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.

can track the

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

person.

the IP

prompted when he

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did not answer her directly but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have the tech department traced all

“Yes, sir.”

that if he stayed any longer, Mrs.

Joshua’s voice remained cold,

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 an

Joshua could speak,

“What?” he asked.

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

it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her instead of calling

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

eye contact until Jayleen’s voice

“Yes?”

to rest

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

Jayleen asked and

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

issue of you

the fact that you falsely accused me,” Cynthia said,

apologized,

“I saw the name Mrs. Neal

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

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

Can’t I make a joke?” Cynthia

don’t like her, but there’s no need to smear her. Take

get so angry over a joke. Did you

cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called

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