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.

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

her, and his handsome face

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

for words. Why could she not

if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the

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apologize, but the words just would not come out.

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

was all Cynthia said. She didn’t even

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

Cynthia replied as she

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

creeping over him, asked,

all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we divorce,” Cynthia said with

driver could not believe what he was

do

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

Was he

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

to argue, but he found that her statement was not

card back 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

word in before Cynthia’s

Walters, please drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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