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.

phone felt incredibly heavy in

he could faintly see

and his handsome face tinged with

nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t tell me

loss for words. Why could she

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

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

all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to engage

the harsh words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he

as

not expecting her to agree

are the other cards?”

a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on

he

to do so?” Cynthia

angrier as the atmosphere in the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these

Was

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and

he found that her statement was not

so upset over someone

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

drop me off at the next intersection,”

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most provocative statement. “Just in case

contagious.

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