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 hand.

the car window. Sunlight streamed through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see

her, and his handsome face tinged with a

nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t tell me you’re about to apologize

was at a loss for words. Why

if I called someone else and had them

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words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know

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

didn’t even bother to

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 my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel free

as she took the

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

other cards?”

over him, asked, “What

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

what he was hearing, and neither could

to do so?” Cynthia

to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few

Was he blaming

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t

he found that her statement was not

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

Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words

off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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