Mr. Neal, Mrs. Neal’s Gone with The Money by Little Treasure

Chapter 6

“Well, poor me. My husband doesn’t even know my true character after two years of marriage,” Cynthia blurted out.

Joshua was speechless yet again.

Was she really not satisfied unless she provoked him?

“Let’s go home.” He loosened his tie, grabbed her purse, and held her wrist as he walked out.

Cynthia hesitated.

Joshua paused as well.

Both of their gazes landed simultaneously on the purse in Joshua’s hand. Did he mistake her for Jayleen? That was Cynthia’s first thought.

Without further explanation, Joshua strode out quickly.

This scene was witnessed by Jayleen, who was in the hospital room. The gentleness on her face vanished, and she did not even care about the red marks her nails left on her palms as her hands gripped each other hard.

In a moment, the door to the hospital room opened.

Jayleen’s friend walked in, voicing her confusion, “Didn’t Cynthia hire someone to hit you? Why is Mr. Neal still…”

“It wasn’t her.” Jayleen furrowed her brows.

At first, she thought Cynthia was behind the incident, as Cynthia might be worried that she was taking her place. However, judging by Cynthia’s reaction earlier, things were

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not that simple.

Joshua had arrived at a similar conclusion.

After the driver picked them up, Joshua pulled Cynthia into the back seat with him. Before he could talk about today’s events, Mr. Cheyne called, providing an update on the situation. “Mr. Neal, I’ve looked into the IP address. The account’s login IP address isn’t in Jiverton.”

see.” Joshua’s eyes

felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew he

glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At this moment,

her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint

overheard the phone conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t

a loss for words. Why could

IP address isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said

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but the words just would not come out. After much consideration, he finally managed to say, “I

if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter, let

She didn’t even bother

puzzled. ‘That’s it? Just a ‘sure‘?‘ Hoping to put an end to the matter and remembering the harsh words he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion card and handed it to her. “This is my main bank card.

as she

her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree so readily. Suddenly, Cynthia’s voice

other cards?”

creeping over him,

your indecent conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them on the day we divorce,” Cynthia said

driver could not believe what he was hearing, and neither

you unwilling to do so?” Cynthia challenged

the car grew tense, “Today’s mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so different from before,

was incredulous. Was

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t you?” Cynthia asserted with

argue, but he found that her statement

tossed the card back at him, and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially

off guard by the card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words were not meant

please drop me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

the chill, asked

you going to do?”

to improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver

contagious.

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