Mr. Neal, Mrs. Neal’s Gone With The Money

Chapter 608

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As the memory of Matthew leading Cynthia away resurfaced, a hypothesis wormed its way into his mind. Could it be possible that Matthew had spilled the beans about his mental recovery to Cynthia? Well, if he had, it would not matter much to him. Matthew had no proof, and he could easily keep up the act in front of Cynthia.

“Joshua,” Cynthia called out to him, her tone devoid of the affection she had shown before. It was as though she was addressing an ordinary person. In response, Joshua’s grip tightened on the blanket that was covering him, but he gave no visible sign of his discomfort. “Yes, Cynthia?”

“Why did you lie?” she asked, getting straight to the point.

“Lie?” Joshua feigned confusion, playing the part of the innocent child to the hilt.

yesterday, yet you claimed you hadn’t eaten. Why? And then there was that comment about Matthew beating you up at Matthew’s place last

felt a surge of resentment. Was

like an adult admonishing a child.

tempted to tell her that he had been following Yoel’s instructions, but on second thoughts, he realized that Cynthia, knowing Yorl’s character,

reaction, Cynthia did not try to coax him out or unveil him. Instead, she spoke to him in a serious tone, “If you do not provide a satisfactory explanation for these two matters, I’ll call your father to take you

Joshua did not

Cynthia tried again.

me away, then do it. You don’t like me anyway, and you can’t

problem with you. I am just trying to tell you that

silent, giving no response.

with tears. He was biting his lip, curled up like a discarded child: helpless, scared, yet unwilling to let anyone know his feelings. Seeing this, Cynthia’s cold demeanar softened slightly. After all, she could not bear to see someone

Cynthia asked again, striving

her, Joshua looked away,