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,
choice, she could only
down her fork and got to her
of unfinished work regarding the construction site, so she naturally
up. Unexpectedly, Margaret called him back no sooner had he done
“Jonathan!”
turned
eyed him dubiously as though she didn’t believe that a watch could
the mood to bandy words with her. If Josephine weren’t her daughter, I wouldn’t even
did I hear that it’s merely an imitation, a knock-off? Not only that,
said that?” Jonathan likewise frowned
she took the watch to
a grim expression on her face, Margaret continued, “She even said that such cheap imitations are so common in the market that it’s
straight to
sell a knock-off at their own store and even price it at over ten million? If someone were to sue
hearing that, Margaret instantly
going to say?” Jonathan demanded,
had a slip of the
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.” Jonathan exposed her when he saw
off and forgotten where she placed it. Did she take me for a gullible
spouting, Jonathan? When did I sell that watch off? Don’t you slander me!” Margaret became
Fine, then tell me where the watch is!” Jonathan spat since he couldn’t be
If all else fails, I can ask for the surveillance footage right now
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