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.

heavy in his hand. He

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

and his handsome face tinged with a hint

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

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

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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He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I

responsible, she would not be so

all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother

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

as she took

aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree

are the other cards?”

creeping over

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

driver could not believe what he was hearing,

unwilling to do so?”

poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been

was incredulous. Was

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

he found that her statement was not

not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that

get a word in before Cynthia’s voice

off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in

you going to do?”

composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most

contagious.

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