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

Chapter 657

After the chess game ended, Cynthia cut off contact with Joshua. She hesitated whether to call Old Man Neal but decided against it as she thought it would be better to call him the next day to avoid any suspicion.

Cynthia did not want Old Man Neal to feel uncomfortable or blame himself if he thought Joshua had asked her to call. It would be more natural to wish him well on the New Year without any ulterior motives,

Cynthia put aside those ideas for the time being and went downstairs.

The next day, Cynthia, Shirley, and Jonathan went to the Addams family to have a meal and returned to Old Yates Manor for dinner. The Yates family gathering was small, and surprisingly, Old Man Yates did not mention anything negative about Cynthia.

The family enjoyed the reunion dinner together, full of joy and laughter. After dinner, Cynthia called Old Man Neal to send her greetings. He was overjoyed to receive her call, like a child, and showered her with blessings and good wishes, not letting go of the conversation for almost an hour before finally hanging up reluctantly.

eleven o’clock, Old Man Yates had already gone

in the sky and asked, “Cynthia, what are you thinking?

Cynthia replied, still watching the blooming fireworks. It was her first New Year at home after her mother’s passing. In the previous years, she had celebrated with the Neal family, and

she did

with Cynthia’s and said, “I

Cynthia froze.

We would talk about not knowing where you were celebrating the New Year and whether you were doing well, Shirley chatted

called

“Yes?” Cynthia responded.

few weeks,” Shirley remembered Cynthia’s birthday very clearly and

could not care less about birthdays. The older she got, the less she seemed

for her. She wanted to share her thoughts but got interrupted by a call from Zachary

phone, Cynthia excused herself and wandered off to another place. At exactly midnight, she received four private messages, all with the same words, wishing her a Happy New Year. One was from Joshua,