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.
were clear;
Not dead, at least.
looked so wronged he was on the verge of tears, his voice
to Thomas instead, "Have the Martinez family's
about
even for
sparing
the anger in Vivienne's eyes now, all his years of keen observation were for naught. Despite
at Thomas, "The Martinez family took their private justice on him, and now his voice is gone too?" Thomas was
a wall, blaming the Martinez
Leopold was mortified.
were pointing
realizing only Leopold could land himself in such
cutting to the chase,
the pill, his voice meek, "Mr. Martinez. He said he was showing respect to my grandfather and told me not to come
knowing look with Percival.
there was still hope for
vibrating phone, he warned Leopold, "Your uncle is on his way. You better think of what
Them?
eyes widened in
dad was coming, but his grandfather
told them about
of Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could
disgrace the Sterling family completely? I'll not spare
down. Let me handle it. You
This was bad!
attempted to hide behind the curtains, only to realize his legs were still sticking out, making his hiding spot utterly useless.
put Leopold in a cast for his broken bones,
instantly locking onto Leopold's failed attempt
"You disgrace Hiding now? You've really grown wings, sneaking into the Martinez family's
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