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 eyes

heavy in his hand. He knew he

casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see the fine fuzz. At

handsome

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

a loss for words. Why could she not just talk to

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. After

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

was all Cynthia said. She didn’t even bother

lot and hospital room, he

as she

taken aback by her brisk response, seemingly not expecting her to agree

are the other

creeping over

want you to hand over all your cards as a precaution. I’ll return them

driver could not believe what he

unwilling to do

angrier as the atmosphere in 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, I

was incredulous. Was

so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s

to argue, but 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 knew that Jayleen held the number one spot in

off guard by the card hitting him, Joshua could not even get a word in

drop me off

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

feeling the chill, asked in a

you going to do?”

buy some walnuts to improve my brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used

contagious.

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