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.”

sweeping over her. He had never known her to be particularly clever. In the past, he had always

person.

the IP address

he

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have the tech department traced all the

“Yes, sir.”

left with the phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed any

wasn’t you?” Joshua’s voice remained cold,

did not care about money demanded so much in the divorce. Her gentle demeanor suddenly turned confrontational. Who could say whether her

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

reasoned, not engaging in an

could speak,

“What?” he asked.

do is call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome face, “Not

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

eyes locked, and an odd atmosphere grew between them. In Joshua’s eyes, all he could see was her

maintained eye contact until Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s thoughts.

“Yes?”

want to rest

stood by the

asked

understood Cynthia’s meaning and called her

of you seducing

you falsely accused

quickly apologized, her voice full

her nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the

thought you might

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

the big deal? Can’t I make a

you make a joke?” Joshua instinctively protected his beloved. “I know you don’t like her, but there’s no

“You get so angry over a joke. Did you ever get this upset for me when she seriously told

and his deep and cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,”

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