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,

no other choice, she could only

put down her fork and got to her feet before heading to the study.She still had a ton of unfinished work regarding the construction site, so she naturally hadn’t the time to

also made to stand up. Unexpectedly, Margaret called him back no sooner

“Jonathan!”

Jonathan turned back

him dubiously as though

words with her. If Josephine weren’t her daughter,

it’s merely an imitation, a knock-off? Not

said that?” Jonathan likewise frowned

watch to some expert and had

a grim expression on her face, Margaret continued, “She even said that such cheap imitations are so common in the market that it’s not even worth

been tricked!” Jonathan cut straight to the

they would sell a knock-off 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

instantly rebutted forcefully,

you going to say?”

a slip of the tongue, Margaret

I was simply restraining myself from exposing

it off and forgotten where she placed it. Did she take me

are you spouting, Jonathan? When did I sell that watch off? Don’t you slander

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

it off and forgot where you placed it. Even a three-year-old kid won’t believe such a lie! If all else

I’ll talk, okay?” Margaret flew into a tizzy the second she heard that he was going to get the

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