Richard was just about to chime in with Finnian's train of thought when Maddox, seizing the chance to divert Fredrick's razor-sharp glares from himself, interjected casually, "Hold up, Finnian. That's not quite right. Our Vivienne's just a young thing; babies are a ways off for her."

"Exactly, my point! Vivienne's only twenty. What's this rush about kids?" Jasper nodded approvingly at his third son, waving his hand dismissively, "They should focus on their careers for now. Children can wait a few more years."

Finnian is spouting nonsense again!

The family had only just reclaimed their precious lost lamb, and the score for whisking her away without so much as a by-your-leave hadn't been settled yet. They couldn't let Percival get too smug about it! Leopold, shoveling down his food, glanced from one to another, then at Vivienne, whose cheeks were tinted with a fresh bloom of red.

Struck by a sudden inspiration, he blurted out, "But hey, they're already hitched. Having kids is just a matter of time, and I bet any child of Vivienne and Percival's will be a real looker, even prettier than the two of them."

Silence fell like a curtain as he finished speaking. All eyes converged on Leopold.

Leopold shivered, “Did I, uh, say something wrong?"

Richard was the first to recover, "Wrong? Absolutely not. You nailed it, buddy. I'm right there with you, Leopold!"

Jasper opened his mouth to argue, but his brain, traitorously, continued along Leopold's line of thought.

Well, it did make a sort of sense.

Their Vivienne was a dead ringer for Sasha, a real beauty, and that Ellington boy wasn't too hard on the eyes either.

Wouldn't their child be the cutest kid on the planet?

Jasper's eyes sparked to life in an instant.

Meanwhile, a few aunts and uncles stared at their suddenly swayed father, on the verge of tears.

sipped his drink, his gaze drifting noncommittally over to

twitched, wondering how the conversation had veered back to

and glanced at

"Vivienne, don't

speechless, fought the urge to

is one thing, but why was Mr. Wolf acting up like

disdain and frustration in the girl's eyes, Percival's gaze softened, and he ruffled Vivienne's

They were still busy with a laundry list of

own department, and while he and Vivienne

lineage, not to mention that mysterious woman-none of these

reason was that Karen hadn't awakened,

need to be carefully planned, to be held in the presence of

always seemed to understand

villa, the night was

black Porsche pulled into the villa

the car approached Kaitlyn's

the engine cut off, Victoria stepped out, assisted by her

the sprawling villa,

were guarding the place, keeping us

realize Vivienne held Kaitlyn

ascended the stairs with her heels

the table, heard the doorbell and wondered, "Who could that

Tyler wheeled

kitchen, "Dad, let me get it.

response, she hurried

Tyler's indulgent and worried gaze,

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