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

emotions filled him as he glanced at 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

called her, and his handsome face

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

a loss for words. Why could she not just talk

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

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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 it wasn’t

been responsible, she would not

all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother

end to the matter and remembering the harsh words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion

replied as she

by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice rang

the other cards?” she

creeping over

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

believe what he was hearing, and neither could

do

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

incredulous. Was he blaming

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t

to argue, but he found

mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone

card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However,

Walters, please drop me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

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

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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