Chapter 492: Chapter 495

As Natasha chatted with the foreign guest, she deliberately pulled Sophia closer as she shared the history and the exquisite details of this watch with her. She knew that Sophia was clueless when it came to things like this!

“This watch was released twenty years ago. At that time, there were only ten pieces in the world. Due to the exclusiveness, the watches were very valuable but so far, there are only two of them left. Collectors around the world go crazy over it. Look at the exquisite workmanship, Sophia. This was handmade by the famous master Justin—”

Silently, Sophia watched as Natasha happily chatted with the guest. When Sophia did not speak, Natasha pulled her over and insisted she stayed and joined in on their conversation.

Of course, Natasha did not actually want Sophia to join in. In fact, her intentions were just to make sure Sophia felt inferior and clueless, as well as embarrass her in front of the foreign guest. Not only did Sophia not want to join in their conversation, she couldn’t join in even if she wanted to. However, Natasha would not let her go and was determined to embarrass Sophia today.

“Sophia, didn’t you say you liked watches? This watch is undoubtedly a classic! Don’t you want to take a look?” As far as Natasha knew, Sophia was just a nobody who knew nothing about the luxury of watches. Plus, this watch was an uncommon one, which would not be easily recognized by those who did not have a genuine interest in watches.

Sophia—who was still being tugged by Natasha—felt she would be considered impolite if she left when the guest was still enthusiastically discussing watches. If she were to admit that she was clueless about watches, that would have been an insult to her status as a student representative. As the outstanding student representative of Bayside University, how could she not know anything about famous watches?

Even the school leader noticed that Natasha was deliberately causing trouble for Sophia, hence Quinton hurriedly approached them to smooth things over and joined in on the conversation. “Oh—this watch? I remember when it first released and how sensational it was back then. It’s too bad that there are only two of them left. This is indeed a iconic watch in the history of watches.”

Nonetheless, Natasha was not having it. She insisted Sophia join in on their conversation. “Sophia, didn’t you say you really liked this watch? Why don’t you look happy now that you’ve seen it?

Glancing at Natasha who was desperately trying to embarrass her, Sophia finally spoke, “No, because I know the third piece still exists.”

“The third piece?” Instantly, the guest was taken aback. He repeated her words incredulously, “The third piece still exists?” Back then, when he bought this watch from the auction house, it was extremely precious and was priced as such because there were only two of them left in the world. Yet, Sophia was telling him now that there was a third one?

Upon hearing that, Quinton was startled as well. Is there really a third piece?

Nodding, Sophia confirmed. “Yes, there is indeed a third piece.”

“Where’s the third piece?” the guest hurriedly questioned.

Glancing at Natasha, Sophia’s lips curled upward. “The second piece belongs to Miss Natasha’s father and the third piece belongs to her husband, Mr. Taylor Murray!”

Dumbfounded, Natasha glared at Sophia as she struggled to react. Meanwhile, the foreign guest furrowed his eyebrows. As he gave Natasha a strange look, he suspiciously repeated, “The third piece belongs to Mr. Murray?”

That meant Natasha had seen all three pieces of the watch, so why did she confidently state that there were only two left?

Grinning, Natasha tried to avoid any embarrassment and hurriedly covered up her lie. “How is that possible? I have never seen my husband with this watch.”

Natasha was certain there were only two pieces left. One of them was here, while the other belonged to only god knows who. It could not just happen to belong to Taylor Murray, could it? Even if it did, it was impossible that Sophia would know. When Natasha brought up the topic of this watch, her intention was merely to embarrass Sophia. She emphasized yet again, “Sophia, don’t tell me you don’t know anything about this watch? You can’t listen to rumors, because every watch of this is different—”

Realizing this was going nowhere, Quinton was about to mediate this dispute when suddenly, Sophia retorted, “Mr. Murray starred in the movie ‘War Dragon’ not long ago and there was a scene in the film where the villain had to wear a watch. That watch belonged to Mr. Murray himself and it is the same one you’re talking about. How could you not know about this? Aren’t you Mr. Murray’s wife?”

As a matter of fact, Sophia was indeed clueless about watches, but it just so happened that Michael had the same watch that Natasha was boasting about. As he rarely wore it, he had always kept it at home, up until the filming of ‘War Dragon’ where he used it as a prop. Being Michael Fletcher’s die-hard fan, Sophia was hyper aware of every inch of her idol’s body. When Michael put on this watch, she had studied it thoroughly.

To avoid being accused of lying, Sophia took out her phone and pulled up a picture of Michael when he filmed ‘War Dragon’. In the picture, there was even a close-up of the watch. Natasha did not know about this because it had not been released yet. While Natasha was frantically chasing after Michael, she did not even know his real name. On the other hand, although Sophia would not admit her love out loud, she would be the first to detect any changes on Michael.

As the guest examined the picture, he was astonished by the watch. It really was the same watch! Who would have known the third piece still existed and that belonged to Taylor Murray!

Now, it was Natasha’s turn to be embarrassed. She stood, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, her face stiff as she filled with spite. No one would have guessed that Michael Fletcher owned this watch.

Meanwhile, it was no surprise that Sophia would know, since she was the one who usually did the house chores.

Natasha had miscalculated! At that moment, Linus watched the two rivals before lowering his head and smiling, his initial worry gone in a blink of an eye.

Upon verifying Michael Fletcher’s watch, the guest excitedly turned to Natasha. “Do you have any pictures of your father’s watch?”

All at once, Natasha was disgruntled. However, she had no choice but to force a smile and continue to cover up her lies. “Coincidentally, I don’t have any photos of it. I’ll be sure to show them to you once I find it later.”

Unexpectedly, the guest believed her. “Yes, of course. When I bought this watch, the seller had sworn this was one of the only two that was left; the other eight were confirmed to be destroyed. I could take the evidence and demand an apology from him. This is such an insult to the watch!”

In their circle, this was equivalent to illicitly exaggerating the value. It was an utter disgrace to the community of watch collectors! If there were three pieces left, the value of the watch would be vastly different compared to if there were only two left.

Back then, the seller swore that there were only two pieces. If the guest had any verification of the third piece, he could prove that the seller was lying! Not only would he want an apology from the seller, he wanted compensation too.

Instantly, Natasha felt uneasy and started to break out in a cold sweat as she realized she had gotten herself into big trouble. If she could get her hands on any proof that the third piece existed, then she would have offended a watch collector who would definitely confront her about it. On the other hand, if she could not provide any proof of the third piece, her lie would be exposed on the spot.

How was she going to get herself out of this?