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

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

person.

tell me the IP

prompted when he did not

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have the tech department

“Yes, sir.”

the phone, genuinely afraid that if he

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

chat logs, his first thought was that Cynthia was responsible. After 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

time with me, you should investigate how the hit–and–run driver

engaging in

Joshua could speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome face,

know why, but when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction

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

Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s thoughts.

“Yes?”

want to rest

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.

Jayleen asked

meaning and called her name with a

aside the issue of you

discuss the fact that you falsely accused

Jayleen quickly apologized, her

“I saw the name Mrs. Neal and assumed it

“I see, I thought

Jayleen

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

the big deal? Can’t I make a joke?” Cynthia chatted

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

lips 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 she seriously told

and his deep and cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,”

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