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.

heavy in his hand. He

casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz.

called her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint

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

for words. Why could she

I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else

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apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration,

if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let alone

didn’t even bother

her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took

as she took the

seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily.

the other cards?”

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked, “What other

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

he was hearing, and neither

to do so?”

atmosphere in the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior

was incredulous. Was he

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs,

to argue, but he found that her statement

she was so upset over someone so

even get a word in before

drop me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked in a heavy voice, “What

you going to do?”

of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most provocative statement.

contagious.

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