Joseph's eyes narrowed as the man continued showing his power over his daughter. That was a massive mistake done by him. His father may have also been an abusive piece of shit, but only towards him. The women in his life were saints, not to be touched. 'Delicate, fragile flowers.' As he'd call Joseph's sisters. Though Joseph was a man so he didn't mind giving him a hard time. He approached Henry and gave him a look that was intimidating enough to make him understand he needed to let go of her, and let him take her.

"Legs go." The man said quietly and motioned the beautiful young woman to follow him. True, he did not want to marry now, especially not a woman he didnt know, but he coukdnt stand the sight of a man abusing his child, let alone his daughter. Joseph began walking outside of the great hall, when a million thoughts began to run through his mind. What did she expect of him? Did they even have a choice? What if they will just escape to some other country, and then, both of them won't be obligated to marry? That was a stupid thought.

The moment the doors behind them closed, a gunshot echoed through the hall. Despite being heavily drunk, Joseph reacted quickly,  and grabbed onto Alison's hand in case she'd want to turn back and see what happened to her father." Don't go there. I dont know if he killed him or not. But for your own sake and well being, do. Not. Go. There." Joseph urged her. He realised he was probably doing whatever her father was doing, trying to control her, but this time, it was for her sake.

Joseph figured that her father was shot dead on spot, and there were two reasons for that. The first reason being that if he was just wounded, they'd hear him screaming after the shot, and the second reason was that his father never missed. Not once.

He led Alison into the car and opened the door for her. Once she was finally seated, he closed the door and walked around to sit next to her in the backseat, and soon enough his driver started the ride to his apartment.

Joseph leaned back in the car and let out a soft sigh. It was just like his father, to close a deal and then kill off the other side after recieving his end. He truly hoped, however, that he was mistaken and the man wasn't killed.

When they arrived at his apartment, they entered a quite modern high story building, and of course, Joseph lived on the top floor. When they entered his place, Alison would see that it had plenty of expensive designer furniture, art, and technology, and then, there were also small signs of anwoman's presence spread around the apartment. A lipstick, a hair brush, even a bra was hanging from the couch arm rest.

Joseph huffed and walked up to the part of the livingroom where he had a beautiful, tallcabinet that had various alchohol bottles in it. He took out two glasses and an open bottle of whiskey, and poured some for both of then, before offering her the second glass." I'm not a big fan of what's happening either, but I dont think we have much of a choice...Lets try to enjoy it?"