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.

suggested, “You can track

be particularly clever. In the

person.

not going to tell me the

prompted when he

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Cheyne, have the tech department traced all the IP addresses associated

“Yes, sir.”

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

you?” Joshua’s voice remained

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

you should investigate how the hit–and–run driver knew Miss Shaw’s itinerary for

not engaging in

Joshua could speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

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

he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her instead

all he could see was her reflection. Her usually smiling eyes blinked gently, her curled

maintained eye contact until Jayleen’s

“Yes?”

to rest

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 rest, Ms. Shaw,

Jayleen asked

her name

set aside the issue of you seducing my

that you falsely accused me,”

Jayleen quickly apologized,

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

“I see, I thought you might have staged this accident out of jealousy because Joshua was

Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

make

you 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 out on me if you’re

so angry over a joke. Did you ever get this

unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called

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