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

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

her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint of

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

a loss for words. Why

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 driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly,

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

reasoned that if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let alone

was all Cynthia said. She didn’t

‘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

replied as

aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree

other cards?”

over him, asked, “What other

you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them

could not believe what he was hearing, and neither could

do so?” Cynthia challenged

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

Was he

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat

argue, but he found that her statement was

tossed the card back at him, and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already knew that Jayleen held the number one spot in Joshua’s

guard by the card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words were not meant for

me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked

you going to do?”

improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone

contagious.

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