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.

in

face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At this moment, she seemed to have shed her earlier confrontational

he called her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint of

nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal,

loss for words. Why could she not

have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver

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

responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the

said. She didn’t even bother

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 use it

replied as she took the

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

the other cards?”

over him, asked, “What other

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

believe what he

you unwilling to do so?”

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 been so different from before, I

was incredulous. Was he

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

wanted to argue, but he found that her statement was not

she was so

word in before Cynthia’s voice rang

off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked in a heavy

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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