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.

phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew

streamed through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz.

called her, and his handsome face

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

a loss for words. Why could she not

because the IP address isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them

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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

had indeed been responsible, she would not be so

was all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to engage

her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion card and handed it to her. “This is my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel free to

as

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

are the other cards?” she

creeping over him, asked, “What other

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

driver could not believe what he was hearing, and

you unwilling to do

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

Was he

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about

argue, but he found that her statement

tossed the 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 held the number one spot in Joshua’s

off guard by the card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang

me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

brain 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 brainless turns

contagious.

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