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

heavy in his

through the half–lowered window, casting a glow on her face, where he could faintly see

called her, and his handsome face tinged with a hint of

Neal, please don’t tell me you’re about to apologize to

was at a loss for words. Why could she not just

I didn’t have her harmed. What if I called someone else and had them bribe the driver responsible for the accident?”

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

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

She didn’t even bother to engage

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

Cynthia replied as she

not expecting her to agree

are the other cards?” she

chill creeping over him, asked,

all your cards as a precaution. I’ll

driver could not believe what he was hearing, and neither could

to do so?”

mishap was due to my poor judgment, but if your behavior these past few days hadn’t been so different from before, I wouldn’t have made such a

was incredulous. Was he blaming

that so?” she

“Yes,” Joshua confirmed.

the contrast, you would have doubted me without hesitation when you learned about Jayleen’s accident

to argue, but he found that her

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

in before Cynthia’s voice rang out again. However, this time, her words were not meant for

off at the next intersection,”

said.

“Alright,” Mr. Walters replied.

chill, asked in

you going to do?”

brain function, “Cynthia replied, having regained most of her composure. She used the most

contagious.

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