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.

moment, his phone felt incredibly heavy in

through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At this moment,

called her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint

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

a loss for words. Why could she

address isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and

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knew she was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know

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

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

‘That’s 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

as she took

taken aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice rang out

other

over him, asked, “What

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,” Cynthia said with an unreadable

not believe what he was hearing,

you unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

my poor judgment, but if your behavior these

was incredulous. Was

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident

argue, but he found that her statement was not entirely

card back at him, and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the number one spot in

word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words were not meant

please drop me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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