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.

incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew he had

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

he called her, and his handsome face tinged

Neal, please don’t tell me you’re about to apologize to

words. Why could she not

What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?”

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

been responsible, she would not be so

didn’t even bother to engage

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

as she took

by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree

other cards?”

over him, asked, “What

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

what he was hearing, and neither

you unwilling to do

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

Was

so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

he found that her statement was not

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

even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice

please drop me off at

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

asked in a heavy

you going to do?”

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

contagious.

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