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. He knew he had

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

his handsome face tinged with a hint of

Neal, please

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

What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia

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the words just

that if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the

Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother

he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he

Cynthia replied as she

her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice rang

other

over him, asked, “What

light of your indecent conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll

he was hearing, and

unwilling to do so?”

was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been

incredulous. Was he

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

the contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s

he found that

so

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

me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

the chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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