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 his hand. He knew he

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

and his handsome

had overheard the phone conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please

words. Why could she not just talk

isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them

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trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would

had indeed been responsible, she would not be

said. She didn’t even bother to engage

in the parking lot and

as she took the

was taken aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so

the other cards?”

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked, “What

at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution.

what he was hearing,

you unwilling to do so?”

was due to my poor judgment, but if your

was incredulous. Was

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

without the contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t you?” Cynthia asserted with

but he found that her statement

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

a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words

please drop me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

the chill, asked in a heavy

you going to do?”

regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most provocative statement. “Just in case

contagious.

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