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.

felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He

the person leaning against the car window. 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 had reverted to

and his handsome face tinged with

phone conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t tell me you’re about to apologize to

a loss for words. Why could she not just talk to

isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly, but her words

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she was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would

would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let alone

all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to engage

her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion

replied as she took

was taken aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice rang out again, asking

are the other cards?”

a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we divorce,”

could not believe what he

unwilling to do so?” Cynthia

Joshua 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 wouldn’t

Was

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw

he found that her statement

not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the number one spot in

by the card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out

drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most provocative statement. “Just in case being

contagious.

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