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.

Connor?” Margaret wailed. “How could you not stand on our side when our daughter

a shrew, yelling and

As a henpecked husband, he was usually afraid of his wife, especially when she was kicking up a fuss. Carefully, he said,

want to! You're a damn coward, Connor Smith! Why won't you avenge your daughter?

faced with endless rebukes, Connor said nothing until Josephine walked over from the living room. “What's going on

police! Jonathan sexually assaulted your sister. We can't let him leave! Call the

assaulted Emmeline?” Josephine swiveled around to the door. Sure enough, there stood Jonathan, who she had just met that

explanation. “I saw Emmeline drinking with a bunch of hooligans at the bar. They drugged her drink, and I was the one who rescued

“Emmeline has never been to

truth?” Josephine asked sternly, her brows knitted

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

as 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

hastily showed the bruises on her arm to prove that she was telling the truth. “Look at

and accuse me of something I didn't do? Oh, her mother, of course. She's a pretentious

explain yourself.” Josephine cast an icy glare in

to have fallen for him! I can't

Jonathan answered. Based on Josephine's gaze, it was evident that she had chosen to believe her sister. “I've saved her, so it's up to you

to waste

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