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.

felt incredibly heavy in

the car window. Sunlight streamed 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 her earlier confrontational demeanor and

called her, and his handsome

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

words. Why

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

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apologize, but the words just would not come out.

had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let

She didn’t even bother to

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

Cynthia replied as she

aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to

other

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

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

driver could not believe what he was

do so?” Cynthia

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 few days hadn’t been so different from before, I wouldn’t have

was incredulous. Was

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat

but he found that

was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the number

a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her

off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

some walnuts to improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the

contagious.

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