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. He knew he

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,

his handsome face tinged

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

a loss for words. Why could she not just talk

someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly, but her words were

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him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not

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

all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to

parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion card and handed it to her. “This

Cynthia replied as she

not expecting her to agree

are the other cards?” she

creeping over him, asked, “What

want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we

believe what he was hearing,

unwilling to do so?” Cynthia

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

was incredulous. Was

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

doubted me without hesitation when you learned about

wanted to argue, but he found

clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the

in before Cynthia’s voice

off at the next intersection,”

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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