The Legendary Man novel Chapter 503

Chapter 503 I Am A Killer

“Why should I? He obviously—” Suddenly, Margaret’s expression changed, and she stopped talking mid-sentence. A thought had occurred to her.

That night, without any rhyme or reason, more than a hundred members of the Smith family had been kidnapped by Timothy and taken to the warehouse. That night would have been the end of the Smith family if Jonathan had not shown up. The entire Smith family had almost been wiped out of Jazona that night.

Margaret shivered in horror at that thought.

“Mom…” Josephine tugged at Margaret’s sleeve pleadingly. The atmosphere had turned sour. Margaret softened her tone and said, “I’m doing this for your own good. You’re pregnant. You’re in a very delicate state, and he’s your husband. Shouldn’t he be taking better care of you?”

“Mom—”

Josephine’s head was pounding. However, just as she was about to speak, the doorbell sounded, interrupting her.

Ding-dong!

Everyone turned to look at the door.

The door flew open, and a young woman walked in, smiling brightly. She had her hair in a bun and a lollipop in her mouth.

“Hello! I’m looking for Jonathan!”

The entire Smith family turned to look at Jonathan.

Josephine’s eyes, in particular, were almost burning right through Jonathan’s head. She looked as if she were ready to swallow him whole.

“Xiara?” Jonathan called out in surprise, staring at the petite young lady standing at the door.

It was none other than Xiara, one of the top ten killers on the Dark Web. He had just seen her the day before.

“Jonathan, what are you guys eating? I’m hungry!”

Xiara strutted casually into the room, ignoring all the eyes staring at her. She sat down at the table, picked up a fork, and began helping herself to the food.

“Wait a minute. How did you get in? I have a lot of guards posted outside,” Jonathan asked, staring at Xiara in shock.

“Huh?” Xiara was sucking on her lollipop. She looked at Jonathan with big eyes and said, “Well, I brought down all those guards, but don’t worry! I would never dream of killing anyone on your territory!”

As she spoke, she picked up an empty plate and handed it to Jonathan.

“Get me some pasta, would you? I haven’t eaten all day. I’m starving!”

Jonathan was still lost in his daze. Before he could react, Josephine snatched the plate out of Xiara’s hand.

“Jonathan, who exactly is this?” Josephine asked in a low voice, stepping on Jonathan’s toes angrily.

“She is someone I met in Lumonburg,” Jonathan replied, trying not to wince from the pain in his toes.

Xiara flashed a cat-like smile at Josephine.

“You must be Mrs. Goldstein. When we were in Lumonburg, Jonathan was always talking about you. Your beauty blew me away when I first laid eyes on you earlier. If I were Jonathan, I would miss home all the time too.”

“Stop talking nonsense! I have never spoken about Josephine to you. What do you want?” Jonathan glared at Xiara.

He was racking his brain for ways to deal with Xiara.

If he really wanted to, he could kill Xiara in the blink of an eye. However, Xiara had the knack for using poison anytime and anywhere. No one else in the room, besides him, would be able to withstand her.

He had to think about his family before making any moves.

However, as he was contemplating his options, a realization dawned upon Margaret.

“Oh!” Margaret jumped to her feet and pointed accusingly at Jonathan. “I see what’s going on here. Have you been going to Lumonburg to meet this shameless woman? You heartless man! Don’t you know Josephine is pregnant now?”

Xiara coughed at Margaret’s words and almost choked on her food.

“Hey, excuse me, Madam! Don’t go around accusing me like that! I’m not Jonathan’s mistress. We are both innocent.”

“Am I supposed to just take you at your words?” Margaret asked. “Then why don’t you explain to me how you met Jonathan?”

Xiara threw her fork down on the table. With a flick of her wrist, a pistol suddenly appeared in her hand.

“I am a killer, and Jonathan is my target!”

Everyone froze at the sight of the pistol.

Josephine had been kidnapped before. Upon hearing the word “killer,” she was stunned. She stood up hurriedly as panic overwhelmed her.

Jonathan had sharp eyes and quick reflexes. He quickly reached out and pulled Josephine into his arms before she could fall.

“Xiara! What are you trying to do here?” Jonathan glared at Xiara.

“What do you think?” Xiara swallowed the half-chewed food in her mouth. She returned Jonathan’s glare and said, “I just don’t like people making up stories about me!”

Noticing Margaret’s frightened face, Jonathan casually twirled the fork in his hand.

Although Jonathan had never liked Margaret, she was still Josephine’s mother and the grandmother of his future child.

If she really died in front of him at that moment, he could not just sit back and do nothing.

“Xiara, you’d better behave yourself. If you dare fire that pistol in front of me…”

With those words, a blanket of powerful energy emitted from Jonathan’s body and completely enveloped Xiara.

Xiara could feel the weight of the energy pressing down on her.

The arrogant look in her eyes faded into obedience. She tossed the pistol in her hand to Emmeline, who was seated next to her.

“Ah, Jonathan! She—” Emmeline called out to Jonathan in a panic.

“It’s just a water gun. You can play with it. Just don’t aim it at anyone’s face,” Xiara said, interrupting Emmeline with a smile.

Jonathan grabbed the pistol and inspected it. Then he casually tossed it onto the table and withdrew the blanket of energy emitting from him.

“Go on, tell me. Why exactly are you here?”

“No specific reason. I have no place to stay in Jadeborough, so I thought I’d come to stay with you for a few days. You wouldn’t turn me away, would you?” Xiara glanced at Jonathan with a rather playful expression on her face.