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.

got 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 that, she took out a bank card from her pocket. “There’s

Edenic Heights, but since that’s unnecessary now, it’s

affair every year, so much so that those who

only a third-rate family in

the scale of their annual party every year was on par with the top-notch families. Every single descendant of the family had to prepare a gift for the patriarch

too cheap either because the members of the Smith family

be esteemed, while whoever’s gift was cheap would be

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

card. I’ve got money, so I’ll go and buy a

know 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

was her ultimate

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 laughingstock of the rest

yes?” Jonathan had no difficulty discerning her meaning

she would still look out

her face,

if that’s what I think, I’ll

there to be embarrassed about when we’ve been married for such a long time?” Jonathan trailed after her, grinning from ear to ear. He stuffed the bank card into her pocket. “I don’t need this money. Just keep this since you’ve got to support

start work?” Hearing the possibility of him losing his job, Josephine abruptly remembered

he hadn’t mentioned it, I would’ve forgotten all about

Jonathan gave a cough, seized by the urge

earth did I bring that up? Wasn’t I just shooting myself in the

lie?” Josephine’s brows knitted together when she noticed the man’s flustered state, and she doubted whether