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.

felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew he had wronged

face, where he could

her, and his handsome face tinged

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

loss for words. Why could she not

What if I called someone else and had them bribe

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she was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I know it wasn’t

she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let alone analyzing

said. She didn’t even bother to engage with

‘That’s it? Just a ‘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 Centurion card and handed it to her. “This is my main bank card. If you’re upset, feel

as she took

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

other cards?” she

feeling a chill creeping over him, asked,

I want you to hand over all your cards

what he was

you unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so different from before, I wouldn’t have

incredulous. Was

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

argue, but he found that her statement was not

why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when

get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However,

drop me off at the next intersection,”

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy voice,

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

contagious.

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