Calculated Deception

Vivienne tried to ease the awkward situation. “Vaughn has way too much to handle at work. Don’t mind him.”

Vaughn didn’t even spare Richard any proper eye contact.

Yet, no matter how grim he felt about this, Richard still had to put on an act and beam at Vivienne. “Don’t worry about us. We’ll be back for a while anyway. Let’s not disrupt Vaughn’s plans.”

Hiding her emotions well, Giselle chimed in