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,

person.

me the IP address is

when he did

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answer her directly but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have the tech department traced all

“Yes, sir.”

left with the phone, genuinely afraid that if he

wasn’t you?” Joshua’s

of her. The woman who did

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

engaging

speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

is call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze

why, but when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to

a moment, their eyes locked, and an odd atmosphere grew between them. In Joshua’s eyes, all he could see was her reflection. Her usually smiling eyes blinked gently, her curled lashes fluttering like

maintained eye contact until Jayleen’s voice

“Yes?”

to rest

however, had no intention of letting her rest. She stood by the bedside, a

Jayleen asked

meaning and called her name with a hint

aside the issue of you seducing my

discuss the fact that you falsely accused me,”

apologized,

the name Mrs. Neal

a taste of her own medicine. “I see, I thought you might have staged this accident out of

didn’t!” Jayleen

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

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

joke?” Joshua instinctively protected his beloved. “I know you don’t like

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

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