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 the

In the past, he had always solved her problems. Now it seemed that she

person.

not going to tell me the IP address

prompted when he did

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have the tech department traced all the IP addresses associated

“Yes, sir.”

with the phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed any longer, Mrs. Neal would trick him

wasn’t you?” Joshua’s

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 suddenly turned confrontational. Who could say whether her kindness and

how the hit–and–run driver

reasoned, not engaging in

could speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

situations like this, the first thing you should do is call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome

it was Cynthia, his first

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

eye contact until Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s thoughts.

“Yes?”

to

carried an unmistakable undertone of dismissal. Cynthia, however, had no intention of letting her rest. She stood by the bedside, a faint curve

Jayleen asked and

her name

issue of you seducing my

you falsely accused me,”

sorry,” Jayleen quickly apologized, her voice full

nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the

medicine. “I see, I thought you might have staged this accident out

Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

I make a joke?” Cynthia chatted

you don’t like her, but there’s no need to smear her. Take it

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 you I hired someone to

paused, and his deep and cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him with a more formal

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