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.

that moment, his phone felt incredibly heavy in

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 earlier confrontational demeanor and had reverted to the gentle,

called her, and his handsome

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

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

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

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words just would not come

been responsible, she would not be so

didn’t even bother

was puzzled. ‘That’s it? 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 room,

replied as she took

brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice rang out again,

are the other

a chill creeping over him,

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

he was hearing, and neither

you unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

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 made such

incredulous. Was he blaming

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and

found that her statement was not entirely

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

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

please drop me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

still feeling the 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

contagious.

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