Despite spending his entire life on the bloody battlefield and never batting an eyelid at all the gruesome scenes he had witnessed, Jonathan suddenly wavered at his former subordinate's attempt at eliciting pity.

"A-About that-”

"Old Mr. Lightburn, from my perspective, you're overestimating the gravity of the situation. Grandpa would definitely not do anything of that sort to someone younger. Thus, I think it's wise to help your granddaughter back to her feet.”

Sasha had stepped forward to preempt Jonathan's answer, standing defiantly in the center of the living room, she calmly deflected the pressure Lucius was exerting.

Just when Lucius was getting carried away with his reprimand, he looked up upon hearing Sasha's words.

In that instant, he felt his heart sink.

Isn't that Old Mr. Jadeson's granddaughter-in-law? And the lady of the Jadeson household? She's a clever one. If not for her, Sigrun's actions in school would never have been exposed.

A sense of dread began to creep into him.

"Old Mr. Jadeson, is this your granddaughter-in-law?"

"Yes, yes. That's her."

Jonathan, who was mired in a dilemma, nodded vehemently as if he was clutching at straws.

dragged

things to do, why did you have to harm someone?

"Wait!"

him, as she couldn't bear to listen to

way. Secondly, we are planning to annul the marriage contract. I'm sorry if I didn't manage to let you

the blood out of Sigrun

what basis? Have I heard it wrongly? Old Mr. Jadeson, you were the one who came to me and propose the marriage contract back

of ingratiating myself with the Jadeson family at

ball back into Jonathan's court. In fact, he sounded as if he was demanding

question,

my idea from

you cancel it on a whim? Old Mr. Jadeson, that would be crossing the line. Even though I'm your subordinate, it's still unfair to the child. Now that all our relatives know she will be married into the Jadeson family, how is she going to continue living if you

the audacity to bring up the issue of how she is going to live

someone beside her, "What was his position when he

heard that he was the

No wonder he's so

Sasha watched as Jonathan's face

Lightburn, please calm down. With regard to this matter,

era of arranged marriages. Back when Grandpa spoke to you about it, I'm sure he didn't promise that it was set in stone.

he brought up the matter with me-that unless my

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