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.

clear;

Not dead, at least.

Leopold looked so wronged he was on the verge of tears, his

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

have some misunderstanding about "jumping around"? He

That's savage, even for

even sparing

Despite his hoarse voice,

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

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

Leopold was mortified.

pointing out every embarrassing

only Leopold could land

pill, cutting to the chase, "Who from

his voice meek, "Mr. Martinez. He said he was showing respect

a knowing look with Percival. It seemed Leopold

was still

his vibrating phone, he warned Leopold, "Your uncle is

Them?

eyes widened

meant not just his dad was

them about

The whole of Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could hide it?" As if on cue,

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

me handle it. You just

This was bad!

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

he had personally seen the doctors put Leopold in a cast for his broken bones, advising

eyes instantly locking

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