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 his

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

her, and his handsome face

and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please

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

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 her words were laced

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him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know it wasn’t

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

said. She didn’t even

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, he took out a Centurion card and handed it to her. “This is

as she

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

are the other

a chill creeping over him,

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

driver could not believe what he was hearing, and neither could

you unwilling to do

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 a

was incredulous. Was he

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat

but he found that her statement

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

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

Walters, please drop me off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

still feeling the chill, asked in a heavy

you going to do?”

to improve 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 brainless turns

contagious.

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