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

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

person.

me the IP

he did not

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but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have

“Yes, sir.”

left with the phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed any longer, Mrs. Neal

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

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

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

reasoned, not engaging in

could speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

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 was to confront her instead of

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

eye contact until Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s

“Yes?”

to rest

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 rest, Ms.

asked and

understood Cynthia’s meaning and called her name with a hint of

the issue of

that you falsely accused me,”

apologized, her voice

her nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the name

her a taste of her own medicine. “I see, I thought you might have staged this

Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

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 it out

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

and cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,”

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