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.

had he replied than Lucius dragged Sigrun up and flung her at Sasha's

this is your future mother-in-law, you fool. Of all the things to do, why

"Wait!"

she couldn't

it's inappropriate to address me that way. Secondly, we

drained the

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

with

who was suddenly worked up, threw the ball back into Jonathan's court. In fact, he sounded as if he

the question,

my idea from

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 bring up the issue of how she

beside her, "What was his position

Jadeson, I heard that he was the Chief of

of Staff? No wonder he's

Sasha watched as Jonathan's face turned red from the

calm down.

of arranged marriages. Back when Grandpa spoke to you about it,

telling him-when he brought up the matter with me-that unless my son agrees to it, it would never count,"

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