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.

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

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 moment, she seemed to have shed her earlier confrontational demeanor and had reverted to the gentle, well–behaved person she used

handsome

the phone conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal,

Why could she not just talk to him

because the IP address isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for

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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 analyzing

didn’t even bother

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

Cynthia replied as she took the

taken aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree

the other cards?” she

over him, asked,

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

he was hearing, and

to do

car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your

was incredulous. Was he blaming

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s

to argue, but he found that her statement was not

irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when

word in before Cynthia’s voice rang

drop me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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