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; he

Not dead, at least.

Vivienne, Leopold looked so wronged he was on the

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

have some misunderstanding about "jumping around"?

even for the lady

sparing her

his years of keen observation were for naught. Despite his hoarse voice, he desperately pleaded with her.

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

falling off a wall, blaming

Leopold was mortified.

they were pointing out every

only Leopold could land himself in such

Leopold a pill, cutting to the chase, "Who from the Martinez family

He said he was showing respect to my

Percival. It seemed Leopold

still hope for

uncle is on his way. You better think of

Them?

widened in

his dad

told them about

as if he were an idiot, "You caused such a scene at the Martinez family's place. The whole of Rivenwood knew

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

me handle it. You just

This was bad!

in a panic, attempted to hide behind the curtains, only to realize his legs were still sticking out, making

most shocked; he had personally seen the doctors put Leopold in a cast for his broken bones, advising against any movement. How

his eyes instantly locking onto Leopold's

disgrace Hiding now? You've really grown wings, sneaking into the Martinez family's territory

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