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 drink, his gaze drifting

conversation had veered back

patted her stomach and glanced at

up the thread, "Vivienne, don't worry. We can wait to have

speechless, fought the urge to roll

why was

and he ruffled Vivienne's hair playfully, "I'm just kidding. We'll think about kids after the

elders' plans weren't important right now. They were still busy with a laundry list

and while he and Vivienne

to mention

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

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

Mr. Wolf always seemed to

at Kaitlyn's villa, the

black Porsche pulled

the warm, yellow streetlights, the car approached Kaitlyn's

Victoria stepped out, assisted by her

staying now?" She took in the sprawling villa, bathed in cozy

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.

lips curled. "I didn't realize Vivienne

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

table, heard the doorbell and wondered, "Who

Ms. Hawthorn?" Tyler wheeled

dashed from the kitchen, "Dad, let me

for a response, she hurried

gaze, Amelia swung

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