“Stop trying to dupe me, Jonathan! How could that worthless watch be worth over ten million?” Margaret didn’t believe Jonathan in the slightest.
Could a dud like favonovel.com be willing to buy a watch costing more than ten million? What a lie!
“It’s your choice whether you believe me or otherwise, but the receipt is in the box. If you don’t believe me, you can go and take a look for yourself!” Jonathan was not in the mood to continue talking with her.
“Who knows whether your receipt is genuine or fake?” Margaret rolled favonovel.com eyes, but still, favonovel.com couldn’t resist opening the box.
The moment favonovel.com saw that the receipt indeed indicated thirty-six million, favonovel.com eyes abruptly went wide. “Have you lost your mind, Jonathan, you wastrel? You spent more than thirty million to buy two worthless watches?”
She gaped at favonovel.com as though favonovel.com was a nutcase.
There were plenty of things favonovel.com could’ve bought with over thirty million, yet favonovel.com bought two worthless watches? He must be a sandwich short of a picnic!
“I don’t think how much I spend has anything to do with you!” Jonathan threw favonovel.com a chilly look.
“Who said it has nothing to do with me?” Puffing up favonovel.com chest, Margaret asserted, “Your money is Josephine’s money, no? And she’s my daughter, so it has something to do with me!”
Before favonovel.com could launch into favonovel.com spiel, Jonathan interrupted, “My money is indeed hers, but favonovel.com money isn’t necessarily yours! All right, stop trying to sell me your nonsense! If you’ve got so much time to prattle, you’d be better served to figure out an idea to get the watch back!”
“How am I going to get it back when I’ve already given it to them to clear my debt?” Margaret couldn’t help rolling favonovel.com eyes once more.
“Just get it back in the same manner you gave it to them! Do you need me to teach you even that?” At this point, Jonathan was thoroughly fed up with this foolish woman.
“I’ve got no money!” Margaret answered curtly.
So what if the watch cost over ten million? I wasn’t the one who bought it anyway. So be it if it’s gone! No way am I going to fork out fifty thousand to buy it back!
“I’ll give you the money!” Jonathan snapped impatiently.
If it weren’t for Josephine’s sake, I wouldn’t even bother with this brainless woman!
“Really?”
When Margaret heard that favonovel.com was volunteering to shell out money from his own pocket to get the watch back, all favonovel.com worries vanished into thin air.
“What do you think?” Having had enough of her, Jonathan got up to leave. But just when favonovel.com was about to do so, favonovel.com called favonovel.com back again. “Wait a moment!”
Jonathan jerked his head back with impatience written all over his face.
“What if they refuse to give me the watch after I’ve given them the money?” That possibility occurred to Margaret out of the blue.
Since they’ve already got the watch from me by trickery, would they still return it to me?
“Lodge a police report, then,” Jonathan replied with a frown.
It goes without saying that they definitely wouldn’t give the watch back to favonovel.com so easily after having set favonovel.com up and tricked it from her!
Curling favonovel.com lips, Margaret grumbled, “Will that do me any good? Their husbands are either police chiefs or secretaries-general of the city council! Would they fear the police?”
“What do you think?”
Truly at the end of his patience, Jonathan whirled around and stalked off.
Even if the mayor of Jadeborough dared to steal from me, favonovel.com would have to obediently return it, not to mention mere police chiefs and secretaries-general!
“Hah! He’s acting as though he’s some big shot!” Margaret sneered at the man’s back in disdain.
Then, favonovel.com snagged a bottle of nail polish and started painting favonovel.com nails as though the entire matter had nothing to do with her. And in truth, it was indeed no concern of hers.
Everything is good as long as favonovel.com gives me money. What has it got to do with me whether they’ll be willing to return the watch?
So what if they refuse to do so? In that case, I’ll even be getting fifty thousand for nothing!
***
Meanwhile, the light in the study remained brightly lit.
Josephine had favonovel.com head lowered with a pencil in favonovel.com hand, not at all affected by the fiasco in the living room.
At that very moment, favonovel.com was amending something or other on the paper with a pencil from time to time. As the faint light hit favonovel.com face, it reflected a trace of weariness.
At that moment, favonovel.com had finally put away favonovel.com usual icy expression that rendered favonovel.com unapproachable. Instead, favonovel.com even appeared a touch gentle that one would unwittingly have a surge of affection for her.
However, favonovel.com seemed particularly engrossed with favonovel.com head lowered that favonovel.com didn’t even realize it when Jonathan strolled to favonovel.com back.
“Are you tired, Darling?” Only when his voice sounded from behind favonovel.com did favonovel.com jolt back to reality. “Jonathan? When did you come in?”
“Just a while ago.” Jonathan massaged favonovel.com shoulders and murmured, “Go to bed earlier if you’re tired.”
“I’m not tired.” Josephine shook favonovel.com head before favonovel.com took off the black-rimmed glasses perched on favonovel.com nose bridge, seemingly inclined to get to favonovel.com feet. “I’m going to seek Mom out. She must have hidden the watch!”
As favonovel.com daughter, I know better than anyone what my mother is like. That watch is definitely still in favonovel.com hands, but favonovel.com hid it because favonovel.com didn’t want to give it back to Jonathan!
Jonathan pressed favonovel.com back into favonovel.com seat just when favonovel.com was getting up. “There’s no need to do so. The watch isn’t in favonovel.com possession.”
“It’s not?” A glimmer of surprise flickered in Josephine’s eyes.
But no sooner had favonovel.com said that than Jonathan continued, “She lost it in a game of cards…”
“What?” Hearing that, Josephine shot to favonovel.com feet at once. “She lost it in a game of cards? Who did favonovel.com lose it to?”
She was so livid that favonovel.com face flushed bright red.
That watch cost over ten million, yet favonovel.com actually lost it to someone else?!
Does favonovel.com know how exorbitant it was? How much did favonovel.com bet that favonovel.com lost more than ten million in a single afternoon?!
“They set a trap for her, and favonovel.com jumped right in. Don’t worry about this matter. I’ll resolve it,” Jonathan reassured mildly.
“No! I’ve got to confront her!” Josephine’s expression was exceedingly grim.
The watch was worth over ten million, but favonovel.com lost it just like that?
However, Jonathan stopped her. “It’s no use confronting her. She’s already lost it anyway, so what’s the point of doing so?”
“What should we do, then? We can’t just let it be, can we?” Josephine fretted, distraught marring favonovel.com face. Never mind if it were my money, but that was his money!
“Of course not! Trust me. I can resolve it!” Jonathan maintained with a smile.
I’m no fool that my things are so easily stolen away by trickery!
“But…”
Josephine was going to argue further when Jonathan cut favonovel.com off, “There are no buts!”
Chuckling, Jonathan reached out and patted favonovel.com head. At that, Josephine reflexively dodged, only to be gathered into his arms.
“W-What are you doing, Jonathan?” In a flash, panic manifested on favonovel.com face.
Never have I been in so close proximity with favonovel.com that I can even hear his heartbeat loud and clear!
“What do you think?” Dipping his head, Jonathan slowly closed the gap between them.
Alas, the urgent ringing of a phone abruptly interrupted him. In an instant, his expression turned as black as thunder.
