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 he

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 the gentle, well–behaved person she used

and his handsome

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

Why could she not

didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe

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

that if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let

She didn’t even bother to

it? 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 a Centurion card and handed it to her. “This is my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel free to

as she

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

other cards?”

creeping over him,

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

he was hearing, and neither

do so?”

“Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but

Was

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

found that her statement was not

She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew

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

Walters, please drop me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy voice, “What

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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