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

how the conversation had veered back to

her stomach and

"Vivienne, don't worry. We can wait

urge

but why was Mr. Wolf acting up like

and he ruffled Vivienne's hair

important right now. They were still busy

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

not to mention that mysterious

Karen hadn't awakened, and

to be held in the presence of Vivienne's parents, followed by children. Vivienne looked up into his

to understand what was

at Kaitlyn's villa, the night

black Porsche pulled

streetlights, the car approached Kaitlyn's home at a leisurely

cut off, Victoria stepped out, assisted by her assistant

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

curled. "I didn't realize Vivienne

slipped her sunglasses into her bag and ascended the stairs with her heels clicking,

the last dish on the table, heard the doorbell and wondered, "Who could that be at

Tyler wheeled

let me get it. I'll see if it's

a response,

Tyler's indulgent and worried gaze, Amelia

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