The Legendary Man

Chapter 78 Beauties Are Good At Teasing Men

“Yup!” Jonathan nodded before exclaiming in surprise, “Why are you not in bed?”

“I’m not feeling sleepy yet.” Despite her words, Josephine’s bloodshot eyes betrayed her. It was clear as day that she wasn’t only sleepy, but very much so.

Then, she turned to Emmeline and asked, “How was the birthday party? Did you have fun?”

“I-It was fine.” Glancing at Jonathan guiltily, Emmeline bolted for the second floor as though the hounds of hell were nipping at her heels. “I’m tired, so I’m going to bed first!”

After saying that, she fled.

“What’s wrong with her?” Josephine eyed Jonathan with furrowed brows when she saw Emmeline’s unusual reaction. “Did you ride roughshod over her?”

“Of course not!” Jonathan wore an expression of exasperation. “She’s just a little down after having been disparaged by her friends at the birthday party.”

“But why do I feel as though she fears you?” Josephine perceptively noticed Emmeline’s atypical behavior.

Under usual circumstances, she would definitely be standing before him. When they came home today, however, she stood behind him tensely as though she didn’t dare stand in front of him!

“It must have been a trick of the light.” Jonathan changed the subject with a smile, saying, “It’s late, Darling. Why don’t we return to our room and sleep?”

“Who wants to sleep with you?” Josephine shot him a glare. “I waited up for you because I’ve got something to say to you!”

“What is it?” Sitting down beside her, Jonathan lightly inhaled the alluring scent that wafted off her.

time to prepare a gift for Grandpa and Grandma. You do it instead.” As Josephine said that, she took out a bank card from her pocket. “There’s a hundred

Heights, but since that’s unnecessary now,

affair every year, so much so

Smith family was only a third-rate family in Jadeborough, a far cry from the

of their annual party every year was on par with the top-notch families. Every single descendant of the family had to prepare a gift for the patriarch and matriarch of the Smith family during the annual

it couldn’t be too cheap either because the members

gifts were more expensive would be esteemed,

that expensive, usually just worth ten or twenty thousand.

buy a gift tomorrow.” Jonathan returned the bank card to Josephine while contemplating

turned to Jonathan and urged, “Just buy a gift of about a hundred thousand, but don’t say that I

her

family. A live-in son-in-law has little dignity to speak of,

yes?” Jonathan had no difficulty discerning her meaning when

Josephine usually treated him coldly, she would still look out for

be mocked alongside you!” With a cold expression on her face, Josephine threw him a glare. Then, she got up and headed toward

think, I’ll never admit to

What’s there to be embarrassed about when we’ve been married for such a long time?” Jonathan trailed after her, grinning from ear to ear. He stuffed the bank card into her pocket. “I don’t

of that, when are you going to start work?” Hearing the possibility of him losing his job, Josephine abruptly remembered that he had

hadn’t mentioned it, I would’ve forgotten all

cough, seized by the urge to kick himself

that up? Wasn’t I just shooting

lie?” Josephine’s brows knitted together when she noticed the man’s flustered state, and she doubted whether his claim