Despite spending his entire life on the bloody battlefield and never batting an eyelid at all the gruesome scenes he had witnessed, Jonathan suddenly wavered at his former subordinate's attempt at eliciting pity.

"A-About that-”

"Old Mr. Lightburn, from my perspective, you're overestimating the gravity of the situation. Grandpa would definitely not do anything of that sort to someone younger. Thus, I think it's wise to help your granddaughter back to her feet.”

Sasha had stepped forward to preempt Jonathan's answer, standing defiantly in the center of the living room, she calmly deflected the pressure Lucius was exerting.

Just when Lucius was getting carried away with his reprimand, he looked up upon hearing Sasha's words.

In that instant, he felt his heart sink.

Isn't that Old Mr. Jadeson's granddaughter-in-law? And the lady of the Jadeson household? She's a clever one. If not for her, Sigrun's actions in school would never have been exposed.

A sense of dread began to creep into him.

"Old Mr. Jadeson, is this your granddaughter-in-law?"

"Yes, yes. That's her."

Jonathan, who was mired in a dilemma, nodded vehemently as if he was clutching at straws.

had he replied than Lucius dragged

the things to do, why did you have to harm someone? If she hadn't

"Wait!"

she couldn't bear

address me that way. Secondly, we

instant, her words drained the blood out of Sigrun and

basis? Have I heard it wrongly? Old Mr. Jadeson, you were the one who came to me and propose the marriage contract back then. I never had

ingratiating myself with the Jadeson family at

worked up, threw the ball back into Jonathan's court. In fact, he sounded as if he was

question, Jonathan blushed in

was my idea from the

the line. Even though I'm your subordinate, it's still unfair to the child. Now that all our relatives know she will be married into the Jadeson

audacity to bring up the issue of how she is going to live her

to help her curiosity, Sasha asked someone beside her, "What was his position when

that he was the Chief of staff," someone

of Staff? No wonder he's

watched as Jonathan's face turned red

calm down.

blackmail? This is no longer the era of arranged marriages. Back when Grandpa spoke to you about it, I'm sure he didn't promise that it was set

he brought up the matter with me-that unless my son

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