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.

spotting Robin, quickly stepped forward, gesturing at

Rosalie's father, has already caused a scene at our company several times, and Rosalie has been avoiding him. I heard he even went to the hospital a few

out at the company entrance every day this

"The security guard

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

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

Mom got sick this time, I tried calling him, hoping he'd help us with some money. He didn't just refuse but cursed me out, saying she should hurry up and die. He... he's

growled, striding toward Rosalie's father, Neil

him. "Robin, he... he's tricky to deal with. He's

at Neil and gave a faint, icy smile. "I

he asked, "Are you

sized Robin up. "Yeah, I am, and

scruffy man. "You sold

a word! I found my

flanked by a dozen others,

Mr. Ramsey?" Shawn looked from Neil to Rosalie,

to sell off his daughter," Robin said, pointing at Neil. "Shawn,

"Mr. Ramsey, if it were me, I'd be even nastier than he

scoundrel's all yours. Just

grabbing Neil by the collar, whose face twisted in

hard slap landed on Neil's weathered

Who are you? Why are you hitting me?"

his face a pat. "Me? They call me the Devil. And if

your daughter like some kind of animal? Even I wouldn't stoop that low,

second you've spent in this world. Come on; I'll show you what real scum looks like." Shawn turned and bowed respectfully to Robin. "Mr. Ramsey, I'll take this trash out of

trouble. I'll ensure your father never bothers you or your

menacing presence all around

who lived by their fists, and he knew

go. I-I have no grudge against

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

in the Devil's

won't be in

men will show you things worse than death.

and her family," Shawn said with a harsh glare,

come along? Too bad-it's

that, he tossed Neil and the other man into the car, and they drove off without looking

Shawn and suddenly grew nervous. "Robin, they

need to know is he'll never trouble you or your

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

moment, Rosalie nodded. "Thank

her shoulder. "Get going. And remember, if you ever need

moment, she was at a loss for how to

from every disaster. Each one could've destroyed her and her family, who were

was Robin who had

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

away, Rosalie smiled at his tall figure

the world was unfair and that all she'd known since childhood was hardship. But not

like the luckiest person