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.

verge of tears. “Vivienne, it

gaze sharpened, “So you think you don’t have to

never been in a relationship

had ever kissed

in her dictionary, a kiss meant

together, the responsibility would be even

nodded vigorously. “Exactly, you’ve got to take responsibility

A real problem solver!” She

at a loss

come

was only ten at the time, and Griffin was a cute seven-year-old,

kiss, he had earnestly promised, “Don’t worry, I’ll marry

to seek support from Percival, but then he remembered that this whole situation was Percival’s

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

Leopold turned to Griffin. “Shall we step outside

a moment, then agreed,

to be plagued with hostility. If they could have a decent

that Griffin had no objections, neither did Vivienne. She said,

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

Leopold’s spine at her icy tone. He nodded meekly. “Understood, Vivienne.

hurriedly

back in

“Sure.”

room was still recovering from Griffin’s outburst, eerily

lifting. “Mr. Wolf,

ties

know

felt a twinge of sympathy

returned to the dining area

that

fact that Griffin left

an eyebrow. “All

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