The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 365

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.

tears. “Vivienne, it really

gaze sharpened, “So you think you

never been

had ever

her dictionary, a

slept together, the responsibility would be even

vigorously. “Exactly, you’ve got

is so reasonable! A real problem solver!” She thanked Vivienne

at a loss for

I had known it would come to

seemed to forget that he was only ten at the time, and Griffin was a cute seven-year-old, like a porcelain doll, and

earnestly promised, “Don’t worry, I’ll marry you when

that this whole situation was Percival’s doing. Thus,

it’s supposed to last a lifetime. We can’t just rush

we step outside to talk? I

for a

did not want her future marriage to Leopold to be plagued with

had no objections, neither did Vivienne. She

turned to Leopold. “Don’t make me

icy tone. He

hurriedly

in her chair. “Let’s continue with

“Sure.”

was still recovering from Griffin’s outburst, eerily

lifting. “Mr. Wolf, that

“Breaking ties with

not know what to

she felt a twinge of sympathy

Leopold returned to the dining

glanced up, noting that Griffin had already

Griffin left so

an eyebrow. “All

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