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 isn’t how she’s making it out to
you don’t have to take responsibility after kissing
never been in a relationship
had
her dictionary, a kiss
together, the responsibility would be even
got to take
is so reasonable! A real problem solver!” She thanked Vivienne in
was at a loss for
wronged! If only I had known it would come to this, I would have never kissed her!”
and Griffin was a cute seven-year-old, like a porcelain doll,
had earnestly promised, “Don’t worry, I’ll marry you
but then he remembered that this whole situation was Percival’s doing. Thus, there was no
last a lifetime. We
Leopold turned to Griffin. “Shall we step outside to talk? I promise
pondered for a
to Leopold to be plagued with hostility. If they could have a
neither did Vivienne. She
darkened as she turned to Leopold. “Don’t make me settle
down Leopold’s spine at her icy tone. He nodded meekly. “Understood,
he hurriedly
them leave, then settled back in her chair.
“Sure.”
was still recovering from Griffin’s outburst, eerily
Wolf, that was quite the surprise you arranged for
“Breaking ties with me is
know what to
a twinge of sympathy
minutes later, Leopold returned to the dining
up, noting that Griffin
left so peacefully was
raised an eyebrow.
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