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

his phone felt incredibly heavy in his hand. He knew he had

casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see

her, and his handsome face tinged with

the phone conversation and replied nonchalantly, “Mr. Neal, please don’t tell me you’re

loss for words. Why could she not just talk

the IP address isn’t in Jiverton doesn’t mean I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them

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to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not

been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing the matter,

was all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother to engage

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. If you’re upset,

Cynthia replied as

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

other cards?” she

creeping over him, asked, “What other

conduct at the hospital, I want you to hand over all your cards

believe what he was hearing, and neither

you unwilling to do

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

incredulous. Was he blaming

that so?”

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

without the contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident and saw those chat logs, wouldn’t you?” Cynthia asserted with

he found that her statement

irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over

hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s

drop me off at the

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked in

you going to do?”

function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most nonchalant tone to deliver the most provocative statement. “Just in case being brainless

contagious.

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