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

this money to rent a mansion at Edenic Heights, but since that’s unnecessary now, it’s perfect to buy a gift for the company’s annual

time for the annual party?” The Smith Group’s annual party was a grand affair every year, so much so that those who didn’t know better would think

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

that, the scale of their annual party every year was on par with the top-notch families. Every single descendant of the family had to

be too cheap either because the members of the

more expensive would be esteemed,

that expensive, usually just worth ten or twenty thousand. Why is she spending such

I’ve got money, so I’ll go and buy a

got any money.” Josephine didn’t take the card. Instead, she turned to Jonathan and urged, “Just buy a gift of about a hundred thousand, but

her

always been the target of criticism every time he accompanied me in attending the company’s annual party. But that’s inevitable since he’s the only person who married into the Smith family. A live-in son-in-law has

scorn me, yes?” Jonathan had no difficulty discerning her meaning when she had said as

usually treated him coldly, she would still look out for

mocked alongside you!” With a cold expression on her face, Josephine threw him a glare.

what I think, I’ll never admit to

stuffed the bank card into her pocket. “I

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

he hadn’t mentioned it, I

Jonathan gave a cough, seized by

up? Wasn’t I just shooting

a lie?” Josephine’s brows knitted together when she noticed the man’s flustered