Chapter 236: Old bastard, I dare you to touch him!

At those words, Persephone Shadboult's slender body trembled, a sheet of cold washing through her chest. Was there truly no way out? "Dad, please-save him!" She clutched Peter Shadboult's arm like a drowning woman finding a rope, pleading, "As long as he lives, I… I'll do anything. I'll go back and accept the marriage. I'll follow the family's arrangements!" Peter's gaze grew complicated. "Persephone, is it really worth it?" He could not understand. His daughter had been proud to the bone since...