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 the

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

person.

tell me the IP address is

he did

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not answer her directly but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have

“Yes, sir.”

the phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed

wasn’t you?” Joshua’s voice

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

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

engaging in

could speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze

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

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

maintained eye contact until Jayleen’s

“Yes?”

want 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

asked

meaning and called her name

of you seducing my husband

you falsely

Jayleen quickly apologized,

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

thought you might have staged this accident out of jealousy because

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

big deal? Can’t I make a

like her, but there’s no

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

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

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