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.”

In the past, he

person.

not going to tell me the IP address is hidden,

prompted when he did not

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her directly but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have the tech department traced all the IP addresses associated with

“Yes, sir.”

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

wasn’t you?” Joshua’s voice

After all, her recent actions had shattered his previous impressions of her. The woman who did not care about money demanded so much in the divorce. Her

investigate how the hit–and–run driver knew Miss Shaw’s itinerary

reasoned, not engaging in

speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

this, the first thing you should do is call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her

he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her instead

all he could see was her reflection. Her usually smiling eyes blinked gently,

maintained eye contact until Jayleen’s

“Yes?”

to rest

unmistakable undertone of dismissal. Cynthia, however, had no intention of letting her rest. She stood by the bedside, a faint curve at the corner of her lips. “Before you

asked and

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

of

the fact that you falsely accused me,” Cynthia

apologized,

saw the name Mrs. Neal and assumed

medicine. “I see, I thought you

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

big deal? Can’t I make a joke?” Cynthia chatted amiably,

you don’t like her, but there’s no need to smear her.

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

unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him with

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