Mr. Neal, Mrs. Neal’s Gone With The Money

Chapter 6

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.

incredibly heavy in his hand.

of emotions filled him as he glanced at the 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

and his handsome face tinged with a hint of

replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t tell me you’re about to

was at a loss for words. Why could she not

else and had

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provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know it wasn’t

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

She didn’t

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

replied as she

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

other cards?” she

feeling a chill creeping over

you to hand over all your cards as a precaution.

could not believe what he was hearing, and neither

do

was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t

Was

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

he found that her statement

she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she

get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her

please drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked

you going to do?”

replied, having regained most of her composure. She

contagious.

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