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.

that moment, his phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand.

on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At

handsome face tinged with a hint

and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please

a loss for words. Why could she not just

if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly, but her

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to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know it

reasoned that if she had indeed been responsible, she would not

all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to

words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion card and handed it to her.

as she

her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so

are the other

creeping over him,

of your indecent 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,”

not believe what he was

unwilling to do

to my poor judgment, but if

incredulous. Was he

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs,

argue, but he found

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

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

me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a heavy

you going to do?”

going to buy some walnuts to improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used

contagious.

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