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

Chapter 5

Jayleen looked at Joshua and said something ambiguous, “I’ll listen to Joshua’s orders.”

“Joshua, are you willing to show me?” Cynthia’s beautiful eyebrows lifted slightly.

Joshua looked at her feigned innocence and, without saying much, picked up a phone from the table, opened WhatsApp, and handed her the conversation after scrolling through the chat history.

Cynthia took it and read the contents.

[Mrs. Neal: If you help me get rid of Jayleen, I’ll pay off your debt and give you another hundred thousand.]

[Driver: How do I know you’ll keep your word?]

[Mrs. Neal: I’m Joshua’s wife; a hundred thousand is nothing to me.]

[Driver: I’ll trust you this time, but if you back out, I’ll make a scene at Neal Group!]

[Driver: Send me a photo.]

[Mrs. Neal: Picture]

[Mrs. Neal: Make it clean.]

Cynthia finished reading and asked, “That’s it?”

Joshua looked down at her, searching for a hint of panic on her face but found none. “That’s it.”

Cynthia returned the phone, calmly analyzing the situation.

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It wasn’t me. With Mr. Neal’s resources, it shouldn’t be difficult to find out who’s behind this account.”

“The account is new and unverified,” Joshua replied coldly.

Cynthia suggested, “You can track the IP address.”

eyes narrowed, sweeping over her. He had never known her to be particularly clever. In the past, he had always solved her problems. Now it

person.

to tell me the IP address is

prompted when he

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have the tech department traced all the IP addresses

“Yes, sir.”

phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed any longer, Mrs. Neal would

it wasn’t you?” Joshua’s

Cynthia was responsible. After all, her recent actions had shattered his previous impressions of her. The woman who did

time with me, you should investigate how the hit–and–run driver knew Miss Shaw’s itinerary

reasoned, not engaging in

Joshua could speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

this, the first thing you should do is call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome face, “Not come after me, an

why, but when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her instead of calling the

an odd atmosphere grew between them. In Joshua’s eyes, all he could see was her reflection. Her usually smiling eyes blinked gently, her

until Jayleen’s voice

“Yes?”

want to rest

carried an unmistakable undertone of dismissal. Cynthia, however, had no intention of letting her rest. She stood by the

Jayleen asked and

understood Cynthia’s meaning and called her name with a hint of

issue of you seducing my husband for

you falsely accused me,” Cynthia said,

Jayleen quickly apologized,

fingers tightened. “I saw the name Mrs.

I thought you might have staged this accident out of jealousy because Joshua was

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

deal? Can’t I make a joke?” Cynthia

like her, but there’s no need to

as she looked at him. “You get so angry over a joke. Did you ever get this upset for me when she seriously

were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him with a