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.

than Lucius dragged Sigrun up and

future mother-in-law, you fool. Of all the things to do, why did you have to harm someone? If she hadn't gone over,

"Wait!"

stopped him, as she couldn't bear to listen to

this way. Firstly, since the children are yet to be married, it's inappropriate to address me that way. Secondly, we are planning to annul the marriage contract. I'm sorry if I didn't manage to let

her words drained the blood out of

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

with the

who was suddenly worked up, threw the ball back into Jonathan's court. In

by the question, Jonathan blushed

was my idea from the

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 cancel the engagement all

audacity to bring up the issue

her, "What was his position when he

heard that he was the Chief

of Staff? No wonder

again, Sasha watched as Jonathan's face

calm down. With

is no longer the era of arranged marriages. Back when Grandpa spoke to you about it, I'm sure he didn't promise that

the matter with me-that unless my son agrees to it, it would never count," Sasha responded on

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