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.

beating you up at Matthew’s

felt a surge of resentment.

Cynthia demanded, suunding like an adult admonishing a child.

response, Joshua removed the TV needle from his hand, covered himself with the blanket, and turned his back to her. He had been tempted to tell her that he had been following Yoel’s instructions, but on second thoughts, he

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

Joshua did

tried again.

don’t like me anyway, and

curled up under the blanket, Cynthia spoke up, “I have no problem with you. I am just trying to tell you that it’s wrong to lie and deceive. I don’t know why you had to tell those lies.”

remained silent, giving no

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

me why you hted,” Cynthia asked again, striving

Joshua looked away, clearly