Everyone was slack-jawed with amazement.
Just a kiss?
Was it really necessary to chase after Leopold for 15 years just because of a peck on the lips?
This woman was really something!
“Explain, my foot! My BFF told me a kiss is as good as hitting the hay, and you even held me close, swearing you’d marry me when we grew up! Are you even a man? Can’t remember your promises?” Griffin fumed, her anger mounting by the second.
That was her first kiss.
And she had held onto it for 23 years, waiting for Leopold to step up and take responsibility.
But this guy!
He was flat-out denying it!
Leopold was hopping mad, “Which of your BFFs said that? Bring her here. I’ll give her a piece of my mind! Responsible for a kiss? If that’s the case, considering the number of women I’ve kissed, should I marry them all?”
“Ptooey! Have I lost my mind? Why did I say ‘the number of women I’ve kissed’? I’ve only ever kissed Griffin!” He thought.
And it was that very kiss that had sparked a decade and a half of pursuit, leaving him so terrified that he dared not even think of romance.
“You dared to kiss someone else?” Griffin’s face turned a shade of jealous green.
Leopold opened his mouth to explain, but Griffin turned her back, clinging to Vivienne’s legs and wailing, “Vivienne, look at this scoundrel! Not only does he refuse to take responsibility for me, but he’s also messing around with other women. My life is so miserable, truly unbearable.”
Vivienne rubbed her temples as Griffin’s ranting gave her a headache.
She grabbed Leopold, swiftly healed his previously dislocated arm amid his cries of surprise, and then shoved him toward Griffin.
“Go and get hitched!” Vivienne said dismissively, her eyes rolling with contempt.
looked pitiful, on the verge of tears. “Vivienne, it really isn’t how she’s making it out
think you don’t have to take responsibility after kissing
been in a relationship
had
her dictionary, a kiss meant
the responsibility would be
you’ve got to take responsibility after a
so reasonable! A real problem solver!”
a loss
wronged! If only I had known it would come to
he seemed to forget that he was only ten at the time, and Griffin was a cute seven-year-old, like a porcelain doll, and he just could
promised, “Don’t worry, I’ll marry you when
whole situation was Percival’s doing. Thus, there was no way he
supposed to last a lifetime. We can’t just rush into
step outside to talk? I promise I
pondered for a
her future marriage to Leopold to be plagued with hostility.
did Vivienne. She
turned to Leopold. “Don’t
her icy tone. He nodded meekly. “Understood,
he hurriedly whisked
them leave, then settled back in her chair. “Let’s continue with our
“Sure.”
room was still
lifting. “Mr. Wolf, that
lips curled slightly. “Breaking ties
did not know
felt a twinge of
Leopold returned to the dining area
up, noting that
that Griffin left so peacefully was
an eyebrow.
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