The Legendary Man

Chapter 15

What? Someone took advantage of our daughter?

Hearing that sentence, Connor ran into the kitchen and grabbed a knife before striding to the door. At the sight of Jonathan, he froze in his tracks. “Jonathan? Aren't you dead?”

Didn't this loser die after going missing three years ago?

“Dad, I'm still alive...” Jonathan explained.

“If you're alive, where have you been for the past three years?” Connor demanded with a face as black as thunder. As he had never liked this son-in-law of his, he thought Josephine could remarry into a wealthy family after Jonathan's disappearance.

Alas, Jonathan had returned.

“Dad, I've been—”

Jonathan parted his lips to explain, but Margaret interjected rudely, “Connor, what are you doing? Butcher this scum! He's the one who violated Emmeline and hurt me!”

“What? He did that?” Connor stared at his wife in disbelief, for he knew Jonathan's character well.

He had never talked back to us or defied our orders. There's no way he'd dare to violate Emmeline!

Despite how much he loathed Jonathan, he refused to believe that the latter was capable of defiling his daughter.

not trust me, Connor?” Margaret wailed. “How could you not stand on our side

acted like a shrew, yelling and

afraid of his wife, especially when she was kicking up a fuss. Carefully, he said, “Darling, listen to

damn coward, Connor

said nothing until Josephine

Margaret flung herself into her daughter's arms before wailing, “Hurry, call the police! Jonathan sexually assaulted your sister. We can't let him leave! Call the police so that he'll get locked up

to the door. Sure enough, there stood

me.” Jonathan began his explanation. “I saw Emmeline drinking with a bunch of hooligans at the bar.

hissed. “Emmeline has never been to

Josephine asked sternly, her

though her hatred for Jonathan remained, she knew he was not

though she had been framed. “Josephine, don't listen to him. He was the one who stalked me in the dark and intended to assault me when no one was around. Luckily, I ran away before he

the bruises on her arm to prove that she was telling the

sneered. Where did she learn how to lie and accuse me of something I didn't do? Oh, her mother, of course. She's a pretentious b*tch, lying through

explain yourself.” Josephine cast an icy glare in his direction,

must be blind to have fallen for him! I can't believe he tried to harm

had chosen to believe her sister. “I've saved her, so it's

about to waste

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