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

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

and his handsome face tinged with a

overheard the phone conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t tell me

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

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

been responsible, she would not be

She didn’t even bother to engage

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

Cynthia replied as

aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily.

other cards?” she

feeling a chill creeping over

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

driver could not believe what he was hearing, and

unwilling to do

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

incredulous. Was

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

argue, but he found that

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

in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words were not meant

please drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

still feeling the chill, asked

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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