Chapter 167 Tricked

“Weren’t you wearing it this morning and staunchly refused to return it to Jonathan? Don’t you remember?” Josephine couldn’t help feeling a tad suspicious at the panicked expression on Margaret’s face.

“Oh, you’re referring to that watch?” It was as though something suddenly occurred to Margaret. “I took it off this morning before leaving home and placed it on the table!”

“You placed it on the table?” Josephine swept a gaze over the table in bewilderment, but there was only an empty box there.

Huh? There’s no watch there.

Upon glimpsing the dubious look in her eyes, Margaret uneasily changed her tune. “Perhaps I took it off when I took a shower but forgot where I put it. I’ll look for it when I’m free.”

“You’re not lying to me, are you, Mom?” Josephine regarded her skeptically.

She took it off but forgot where she put it? After so many years, I know her all too well! She would never bear to take off a watch worth over ten million. Instead, she would probably flaunt it everywhere, afraid that people wouldn’t know that she was wearing such an expensive watch!

Hearing that, Margaret snorted and retorted, “Why would I do so? It’s just a worthless watch, no? Did you think I sold it off secretly?”

“That’s not what I meant, Mom—”

Surprise flooded Josephine at Margaret’s intense reaction.

I was merely asking about it, so why did she react so strongly?

“Okay, stop talking about that! It’s merely a worthless watch, isn’t it? I’ll just pay him back if I misplaced it!” Margaret harrumphed, cutting Josephine off mid-utterance and giving her no chance to speak.

I—” Josephine wanted to speak further, but Margaret threw

choice, she could

still had a ton of unfinished work regarding the construction site, so she naturally

up. Unexpectedly, Margaret

“Jonathan!”

turned back

eyed him dubiously as though she didn’t believe that a

mood to bandy words with her. If Josephine weren’t

I hear that it’s merely an imitation, a knock-off? Not only that,

said that?” Jonathan likewise

tell me she took the watch to some

so common in the market that it’s not even worth a hundred grand, much less ten million. At

Jonathan cut straight to

they would sell a knock-off at their own store and even price it at over ten million? If

hearing that, Margaret instantly rebutted forcefully,

were you going to say?” Jonathan

that she had had a slip of the tongue, Margaret hastily clapped a hand over

didn’t you? I was simply restraining myself from exposing you when Josephine was here earlier.” Jonathan

forgotten where she placed it. Did she take me

off? Don’t you slander me!” Margaret became even more emotional, acting as though she had truly been accused

you? Fine, then tell me where the watch is!” Jonathan spat since he couldn’t

it. Even a three-year-old kid won’t believe such a lie! If all else fails, I can ask for the surveillance footage right now and see whether the

into a tizzy the second

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