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

like a shrew, yelling

As a henpecked husband, he was usually afraid of

to! You're a damn coward, Connor Smith! Why

rebukes, Connor said nothing until Josephine walked over from the living

assaulted your sister. We can't let him leave! Call the police so that he'll get locked

around to the door. Sure

explanation. “I saw Emmeline drinking with a bunch of

“Emmeline has never been to a

the truth?” Josephine asked sternly, her brows

remained, she knew he was

Emmeline shook her head profusely as though she had been framed. “Josephine, don't listen to him. He was the one who stalked me in the

arm to prove that she was telling the

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,

Josephine cast an icy glare in

fallen for him! I can't believe he tried

she had chosen to believe her sister. “I've saved

not about to waste more time

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