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.

was on the verge of tears,

in listening, turning to Thomas instead, "Have the Martinez family's weapons malfunctioned? How is he still jumping

Vivienne have some misunderstanding about "jumping around"?

savage, even for the lady of

even sparing her

see the anger in Vivienne's eyes now, all his years of keen observation were for naught. Despite his hoarse voice, he desperately

over a chair for Vivienne to sit, cutting off Leopold's rambling with a glance at Thomas, "The Martinez family took their private justice on him, and now his voice is gone too?" Thomas was speechless, explaining, "He screamed too much while being bandaged up

a wall,

Leopold was mortified.

they were pointing out

words, realizing only Leopold could land

cutting to the chase, "Who

taking the pill, his voice meek, "Mr. Martinez. He said he was showing respect to my grandfather and told me not

Percival.

there was still hope

Percival glanced at his vibrating phone, he warned Leopold, "Your uncle is on his way. You better think of what

Them?

eyes widened in

meant not just his dad was coming,

told them

Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could hide it?" As if on

damn kid, is he trying to disgrace the

slow down. Let me handle it. You just

This was bad!

curtains, only to realize his legs were still sticking out, making his hiding spot utterly useless. The three onlookers narrowed

had personally seen the doctors put Leopold in a cast for his broken

locking onto Leopold's failed

his cane, "You disgrace Hiding now? You've really grown wings, sneaking into the

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