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 knew

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 moment, she seemed

handsome face tinged with a hint

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

at a loss for words. Why could she not

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,

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the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed

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

She didn’t even bother to engage with

with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a

Cynthia replied as she took

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

the other cards?”

a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

your indecent conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a

not believe what he was hearing,

unwilling to do so?” Cynthia

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 from before,

incredulous. Was he blaming

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

found

understand why she was so upset over

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

me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

still feeling the chill, asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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