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.

heavy in

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

handsome face tinged with a hint of

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

was at a loss for words. Why could she

didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe

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words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know it

if she had indeed been responsible, she would not

Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to

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 to her.

Cynthia replied as she took

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

are the other

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we divorce,” Cynthia said with

he was hearing, and

unwilling to do so?”

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

incredulous. Was

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident

found that her statement was not entirely

tossed the card back at him, and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset

by the card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in

please drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most provocative statement. “Just in case being brainless turns

contagious.

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