The Legendary Man

Chapter 78 Beauties Are Good At Teasing Men

“Yup!” Jonathan nodded before exclaiming in surprise, “Why are you not in bed?”

“I’m not feeling sleepy yet.” Despite her words, Josephine’s bloodshot eyes betrayed her. It was clear as day that she wasn’t only sleepy, but very much so.

Then, she turned to Emmeline and asked, “How was the birthday party? Did you have fun?”

“I-It was fine.” Glancing at Jonathan guiltily, Emmeline bolted for the second floor as though the hounds of hell were nipping at her heels. “I’m tired, so I’m going to bed first!”

After saying that, she fled.

“What’s wrong with her?” Josephine eyed Jonathan with furrowed brows when she saw Emmeline’s unusual reaction. “Did you ride roughshod over her?”

“Of course not!” Jonathan wore an expression of exasperation. “She’s just a little down after having been disparaged by her friends at the birthday party.”

“But why do I feel as though she fears you?” Josephine perceptively noticed Emmeline’s atypical behavior.

Under usual circumstances, she would definitely be standing before him. When they came home today, however, she stood behind him tensely as though she didn’t dare stand in front of him!

“It must have been a trick of the light.” Jonathan changed the subject with a smile, saying, “It’s late, Darling. Why don’t we return to our room and sleep?”

“Who wants to sleep with you?” Josephine shot him a glare. “I waited up for you because I’ve got something to say to you!”

“What is it?” Sitting down beside her, Jonathan lightly inhaled the alluring scent that wafted off her.

gift for Grandpa and Grandma. You do it instead.” As Josephine said that, she took out a bank card from her pocket. “There’s a hundred thousand in this card. The PIN is my birthday.

use this money to rent a mansion at Edenic Heights, but since that’s

party?” The Smith Group’s annual party was a grand affair every year, so much so that those who didn’t know

family in Jadeborough,

single descendant of the family had to prepare a gift for the patriarch and

either because the members of the Smith family drew comparisons behind closed

expensive would be esteemed,

expensive, usually just worth ten or twenty thousand. Why is she spending such a fortune

buy a gift tomorrow.” Jonathan

better than anyone whether you’ve got any money.” Josephine didn’t take the card. Instead, she turned to Jonathan and urged, “Just buy a gift of

was her

always been the target of criticism every time he accompanied me in attending the company’s annual party. But that’s inevitable since he’s the only person who married into the Smith family. A live-in son-in-law has little dignity to speak of, and he hasn’t much money,

Jonathan had no difficulty discerning her meaning when she had said as

usually treated him coldly, she would still look out for his

you!” With a cold expression on her face, Josephine threw him a glare. Then, she got up and headed toward

that’s what I think, I’ll never

grinning from ear to ear. He stuffed the bank card into her pocket. “I don’t need this money. Just keep this

losing his job, Josephine abruptly remembered that he had gotten a job at some real

hadn’t mentioned it, I would’ve

a cough, seized by the

I bring that up? Wasn’t

me back then was a lie?” Josephine’s brows knitted together when she noticed the man’s flustered state, and she doubted whether his claim of working at a real estate firm