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 track the

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

person.

not going to tell me the IP address is hidden,

when he did

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order, Cheyne, have the tech department traced

“Yes, sir.”

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

Joshua’s

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 nonchalance

wasting time with me, you should investigate how the hit–and–run driver knew Miss Shaw’s

not engaging

speak, Cynthia

“What?” he asked.

reminded him, her gaze resting on his handsome

eyes darkened slightly. He did not know why, but when he found out it was Cynthia, his first reaction was to confront her instead of calling the

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

until Jayleen’s

“Yes?”

want to

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 rest, Ms. Shaw, shouldn’t you apologize

Jayleen asked and

Cynthia’s meaning and called her name with a

issue of you seducing my

fact that you falsely accused me,” Cynthia said,

sorry,” Jayleen quickly apologized, her voice

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

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

didn’t!” Jayleen

“Cynthia!” Joshua was angry.

I make a

that how you make a joke?” Joshua instinctively protected his beloved. “I know you don’t like

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

were unreadable. “Joshua,” Cynthia called him with a more

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