Vivienne muttered under her breath, "Where is he?"
The audacity of someone to mess with the Martinez family; who gave them such guts?
Percival, seeing right through Vivienne's thoughts, picked out a matching jacket from the closet and handed it to her, "At the hospital. Thomas is with him; it shouldn't be anything serious."
Glancing outside at the breaking dawn, Vivienne found herself more speechless about Percival than about Leopold, the troublemaker.
At the hospital...
Leopold was lying in the hospital bed, swathed in bandages from head to toe, looking like a mummy. Only his eyes were visible, staring blankly at the ceiling.
Thomas, standing by with a mix of disdain and admiration, asked, "Leopold, I've got to hand it to you. Did you really think you could take on the Martinez family all by yourself? Are you brave or just brainless?" Leopold managed a stiff glare in response.
What do you know?
It was all for love.
He wasn't about to waste his breath on someone who couldn't understand.
Thomas didn't need a second to catch the subtext, snorting, "Have some dignity, man. If only you had acknowledged Griffin before today, you wouldn't be in this mess, almost beaten to death by the Martinez family."
Leopold was speechless.
Really? Rubbing salt in the wound now?
When Vivienne and Percival arrived, Leopold was tilting his head, enduring Thomas's lecture.
He was furious, yet unable to escape.
After all, he hadn't dared to let his family know about the incident, resorting to calling Thomas instead.
Thomas greeted the newcomers with respect, "Percival, ma'am."
Vivienne nodded slightly and approached Leopold.
eyes were clear; he
Not dead, at least.
Vivienne, Leopold looked so wronged he was on the verge of tears, his
to Thomas instead, "Have the Martinez family's weapons malfunctioned? How is he still jumping around?" Leopold was
misunderstanding about "jumping around"? He was
savage, even for the lady
sparing her
were for naught. Despite his hoarse
"The Martinez family took their private justice on him, and now his voice is gone too?" Thomas was speechless, explaining, "He
off a wall, blaming the Martinez family was a bit
Leopold was mortified.
pointing out
Leopold could land himself in such
the chase, "Who from the Martinez family
he was showing respect
with Percival. It seemed Leopold wasn't
was still hope for
Leopold, "Your uncle is on his way. You
Them?
widened
his dad
told them about
him as if he were an idiot, "You caused such a scene at the Martinez family's place. The whole of Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could hide it?" As if on cue,
disgrace the Sterling
Let me
This was bad!
behind the curtains, only to realize his legs were still sticking out, making his hiding spot utterly useless. The three onlookers narrowed their eyes
the doctors put Leopold in a cast for
eyes instantly locking onto Leopold's failed attempt to
now? You've really grown wings, sneaking into the
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