Mr. Neal, Mrs. Neal’s Gone With The Money

Chapter 4

Seeing this, Mr. Cheyne quickly came over, took the keys, and assumed the driver’s role.

Cynthia opened the passenger door and sat down, not looking at Joshua again for the entire journey.

Mr. Cheyne was apprehensive, fearing that Cynthia might blurt out something shocking later.

He hesitated. “Mrs. Neal, you…”

“Drive.”

Cynthia’s voice was light but cold.

Mr. Cheyne glanced at the rearview mirror, and seeing that Mr. Neal had no reaction, he drove out of the parking lot in silence. The atmosphere inside the car was so heavy that Mr. Cheyne felt as if he were being suffocated.

Neither Mr. Neal nor Mrs. Neal seemed inclined to speak, and an icy chill emanated from both of them. While he understood Mr. Neal’s temperament, Mr. Cheyne could not figure out why Mrs. Neal, who had been in a good mood just moments before, was now so cold. He kept his concerns to himself.

Joshua sat in the back seat, his gaze uncontrollably drawn to the silent Cynthia in the passenger seat. He was surprised by the emotions stirring within him.

Half an hour later, the car came to a stop at the hospital entrance. With a firm grip on Cynthia’s wrist, Joshua led her

toward the VIP ward.

Cynthia said, wincing at the pain from his grip, “Mr. Neal, if you keep holding me like this, you’ll be charged with

intentional harm in court before I even get the chance to be charged with attempted murder of Jayleen.”

Only then did Joshua release her, revealing her now red and swollen wrist. Cynthia gave him a disdainful look, making him. feel uncomfortable. He felt a flicker of guilt, but it vanished when he considered the possibility that she was responsible. for hurting Jayleen.

hospital room. He opened the door, revealing Jayleen lying in bed. Her face lit up with a gentle smile

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the tender scene before her, she sarcastically asked, “Do you need me to step out so you can finish your

There’s nothing between. Joshua and me. It’s not what you think,” Jayleen stammered,

irony, “If you’d let go

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Cynthia took a closer look at Jayleen’s features. Jayleen appeared gentle, kind, and delicate. No wonder she occupied such

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said with a hint of grievance, gripping

saw this and understood Jayleen’s intentions. Jayleen likely hoped to provoke and enrage her with

was afraid of Cynthia’s hostility, gently patted her back with a

feeling disgusted,

for Jayleen. Did he

continuing to

to stand there?” Cynthia asked, noticing him out of the corner of her eye.

the room, unsure how he

Group’s stock prices would be affected

believe what Mrs. Neal was asking of

weakly, letting go

was icy, and he patted Jayleen’s

to apologize

and started to record. “I thought

silent

sent this to Mrs.

away.

Cynthia could not help but notice that even with his cold, detached demeanor, his

you threatening

thought you two look great together, and the scenes I captured would

of them before continuing, “But are you sure you want to discuss things