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 noncommittally

how the conversation had veered back

her stomach and glanced at Percival, "Mr.

up the thread, "Vivienne, don't worry.

urge to

why was Mr. Wolf acting

the girl's eyes, Percival's gaze softened, and he ruffled Vivienne's hair playfully,

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

had tasked them to set up their own department, and while he and

to mention that mysterious

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

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

always seemed to

villa, the night

pulled into the villa

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

engine cut off, Victoria stepped out, assisted by

Kaitlyn's staying now?" She took in the sprawling villa, bathed in cozy light, and removed

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

Vivienne held Kaitlyn

bag and ascended the stairs with her heels clicking, arriving just as the Littleton family sat

on the table, heard the doorbell

wheeled himself

kitchen, "Dad, let me get

waiting for a response, she hurried to

worried gaze, Amelia swung open

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