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.

to make preparations for it at the office tomorrow, so I’ve got no time to prepare a gift for Grandpa and Grandma. You do it instead.” As Josephine said

but since that’s unnecessary now, it’s perfect to buy

the annual party?” The Smith Group’s annual party was a grand affair every year, so much so that those

reality, the Smith family was only a third-rate family

top-notch families. Every single descendant of the family had to prepare a gift for the patriarch and matriarch of the Smith family

be too cheap either because the members of the Smith

more expensive would be esteemed, while whoever’s gift was

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

got money, so I’ll go and buy a gift tomorrow.” Jonathan returned the

and urged, “Just buy a gift of about a hundred thousand, but don’t say that I told you to buy it. Instead,

was her

he has 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, so the gift he prepares each time is dirt cheap. As such, our family naturally becomes the

worried that they’ll scorn me, yes?” Jonathan had no difficulty discerning

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

expression on her face, Josephine

I think,

ear. He stuffed the bank card into her pocket. “I don’t need this money. Just keep this since you’ve got

going to start work?” Hearing the possibility of him losing

I would’ve forgotten all

gave a cough, seized by the urge to

bring that up?

tell me that everything you told 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