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.

incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew he had wronged

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

handsome face

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

for words. Why

called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said

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was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come

if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let alone analyzing the

said. She didn’t even bother to engage

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 to her. “This is my main bank card. If you’re

as

not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly,

other cards?”

creeping over him, asked,

your indecent conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on

driver could not believe what he was hearing, and neither

unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

Joshua replied, becoming angrier as the atmosphere in the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t

Was he blaming

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

the contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and

wanted to argue, but he found

was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the number one spot

card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice

please drop me off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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