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

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

he called her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint

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

words. Why could she not just talk

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

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trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not

would not be so calmly discussing the

was all Cynthia said. She didn’t

and hospital room, he took out a Centurion

Cynthia replied as she

response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly,

are the other

chill creeping over

over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on

driver could not believe what he

you unwilling to do

atmosphere in the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past

Was

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

learned about Jayleen’s

argue, but he found that her

and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset

not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out

please drop me off at the next

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

the chill, asked in a heavy voice, “What

you going to do?”

buy 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

contagious.

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