The Legendary Man novel Chapter 17

The Legendary Man Chapter 17

“What? Are you serious?” Margaret stared at Jonathan, thinking he was out of his mind for making such a statement brazenly. “How will a loser like you do that, though? I don’t think you’ll even get to meet Mr. Blackwood, let alone have him apologize.”

It was clear that Jonathan was boasting, for there was no way he would get to meet the head of the Blackwood family with his lowly status. After all, the head of the Blackwood family, Anderson Blackwood, was such an important figure that even the mayor of Jadeborough had to make an appointment in advance to meet him.

She rolled her eyes at how arrogant Jonathan was.

The nerve of him to lie to us! Does he think we’re fools who will fall for his pompous lies?

“Give me one day. If I fail to do that, I will head to the City Hall with Josephine to file for divorce,” said

Jonathan, his eyes boring into Margaret’s. “But if I did it, you must give me your word not to force Josephine to divorce me in the future!”

Margaret let out a mocking grunt before teasing, “Ha! If you succeed, I’ll even let Josephine marry you one more time!”

She was obviously playing along to spite him, thinking he was building castles in the air.

I don’t think the even chairman of Langford Group, who is worth billions, would dare to make such a promise. This loser is sure funny, huh? He’s daydreaming!

“It’s a deal then!” Jonathan gave a curt reply before turning to look at Josephine. “One day later, the head of the Blackwood family shall come to offer his apology. Just you wait and see!”

“That’s enough, Jonathan. When will you drop the act?” Josephine snapped, resentment clouding her thoughts.

To her, Jonathan had been bluffing all along.

“I’m not putting up an act. I am a man of my word!” Jonathan stated sternly. “All you have to do is prepare to be a bride once more!”

“Well, Jonathan, if you’re that confident, why don’t you solve the problem at Anderson Blackwood’s birthday party tomorrow?” Margaret suggested as an evil smirk spread all over her face.

All the prominent figures in Jadeborough would attend Anderson’s seventieth birthday party the next day. After all his boasting, she could not wait to see how Jonathan would enter the Blackwood residence.

“His birthday party is going to be held tomorrow? Sure, no problem!” Jonathan answered without missing a beat.

Since he could solve the issue with just a phone call, there was no difference between solving it that night itself or the next day.

“By the way, I forgot to tell you that you need an invitation card to enter the Blackwood residence.” Margaret reminded him, her lips curling into a contemptuous grin.

“I don’t need one.” He was unperturbed by her words.

So what if I don’t have an invitation card? No one will dare to stop me from entering the Blackwood residence!

“Let’s see how long you can keep that act up, b*stard.” Margaret snickered. “I’d better not see you

being denied entry at the gate!”

“Emmeline, I want you to repeat the whole thing. Were you telling the truth just now?” Josephine’s icy gaze petrified her sister, who immediately hung her head to avoid meeting her eyes.

Of all her family members, Emmeline feared Josephine the most.

“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me you think Emmeline lied,” Margaret interjected unhappily. “Emmeline’s a good girl. Why do you choose to trust that loser instead of your sister?”

“Yes, why don’t you trust me? Why are you taking his side instead?” Emmeline said, regaining her confidence once more with their mother’s support.

“All right. You want to earn my trust, right?” Josephine harrumphed. “Let’s ask the police to get the surveillance footage from the bar tomorrow. I will make a police report to press charges on Jonathan if you’re telling the truth. But if you’re lying on purpose to put the blame on him…” She did not finish her sentence, but her warning was clear enough.

“No! You can’t call the police or get the surveillance footage!” Emmeline shrieked as anxiousness clouded her features.

“Josephine, why did you take that b*stard’s side? Stop scaring your sister!” Margaret chided,

displeased at how overly aggressive Josephine was being. “Aren’t you afraid of ruining your sister’s reputation if word gets out?”

“So her reputation is extremely important, but not Jonathan’s?” Josephine grunted in response. Though she loathed Jonathan to the core, Emmeline’s deceit was too palpable.

“That loser’s reputation must’ve been in tatters!” Margaret snorted. “Who knows? Perhaps he had committed various heinous crimes within the past three years! He might have returned to our family to seek refuge after landing in trouble or offending someone. So what if Emmeline had indeed framed him? A piece of trash like him has no reputation at stake. How could you compare him to Emmeline?”

“Mom-”

Josephine was about to say something, but Margaret interrupted decisively, “All right. That’s it. On the day after tomorrow, head to the City Hall with the scum and get the divorce all sorted out!”