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.

his phone felt incredibly heavy in

mix of emotions filled him as he glanced at the person leaning against the car window. Sunlight streamed through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine

handsome face tinged with

overheard the phone conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal,

a loss for words. Why could she not just talk to him

the 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 responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly,

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He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come

she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter,

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

Just a ‘sure‘?‘ Hoping to put an end 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

replied as

expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice rang

the other cards?”

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked, “What other

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

could not believe what he was

to do so?” Cynthia

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

Was

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

learned about Jayleen’s accident and

he found that her statement

and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when

a word in

Walters, please drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy voice, “What

you going to do?”

function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used

contagious.

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