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

on her face, where he

his handsome face tinged with a hint of

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

a loss for words. Why could

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

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trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed

she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let alone analyzing the

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

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 handed it

Cynthia replied as she took

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

other cards?” she

creeping over him, asked, “What other

want you to hand over all your cards as

he was hearing, and neither could

to do so?” Cynthia

poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so different from before, I

Was

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs,

but he found

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

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

off at the next intersection,”

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

the chill, asked in a heavy

you going to do?”

of her composure. She

contagious.

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