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.

his gaze

twitched, wondering how the conversation had veered back to procreation so

her stomach and glanced at Percival,

thread, "Vivienne, don't worry. We can

speechless, fought the urge

why was Mr. Wolf acting up like these

softened, and he ruffled Vivienne's hair playfully, "I'm just kidding.

now. They were still busy

and while he and Vivienne had drafted a list of potential members, they hadn't finalized their

ancient warrior lineage, not to mention

reason was that Karen hadn't awakened, and Vivienne's father was still

to get married was made on the fly, but the wedding would need to be carefully planned, to be held in the presence

seemed to

villa, the night was

black Porsche pulled into the

car approached Kaitlyn's home at

Victoria stepped out,

Kaitlyn's staying now?" She took in the sprawling

nodded, "According to our intel, yes. It seems like Vivienne found them this place. They haven't been here long. Vivienne's men were guarding the place, keeping us from finding it. But recently, their security seems to have

didn't realize Vivienne

her bag and ascended the stairs with her heels clicking, arriving

heard the doorbell and wondered, "Who could that

Ms. Hawthorn?" Tyler wheeled himself towards the

the kitchen, "Dad, let me get it. I'll see

a response, she hurried

indulgent and worried gaze,

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