanguard Agency were Percival's people. Even

becoming entirely Percival's domain, a new

the agents, they had to send Gillian, who had a grudge against

clear: Rivenwood was not

spy? They should've at least picked someone with brains like Leopold-that's the bare minimum, and yet they sent her?"

"Who can discern the main office's

called a

unfamiliar with everything around here. As the captain of the headquarters, take care

up-never had he seen a former suspect become his

twinkled with the

cleared her. No issues there. Just focus on your job and show her around

begrudgingly acknowledged.

of his

pondering

recommended her-Gillian was no

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