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.

phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He

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

and his handsome face tinged with a hint

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

for words. Why

have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia

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wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much

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

said. She didn’t even bother to engage

it? 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

Cynthia replied as she

by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice

the other

creeping over him, asked,

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

believe what he was

unwilling to do

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

incredulous. Was

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s

but he found that her statement was not entirely

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

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

me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

composure. She used the

contagious.

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