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.

His eyes were clear; he seemed alright.

Not dead, at least.

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

instead, "Have the Martinez family's weapons

Vivienne have some misunderstanding about "jumping around"?

even for

sparing her

for naught. Despite his hoarse voice, he desperately pleaded with her. "Vivienne... I was wrong. I shouldn't have

Vivienne to sit, 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 much while being bandaged up and

were actually from falling off a wall, blaming the Martinez family

Leopold was mortified.

were pointing out every embarrassing

Leopold could land himself in such a

chase, "Who from

he was showing respect to my grandfather and told me not to

exchanged a knowing look with Percival. It

was still hope for this

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

Them?

eyes widened

his dad was coming, but his grandfather

them

him 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

damn kid, is he trying to disgrace the Sterling family

Let me handle

This was bad!

legs were still sticking out, making his

put Leopold in a cast for his broken bones, advising against any movement. How did Leopold

locking onto Leopold's failed attempt to

threw his cane,

Hiding now? You've

sneaking into

territory at

not afraid they'd blow you up, leaving nothing

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