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 track the IP

had never known her to be particularly clever. In the past, he had always solved her

person.

the IP address is hidden, are

prompted when he did not

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have the tech department traced all the IP

“Yes, sir.”

phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed

Joshua’s voice remained

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

investigate how the hit–and–run driver knew Miss Shaw’s

not engaging in an

could speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome face, “Not come after me, an unrelated

did not know why, but when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her instead of calling the

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

contact until Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s

“Yes?”

want to rest

carried 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. “Before you rest, Ms. Shaw, shouldn’t you apologize to

Jayleen asked and

and called her name with a

issue of you seducing

the fact that you falsely accused

sorry,” Jayleen quickly apologized, her

her nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the

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

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

big deal? Can’t I make a joke?” Cynthia chatted amiably, seemingly

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

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

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