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.

moment, his phone felt incredibly heavy in his

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

her, and his handsome face tinged with

“Mr. Neal, please don’t tell

at a loss for words. Why could she

have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible

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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 consideration, he

responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter,

Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother

end to the matter and remembering the harsh words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room,

as

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

are the other cards?” she

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we divorce,” Cynthia

he was hearing, and neither could

do

“Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so

incredulous. Was he

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t you?” Cynthia asserted with

found that her

was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held

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

off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy

you going to do?”

most of her composure. She used the most

contagious.

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