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 seemed

Not dead, at least.

wronged he was on the verge of tears, his voice

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

have some misunderstanding about "jumping around"? He was nearly

for the lady

sparing her own

for naught. Despite his hoarse

at Thomas, "The Martinez family took their private justice on him,

a wall, blaming the Martinez

Leopold was mortified.

were pointing

only Leopold

to the chase, "Who from the

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

a knowing look with Percival. It seemed Leopold

was still hope

his vibrating phone, he warned Leopold, "Your uncle is on his way. You better think of what you're going

Them?

widened

his dad was coming, but his grandfather

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 in less than ten minutes. Did you

to disgrace the Sterling

Let me handle it. You

This was bad!

to hide behind the curtains, only to realize his legs were still sticking out, making

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

his eyes instantly locking onto Leopold's failed attempt to

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

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