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.

seeing Vivienne, Leopold looked so wronged he was on the verge

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

some misunderstanding about "jumping around"? He was

savage, even for the lady of the

sparing her

of keen observation were for naught. Despite his hoarse voice, he desperately

cutting off 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

from falling off a wall,

Leopold was mortified.

they were pointing out

only Leopold could land himself in

chase,

meek, "Mr. Martinez. He said he was showing respect to my

look with Percival. It seemed Leopold wasn't entirely without

still hope for

he warned Leopold, "Your uncle is on his

Them?

widened in

just his dad was coming,

told them about

such a scene at the Martinez family's place. The whole of Rivenwood knew in less than ten minutes. Did you think you could hide it?" As if on cue, hurried footsteps approached

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

Let me handle it.

This was bad!

a panic, attempted to hide behind the curtains, only to realize his legs were still sticking out, making his hiding spot utterly useless.

for

in, his eyes instantly locking

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

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