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 IP

known her to be particularly clever. In the past, he had always solved her problems. Now it

person.

to tell me the IP

when he

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directly but instead gave an order, Cheyne, have

“Yes, sir.”

with the phone, genuinely afraid that if he stayed any longer, Mrs.

sure it wasn’t you?” Joshua’s voice

was 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 demeanor suddenly turned confrontational. Who could say whether her kindness and

should investigate how the hit–and–run driver

not engaging in

speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

first thing you should do is call the police.” Cynthia reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome

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

atmosphere grew between them. In Joshua’s eyes, all he could see was her

eye contact until Jayleen’s voice interrupted Joshua’s thoughts.

“Yes?”

to rest

her rest. She stood by

Jayleen asked and

her name with a hint of warning.

issue of you

you falsely accused me,” Cynthia

sorry,” Jayleen quickly apologized, her

her nervous fingers tightened. “I saw the name Mrs. Neal

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

didn’t!” Jayleen instinctively defended

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

I make a joke?”

protected his beloved. “I know you don’t like her,

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

paused, and his deep and cold eyes were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him with a more formal

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