The Deadly Assassin Robin by Tristan Storm

Chapter 235

Chapter 235 Shadows of the Past

Robin and Vera pushed their way into the crowd gathered around.

The onlookers were all coworkers from the company, and they were murmuring to each other while watching Rosalie and the man harassing her.

"Apparently, that man's Rosalie's father, a real lowlife.

"I heard her saying earlier that he ran off years ago, leaving her, her mom, and her little brother to fend for themselves. Took up with a widow and never looked back, not even when her mom fell sick.

"And now he shows up, doesn't even visit her mom in the hospital. Instead, he's here, pocketing a betrothal gift of 10,000 dollars and trying to force her into marriage with some guy in his forties, who, by the way, has a limp." "What kind of father does that? He's worse than sc*m!"

"There are all kinds of folks in this world, but a guy like that? He's not even human!"

"It's such a shame. Rosalie's a star student from a top school, young and beautiful. To be married off to someone like that would be a tragedy."

Robin listened to the conversations, then looked through the crowd, spotting Rosalie being harassed by the man in his forties. In broad daylight, and he's that bold?

Seeing that Rosalie wouldn't budge, the man reached out and grabbed her by the hair.

"Your dad sold you to me! You're my woman now! I'm taking you back to give me kids! You refuse to come, and I'll beat you!"

He raised a thick hand and swung it down at Rosalie as he yelled.

Robin quickly grabbed the man's wrist before he could land the blow.

The man winced, releasing Rosalie's hair. "Who... who are you? Let go of me!"

Ignoring him, Robin turned to the battered and tear-streaked Rosalie. "What's going on here?"

Rosalie looked at Robin, too ashamed to meet his gaze, and whispered, "Robin ... sorry you had to see this."

"Just get to the point!" Robin barked.

"She's my woman," the man spat out angrily, trying to shake Robin off.

Robin tightened his grip, making the man drop to his knees in pain, unable to speak.

"All right, nobody's going to touch you now. Start talking! What's going on?"

Shaken by Robin's icy tone, Rosalie pointed at an older man standing off to the side. "That's my father."

Following her gaze, Robin saw a man around fifty lingering at a distance.

"Robin, when my brother and I were little, he abandoned the three of us and left my mom to run off with some widow from the neighboring village.

"He's been gone for over a decade. Not a dime to support us in all that time.

"Now, the widow's son is getting married but lacks money for the betrothal gift. So, he came back and sold me to a man with a disability in his leg, taking 10,000 dollars as a betrothal gift from him."

Just then, a few security guards from Eastvale Development Group arrived.

of them, spotting Robin, quickly stepped forward, gesturing at the 40-something-year-old

who claims to be Rosalie's father, has already caused a scene at our company several times, and Rosalie has been avoiding him. I heard he even

camped out at the company

"The security guard

father of mine! Every time he comes back, it's only to bully money out of

kept us afloat, and almost everything she earned, he's wrung out of

help us with some money. He didn't just refuse but cursed me out, saying she should hurry up and die. He... he's a

striding toward

he... he's tricky to deal

gave a faint, icy

Neil, he

sized Robin up. "Yeah,

him, nodding toward the scruffy

What a word! I found my girl a

Shawn, flanked by a dozen others, muscled his way through the

Mr. Ramsey?" Shawn looked from Neil to

gift to sell off his daughter," Robin said, pointing at

without hesitation, "Mr. Ramsey, if it

yours. Just don't kill him, but

a bow, grabbing Neil by the collar, whose face twisted in

hard slap landed on Neil's weathered

Who are you? Why are you hitting me?" Neil

grimly, giving his face a pat. "Me? They call me the Devil. And if I can't straighten out a demon like you, what

animal? Even I wouldn't stoop

show you what real scum looks like."

for the trouble. I'll ensure your father never bothers

menacing presence all around him, making his legs turn

the hands of some seasoned bruisers who lived by their fists, and

quickly groveled and pleaded, "Sir, please, let me go. I-I have no grudge against you. I

that! You messed with Mr. Ramsey!" Shawn jabbedza finger at his

the Devil's hands, and

won't be in

my men will show you things worse than death. You'll know exactly

Shawn said with a harsh glare, "every time you come, you'll taste this

go. You don't want to come along? Too

Neil and the other man into

with Shawn and suddenly grew nervous.

to know is he'll never trouble you

return to work and focus on living a good life with your mom. Forget

moment, Rosalie

shoulder. "Get going. And remember, if you

with tears. At that moment, she was at

almost mythical man had shielded her from every disaster. Each one could've

who had given her a

back to work before you're late. I'm still waiting for that bonus you promised

her tears away, Rosalie smiled at his tall figure

unfair and that all she'd known

she felt like the luckiest person