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 his hand. He knew he had

him as he glanced at the person leaning against 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

called her, and his handsome face

Neal, please don’t tell me you’re about to

loss for words. Why could she not just talk to

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

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to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would

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

Cynthia said. She didn’t

the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion card and handed it to

replied as

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

are the other cards?”

creeping over

of your indecent conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we divorce,”

driver could not believe what he was

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 few days hadn’t been

was incredulous. Was

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and

to argue, but he found that her statement was

why she was so upset over someone so insignificant,

not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang

drop me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

the chill, asked in a heavy voice, “What

you going to do?”

“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 out to

contagious.

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