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.

further, but

no other choice, she could

down her fork and got to her feet before heading to the study.She still had a ton of unfinished work

to stand up. Unexpectedly, Margaret called him

“Jonathan!”

Jonathan turned

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

you?” Jonathan wasn’t in the mood to bandy words with her. If Josephine weren’t her daughter, I

it’s merely an imitation, a knock-off? Not only that, but it’s even a cheap

said that?” Jonathan

took the watch to some expert and had

such cheap imitations are so common in the market that it’s

tricked!” Jonathan cut straight to the

at their own store and even price it at over ten million? If someone were to sue them, even a hundred million wouldn’t suffice for the compensation they’d have

instantly rebutted forcefully, “That’s impossible!

to say?” Jonathan demanded, arching

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

was simply restraining myself

taken it off and forgotten where she placed it. Did she take me for a

sell that watch off? Don’t you slander

saying that I’m slandering you? Fine, then tell me where the watch is!” Jonathan spat since he couldn’t be

If all else fails, I can ask for the surveillance footage right now and see whether the watch was on your hand when you left the house

footage! I’ll tell you! I’ll talk, okay?” Margaret flew into a tizzy the second

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