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.

his phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew

window. Sunlight streamed through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could

he called her, and his handsome face tinged with

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

was at a loss for words. Why could she not just talk

I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else

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the words just would not come out. After

if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly

all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother

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 to her. “This is my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel free to

replied as she

not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s

the other cards?” she

a chill creeping over

all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we divorce,”

not believe what he was hearing, and neither

you unwilling to do so?”

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

was incredulous. Was

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

argue, but he found

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

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

drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

composure. She used

contagious.

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