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

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

person.

the IP address

he did not

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her directly but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have the tech department traced all the

“Yes, sir.”

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

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

his previous impressions of her. The woman who did not care about money

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

reasoned, not engaging in

speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

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

not know why, but when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her

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

Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s

“Yes?”

to

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

asked and

her name with a hint

the issue of you

you falsely

apologized,

as her nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the name Mrs. Neal and assumed it

thought you

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

I make

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

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

deep and cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called

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