Chapter 469
The group followed Flynn into the house, where he was immediately taken aback at the sight of his
niece, Fiona, in a wheelchair.
“Fiona, what happened to you?” Flynn asked, his voiceced with concern.
Richard had been vague when he called Flynn back home, mentioning only that a lot of things had
gone south and they needed his help sorting things out. But seeing Fiona like this was a shock to the
system.
Flynn had always had a soft spot for his nephews, but Fiona, his only niece, was like a precious gem to
him—someone to be protected at all costs.
Fiona gave a weak smile and shook her head. “Uncle Flynn, it’s nothing serious. It''s just a bit of a heart
condition. I can’t be on my feet too much.”
“How on earth did you end up with a heart problem? What did the doctors say?” Flynn asked urgently.
Heloise let out a disdainful snort. “Why don’t you ask the great Master Vivienne about that? She knows
exactly what’s going on. Don’t you, Vivienne?”
Vivienne lifted her gaze coolly, a hint of sarcasm in her eyes. “Fiona knows better than I do, doesn’t
she?”
Fiona pursed her lips, holding Heloise back. “Mom, not everything is Vivienne’s fault. Uncle Flynn just
got back, and Aunt Imogen is here too. Please, let’s not do this now.”
Flynn nced at Vivienne with a hint of reproach but said nothing more.
Imogen, standing close to Flynn, also kept quiet.
Heloise, however, was not so easily silenced. “If I can''t even talk about what she did...”
Cecilia, fuming, looked ready tosh out. “You...”
“Enough, Aunt! How has my sister-inw Vivienne wronged you? Do you really want me to tell Dad
everything your family has done and see who ends up embarrassed?”
The sharp rebuke stunned everyone—not least because it came from Keh, the youngest after
Isolde.
Vivienne was taken aback, too. Keh was standing up for her?
Keh’s face turned red at the sudden attention. Ever since he found out Vivienne was Aaron’s
coach, he did not know how to face her and hade to believe she was worthy of his brother
Percival.
Caught up in the moment and fed up with Heloise’s relentless attacks on Vivienne, he had blurted out
his defense.
Finally, Flynn broke the awkward silence, ruffling Keh’s hair with augh. “Look how much you’ve
grown, Keh! When I left, you were only this tall. Now look at you, a star in the E-sports scene!”
Keh was a child Flynn had found and wanted to reunite with his biological parents. After a fruitless
search, Flynn had intended for one of his brothers to adopt Keh, but none were willing except his
third brother. However, he was too upied back then and never followed through on the matter. He
had thought about sending Keh to an orphanage, but with his pleading eyes, the boy had won
Flynn over, and he ended up adopting him.
Flynn had no experience with children, so he relied heavily on his third brother’s family. Over time,
Keh had be more their child than his.
“I learned from the best,” Keh mumbled, still embarrassed.
“You followed your brother around as a kid, and you still do,” Flynn teased, earning a few chuckles and
easing the tension brought on by Heloise.
Aurelia called everyone to dinner, and Richard, supported by Vivienne and Imogen, made his way to
the table. Flynn and Percival trailed behind.
“You’ve got good taste, kid. Vivienne is impressive,” Flynn said, nodding towards Percival.
Percival replied indifferently, “How would you know Vivienne is impressive?”
Flynn nced back and exined, “Your mom told me. When Imogen found out who Vivienne was,
she went nuts wanting her autograph.”
At the dinner table, everyone doted on Imogen, with Isolde cheekily asking, “Auntie Imogen, how did
Uncle catch your eye when he’s so much older?”
Flynn nearly choked on his food. “Hey, little miss. You were just gushing over how good-looking I am
“That’s because I didn’t see Auntie Imogen yet. She’s so young and pretty, like Vivienne. So,pared
to her, you look much older.”
Isolde’sment drewughter, and Flynn could not argue—Imogen really was much younger than
him.
“It’s true. Imogen is only twenty-five, fifteen years younger than me,” Flynn said, looking at Imogen
adoringly. “She’s still in grad school. We met at Magnolia University.”
“So, it was love at first sight for Uncle Flynn?” Isolde looked excited.
Imogen giggled shyly. “Not exactly. When your uncle gave a lecture at our school, lots of girls were
smitten. But I was the one who fell for him first.”
Flynn took Imogen’s hand, his voice tender. “Out of all those girls, you were the one I saw. So yes, you
could say it was love at first sight.”
As sweet sentiments floated between them, Richard smiled approvingly. Isolde giggled behind her
hand. “So sweet, even sweeter than my brother and Vivienne!”
Percival, who was nonchntly feeding Vivienne, looked at his sister and stated, “Vivienne and I aren’t
like that.”
Vivienne nodded in agreement after swallowing the piece of meat Percival had offered.
Percival wiped a smudge of grease from Vivienne’s lips.
“Right, right,” Flynn teased, “you two are just the picture of subtlety.”
“Of course,” Percival said, offering another piece of meat to Vivienne.
Dinner was quite the scene, watching two lovey-dovey couples making everyone else look bad!
After the meal, the whole family caught up on old times. Fiona was not feeling well, so she and Heloise
decided to head home early.
Isolde was fighting to keep her eyes open, and Cecilia ushered her upstairs to bed.
Keh felt it was time to make his exit, too, and scurried back to his room without much fuss.
Richard took Flynn and Percival to the study for a more serious chat.
Downstairs, Vivienne and Imogen were deep in conversation about perfumes and fashion design.
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Imogen was studying to be a fashion designer and had heaps of questions for Vivienne, who was a
well of knowledge on the subject.
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Flynn nodded. "He did, but I want to know what''s going on with Fiona?"
Percival raised his eyes, his voice calm and measured, "She broke thew."
His words were sinct, and that was all Flynn needed to know.
Flynn pursed his lips, mulling it over. "Dad, I''ll join thepany, but once Percival has fully taken over,
I''d still like to pursue my own endeavors."