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.

moment, his phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew

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 fuzz. At this moment, she seemed to have shed her earlier confrontational demeanor and had reverted to the gentle, well–behaved person she used

handsome face tinged with

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

was at a loss for words. Why could

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, but her words

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

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

Cynthia said. She didn’t even

had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a

as she took the

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

the other cards?” she

a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

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

not believe what he was hearing, and neither could

you unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

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 wouldn’t

incredulous. Was he

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

argue, but he found that her statement was not entirely

She could not understand why she was so upset

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

please drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

still feeling the chill, asked in a heavy voice, “What

you going to do?”

to buy some walnuts to improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the

contagious.

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