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.
he was on the verge of tears, his
"Have the Martinez family's weapons malfunctioned? How is he still jumping around?"
misunderstanding about "jumping around"? He was nearly
That's savage, even for the lady of
sparing her
Leopold couldn't see the anger in Vivienne's eyes now, all his years of keen observation were for naught. Despite his hoarse voice, he desperately pleaded with her. "Vivienne... I was wrong.
on him, and now his voice
a wall, blaming the Martinez family was a bit
Leopold was mortified.
were pointing out every
words, realizing only Leopold could land himself in such a
cutting to the chase, "Who from the
He said he was showing respect to my grandfather and
knowing look with Percival. It seemed Leopold
was still
is on his
Them?
widened in
just his dad was coming,
told them about
of Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could hide it?" As if on cue, hurried footsteps
kid, is he trying to disgrace the Sterling family completely? I'll not
slow down. Let me handle it. You
This was bad!
a panic, attempted to hide behind the curtains, only to realize his legs were still
cast for his broken bones, advising against any
eyes instantly locking onto
his cane, "You disgrace Hiding now? You've really grown wings, sneaking into the Martinez family's territory at
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