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.”

her to be particularly clever. In the past,

person.

tell me the

he did

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answer her directly but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have

“Yes, sir.”

he stayed any longer, Mrs. Neal would trick

you?” Joshua’s

actions had shattered his previous impressions of her. The woman who did not care about money demanded

investigate how

engaging in

speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

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

eyes darkened slightly. He did not know why, but when he found out it was Cynthia,

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

maintained eye contact until Jayleen’s voice interrupted

“Yes?”

want to

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.

asked and

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

issue of you

you falsely accused me,”

sorry,” Jayleen quickly apologized, her

as her nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the name Mrs. Neal

see, I thought you might have staged this accident out of jealousy

Jayleen

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

big deal? Can’t I make a

protected his beloved. “I know you don’t like her, but there’s no need to smear her. Take it out on me if

a joke. Did you ever get this upset for me when she seriously told you I hired someone to

unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him

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