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

her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At this moment, she seemed to have shed her earlier

called her, and his handsome face tinged with

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

loss for words. Why

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

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knew she was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much

reasoned that if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be

was all Cynthia said. She didn’t

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 my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel free to use it as

as she took the

by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree

other cards?” she

chill creeping over him, asked, “What other

your cards as a

could not believe what he was hearing, and neither could

to do

angrier as the atmosphere in the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but

incredulous. Was

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

without the contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about

he found that her

and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already

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

me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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