The Legendary Man

Chapter 167

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.

to speak further, but Margaret threw her a

she

to her feet before heading to the study.She still had a

Jonathan also made to stand up. Unexpectedly, Margaret called him

“Jonathan!”

turned back

him dubiously as though she didn’t believe that a watch could be worth more than

the mood to bandy words with her. If Josephine weren’t her daughter, I wouldn’t even deign to spare her

a knock-off? Not only that, but it’s

that?” Jonathan likewise frowned

took the watch to some expert

friend of mine…” With a grim expression on her face, Margaret continued, “She even said that such cheap imitations are so common

been tricked!” Jonathan cut straight to the

daring that they would sell a knock-off at their own store and even price it at over ten million? If someone were to sue them,

hearing that, Margaret instantly rebutted forcefully,

were you going to say?” Jonathan

that she had had a slip of the

I was simply restraining myself from exposing

to have taken it off and forgotten where she placed it. Did she take me

Don’t you slander me!” Margaret became even more emotional, acting as

tell me where the watch is!” Jonathan spat since

kid won’t believe such a lie! If all else fails, I can ask for the surveillance footage right now and see whether the watch was on your

flew into a tizzy

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