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 his

Sunlight streamed through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly

his handsome face tinged with a

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

at a loss for words. Why could she not

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

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

responsible, she would not be so

didn’t even bother

exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he

replied as she took the

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

the other

a chill creeping over him, asked, “What other

conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards

believe what he was

do so?”

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,

was incredulous. Was he blaming

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s

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

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

drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in a heavy voice,

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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