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

gaze sharpened, “So you think you

never been in

had

her dictionary, a

together, the responsibility would be even

vigorously. “Exactly, you’ve got to take

A real problem solver!”

was at a

would come to this, I would have

the time, and Griffin was a cute

“Don’t worry, I’ll marry you when we

that this whole situation was Percival’s

handle this by ourselves? Marriage isn’t child’s play; it’s supposed to last a lifetime. We can’t

outside to

pondered for a moment, then

with hostility. If they could have a decent conversation, that would be

Griffin had no objections, neither did Vivienne. She

her gaze darkened as she turned to Leopold. “Don’t make me

her icy tone. He

hurriedly whisked Griffin

then settled back in her chair. “Let’s

“Sure.”

room was still recovering from Griffin’s outburst,

eyebrows lifting. “Mr. Wolf, that was quite

curled slightly. “Breaking ties with me is not

know

she felt a twinge

minutes later, Leopold returned to the

that

fact that Griffin left so

an eyebrow.

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