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

never known her to be particularly clever. In the past, he had always solved her problems. Now it seemed that she was a

person.

going to tell me the IP address

when he did not

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have the tech department traced all the IP addresses associated with this

“Yes, sir.”

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

you sure it wasn’t you?” Joshua’s

Cynthia was responsible. After all, her recent actions had shattered his previous impressions of her. The woman who did not

how the hit–and–run driver knew

not engaging in an

Joshua could speak, Cynthia continued,

“What?” he asked.

call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his

when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was

between them. In Joshua’s eyes, all he could see was her reflection. Her usually smiling eyes

Jayleen’s voice

“Yes?”

want to

statement 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

Jayleen asked and

and called her name with a hint of

the issue of you seducing my husband

the fact that you

sorry,” Jayleen quickly apologized, her voice full

the name Mrs.

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

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

Can’t I make a joke?” Cynthia chatted

Joshua instinctively protected his beloved. “I know you don’t like her, but there’s no need to

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

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

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