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.

moment, his phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He

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

her, and his handsome face

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

was at a loss for words. Why could

Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them

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

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

‘sure‘?‘ Hoping to put an end to the matter and remembering the harsh words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and

replied as she took

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

the other

creeping over him,

want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution.

believe what he was hearing, and neither could

you unwilling to do

yourself.” Joshua replied, becoming angrier as the atmosphere in the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past

Was he blaming

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

without the contrast, 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 that her statement was not

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 held the

in

me off at the next intersection,”

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver

contagious.

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