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

where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At this moment,

he called her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint

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

loss for words. Why could she

the IP address 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

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

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

didn’t even

to put an end to the matter and remembering the harsh words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital

Cynthia replied as

not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice

the other

a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

of your indecent conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards

driver could not believe what he was hearing, and neither

do so?” Cynthia challenged

“Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so

incredulous. Was he blaming

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t you?” Cynthia asserted

he found

back at him, and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant,

not even get a word in before

drop me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

to improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most provocative statement. “Just in case being brainless turns out to

contagious.

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