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, he had always

person.

not going to tell me the IP address is hidden, are

prompted when he did

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have the tech department traced all the

“Yes, sir.”

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

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

his previous impressions of her. The woman who did not care about money demanded so much in the

investigate how the hit–and–run

not engaging

could speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

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

not know why, but when he found out it was Cynthia,

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

eye contact until Jayleen’s voice

“Yes?”

to rest

Cynthia, however, had no intention of letting her rest. She stood by

Jayleen asked and

called her name with a hint of warning.

the issue of you

the fact that you falsely accused

sorry,” Jayleen quickly apologized, her voice

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

see, I thought

didn’t!” Jayleen

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

make a joke?” Cynthia chatted amiably,

don’t like her, but there’s no need to smear her. Take it out on me if you’re

“You get so angry over a joke. Did you

his deep and cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him with a more formal

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