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.

incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew he had wronged

window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At this moment, she seemed to have shed her earlier confrontational demeanor and had reverted to the gentle, well–behaved person she used

his handsome

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

Why could she

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 bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly, but

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to apologize, but the words just would

would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let alone analyzing the

said. She didn’t

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

as she took the

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

the other cards?”

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked, “What other

hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day

what he was hearing,

unwilling to do

mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so different from before, I wouldn’t have made

was incredulous. Was he blaming

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t you?” Cynthia asserted

to argue, but he found

irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the

him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out

drop me off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

my 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

contagious.

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