Mr. Neal, Mrs. Neal’s Gone With The Money

Chapter 6

“Well, poor me. My husband doesn’t even know my true character after two years of marriage,” Cynthia blurted out.

Joshua was speechless yet again.

Was she really not satisfied unless she provoked him?

“Let’s go home.” He loosened his tie, grabbed her purse, and held her wrist as he walked out.

Cynthia hesitated.

Joshua paused as well.

Both of their gazes landed simultaneously on the purse in Joshua’s hand. Did he mistake her for Jayleen? That was Cynthia’s first thought.

Without further explanation, Joshua strode out quickly.

This scene was witnessed by Jayleen, who was in the hospital room. The gentleness on her face vanished, and she did not even care about the red marks her nails left on her palms as her hands gripped each other hard.

In a moment, the door to the hospital room opened.

Jayleen’s friend walked in, voicing her confusion, “Didn’t Cynthia hire someone to hit you? Why is Mr. Neal still…”

“It wasn’t her.” Jayleen furrowed her brows.

At first, she thought Cynthia was behind the incident, as Cynthia might be worried that she was taking her place. However, judging by Cynthia’s reaction earlier, things were

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not that simple.

Joshua had arrived at a similar conclusion.

After the driver picked them up, Joshua pulled Cynthia into the back seat with him. Before he could talk about today’s events, Mr. Cheyne called, providing an update on the situation. “Mr. Neal, I’ve looked into the IP address. The account’s login IP address isn’t in Jiverton.”

“I see.” Joshua’s eyes darkened.

that moment, his phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew he

Sunlight streamed through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At this moment, she seemed to have shed her earlier confrontational demeanor and

he called her, and his handsome face tinged

and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t

for words. Why

doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver

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was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know

she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing

Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother

words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion card and handed it to her. “This is my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel free to use it

replied as she

her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily.

are the other cards?” she

chill creeping over him, asked, “What other

the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as

driver could not believe what he was hearing,

you unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

replied, becoming angrier as the atmosphere in the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so different from before, I

Was he blaming

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about

found that her statement was

at him, and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the number one spot in

in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words were

Walters, please drop me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

to improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant

contagious.

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