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 his hand. He

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

his handsome face

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

was at a loss for words. Why could she

because the IP address isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else

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

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

Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to

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. “This is my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel free

as

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

other

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

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

could not believe what he was hearing,

unwilling to do so?”

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

Was

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t you?”

found

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

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

Walters, please drop me off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked

you going to do?”

some walnuts to improve my brain 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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