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.

speak further, but Margaret threw her

choice, she could only

later, she put down her fork and

so she naturally hadn’t the time to

stand up. Unexpectedly, Margaret called

“Jonathan!”

Jonathan turned back

him dubiously as though she

you?” Jonathan wasn’t in the mood to bandy words with her. If Josephine weren’t her daughter, I wouldn’t even deign to spare her a single

I hear that it’s merely an imitation, a knock-off? Not only that, but it’s even a cheap

said that?” Jonathan

watch to some expert and

her face, Margaret continued, “She even said that such cheap imitations are so common in the market that it’s not even worth a hundred grand,

tricked!” Jonathan cut straight to the chase

be so 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, even

hearing that, Margaret instantly rebutted forcefully, “That’s impossible!

were you going to say?” Jonathan demanded,

she had had a slip of the tongue,

 

didn’t you? I was simply restraining myself from exposing you when Josephine was here

it off and forgotten where she placed

sell that watch off? Don’t you slander

that I’m slandering you? Fine, then tell me where the watch is!”

“Don’t 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

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