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.

wronged he was on the verge of tears, his

the Martinez family's weapons malfunctioned? How is he

misunderstanding about

That's savage, even for the

sparing

were for naught. Despite his hoarse voice, he desperately pleaded

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

injuries were actually from falling off a wall, blaming the Martinez family was a

Leopold was mortified.

they were pointing out

realizing only Leopold could land himself in such

cutting to the chase, "Who from

"Mr. Martinez. He said he was

Percival. It seemed Leopold wasn't entirely

was still hope for

"Your uncle is on his way. You

Them?

eyes widened in

meant not just his dad was

them about

family's place. The whole of Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could hide it?" As if on

trying to disgrace the Sterling family completely? I'll not spare him

slow down. Let me handle

This was bad!

legs were still sticking out,

doctors put Leopold in a cast for his broken bones, advising against any movement. How did Leopold manage to spring up

stormed in, his eyes instantly locking onto Leopold's

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

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