Chapter 5

Jayleen looked at Joshua and said something ambiguous, “I’ll listen to Joshua’s orders.”

“Joshua, are you willing to show me?” Cynthia’s beautiful eyebrows lifted slightly.

Joshua looked at her feigned innocence and, without saying much, picked up a phone from the table, opened WhatsApp, and handed her the conversation after scrolling through the chat history.

Cynthia took it and read the contents.

[Mrs. Neal: If you help me get rid of Jayleen, I’ll pay off your debt and give you another hundred thousand.]

[Driver: How do I know you’ll keep your word?]

[Mrs. Neal: I’m Joshua’s wife; a hundred thousand is nothing to me.]

[Driver: I’ll trust you this time, but if you back out, I’ll make a scene at Neal Group!]

[Driver: Send me a photo.]

[Mrs. Neal: Picture]

[Mrs. Neal: Make it clean.]

Cynthia finished reading and asked, “That’s it?”

Joshua looked down at her, searching for a hint of panic on her face but found none. “That’s it.”

Cynthia returned the phone, calmly analyzing the situation.

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It wasn’t me. With Mr. Neal’s resources, it shouldn’t be difficult to find out who’s behind this account.”

“The account is new and unverified,” Joshua replied coldly.

“You can track

be particularly clever. In the past, he had always solved her problems. Now it seemed that she was a

person.

tell me the IP

when he did not

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instead gave an order, Cheyne, have the

“Yes, sir.”

phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed any longer, Mrs. Neal would

you sure it wasn’t you?” Joshua’s voice remained cold, his eyes

shattered his previous impressions of her. The woman who did not care about money demanded so much in the divorce. Her gentle demeanor

of wasting time with me, you should investigate how the hit–and–run driver knew Miss Shaw’s itinerary for the

not engaging in an

could speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

thing you should do is call the police.” Cynthia reminded

darkened slightly. He did not know why, but when he found out it

locked, and an odd atmosphere grew between them. In Joshua’s eyes, all he could see was her reflection.

maintained eye contact until Jayleen’s voice

“Yes?”

want to rest

simple statement carried an unmistakable undertone of dismissal. Cynthia, however, had no intention of letting her rest. She stood by the bedside, a faint curve at the corner of her lips. “Before you

asked and

meaning and called her name with a hint of warning.

of you seducing my

discuss the fact that you falsely accused me,” Cynthia said,

apologized,

saw the name Mrs.

I thought you might have staged this

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

Can’t I make a joke?” Cynthia

make a joke?” Joshua instinctively protected his beloved. “I know you don’t like her, but there’s no need to smear her. Take it

curled into a smile as she looked at him. “You get so angry over a joke. Did you ever get this upset for me when

were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him with a more formal

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