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.

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

called her, and his handsome face tinged

conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t tell

words. Why could she not just talk to

What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly, but her words were

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was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say,

had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the

said. She didn’t

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, he took out

replied as she took the

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

other cards?” she

creeping over him,

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

not believe what he was hearing, and

unwilling to do

mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t

Was

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those

argue, but he found that her statement was

she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she

the card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time,

off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

the chill, asked

you going to do?”

walnuts 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

contagious.

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