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.”

Joshua’s

his phone felt incredibly heavy in his

glanced at the person leaning against the car window. Sunlight streamed through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly

and his handsome face tinged with a hint of

“Mr. Neal, please don’t tell me you’re about to

Why could she not

because 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 bribe the driver responsible for the accident?” Cynthia said lightly, but her words were laced with

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knew she was just trying to provoke him. He wanted to apologize, but the words just would not come out.

that if she had indeed been responsible, she would not be so calmly discussing

Cynthia said. She didn’t even

he had exchanged with her in the parking lot and hospital room, he took out a Centurion card and handed

as she took

her to agree so readily. Suddenly,

other

a chill creeping over

you to hand over all your cards as a

what he was hearing, and neither could

to do so?” Cynthia

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

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

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

he found that her

at him, and her mood clearly irked. She could not understand why she was so upset over someone so insignificant, especially when she already

could not even get a word in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again.

drop me off

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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