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.

wanted to speak further, but Margaret threw her a

other choice, she

put down her fork and

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 had

“Jonathan!”

turned back

your watch really cost over ten million?” Margaret eyed him dubiously as though she

mood to bandy words with her.

imitation, a knock-off? Not only that,

that?” Jonathan likewise

me she took the watch to some expert

that such cheap imitations are so common in the

straight to the chase with

million? If someone were to sue them, even a hundred million wouldn’t suffice for the compensation they’d have to pay, let

instantly rebutted forcefully, “That’s

going to say?” Jonathan demanded, arching an

having realized that she had had a slip of the tongue,

 

right, that’s enough. Just drop the act! You sold that watch, didn’t you? I was simply restraining myself from exposing you when Josephine was here earlier.”

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

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

then tell me where the watch is!” Jonathan spat since he couldn’t be bothered to waste his

tell me that you took it off and forgot where you placed 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 watch

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