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.

felt incredibly heavy in his

he

her, and his handsome face tinged with

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

was at a loss for words. Why could she not just

because 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

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apologize, but the words just would not come out.

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

said. She didn’t even bother to

lot and

replied as she

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

the other

over

hand over all your cards

what he was hearing, and neither

you unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

Joshua replied, becoming angrier as 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 wouldn’t have made such

was incredulous. Was

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and

he found that her statement was not entirely

so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the number one spot in

in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this

drop me off at the next intersection,”

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

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

you going to do?”

She used the most nonchalant tone to

contagious.

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