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.

Lucius dragged Sigrun up and flung

is your future mother-in-law, you fool. Of all the things to do, why did you have to harm someone? If

"Wait!"

couldn't

are yet to be married, it's inappropriate to address me that way. Secondly, we are planning to

that instant, her words drained the blood out

Mr. Jadeson, you were the one who came to me and propose

with the

court. In fact, he sounded as if he was demanding answers from

the question,

right. It was my idea from

case, how can you cancel it on a whim? Old Mr. Jadeson, that would be crossing the line. Even though I'm your subordinate, it's still unfair to the child. Now that

the audacity to bring up the issue of how she

asked someone beside her, "What was his position when he served Grandpa

that he was the Chief of

Staff? No wonder

as Jonathan's face turned red from the

please calm down. With regard to this matter,

longer the era of arranged marriages. Back when Grandpa spoke to you about

remember telling him-when he brought up the matter with me-that unless my son agrees to it, it would never count," Sasha responded on Jonathan's

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