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.

can track

her to be particularly clever. In the past, he had always solved her

person.

not going to tell me the IP address is hidden, are

he

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gave an order, Cheyne, have the tech department traced

“Yes, sir.”

with the phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed any longer,

sure it wasn’t you?” Joshua’s voice

all, her recent actions had shattered his previous impressions of her. The woman who did not care about money demanded so much in the divorce. Her gentle demeanor suddenly turned confrontational.

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

not engaging in

speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

like this, the first thing you should do is call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome face, “Not come

know why, but when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her instead of calling

between them. In Joshua’s eyes, all he could see was her reflection. Her usually

eye contact until Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s

“Yes?”

to rest

her rest. She stood by the bedside, a faint curve at the corner of her lips. “Before you rest, Ms. Shaw, shouldn’t

asked and

meaning and called her name with

aside the issue of you seducing my husband for

you

apologized, her

as her nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the name Mrs. Neal and assumed

see, I thought you might

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

big deal? Can’t I make a joke?”

“I know you don’t like

she looked at him. “You get so angry over a joke. Did you ever get this upset for me when she seriously told you I hired

his deep and cold eyes were unreadable.

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