Chapter 15

Their eyes met.

The atmosphere turned cold as both of their faces showed clear disdain for each other.

Cynthia, wearing slippers, headed upstairs without any intention of engaging in conversation. For the first time, she exuded such a cold aura.

“Stop,” Joshua said, addressing her retreating figure.

Cynthia acted as if she had not heard him and kept walking.

Joshua quickly stepped in front of her at the bottom of the stairs, looking down at her with his usual detached demeanor. “Can we talk?”

“Fine,” Cynthia agreed.

They walked toward the couch, and Joshua removed the remote control.

Cynthia saw this and said nothing. She poured herself a glass of water, took a sip, and then sat down on the sofa with the glass. “Go ahead. What do you want to talk about?”

“What’s your relationship with Mitchell?” Joshua stared at her intently, not missing any of her facial expressions.

Cynthia replied confidently, “We’re friends.”

“When did you meet?” Joshua asked further.

Cynthia did not hesitate to answer, “When we were kids.”

A chill flickered in Joshua’s eyes. He felt that she could not even come up with a proper lie. ” Given Mitchell’s background, there’s no way you could have known him as a child.”

Cynthia did not respond, feeling like they were talking at cross purposes.

“You better not harbor any inappropriate thoughts about him. He’s not as harmless as he seems,” he warned.

“We’re just friends, and we have no intention of taking things further. Don’t impose your assumptions on me. That’s the basic respect people should have for each other,” Cynthia clarified.

Joshua’s eyes darkened even more.

question, Cynthia decided to ask one too, “Since you’re asking, let me ask you, when did you first meet Jayleen?”

Joshua was speechless.

stay away from her,” Cynthia mimicked

“Cynthia!”

angry

sofa, her emotions

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Chapter 15

are two completely different people. Don’t use him to tarnish Jayleen. I’m warning you one last time, if you want to have a better life

fallen in love and gotten married on a whim to someone like

and gently close the door, with a fire burning in his chest. She could not stand being here another second or more accurately, she could not stand

is this Clear Spring Cleaning Services? I have an apartment that needs dusting. That’s right, just dusting. For a move–in tomorrow. Great, I’ll send you

The apartment was a townhouse she had purchased in Jiverton several years ago. Jiverton was known for its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, perfect for vacations. At the time,

things out and avoid the annoyance

idea about Cynthia’s plans. He did not even know what had possessed him to have someone investigate her background. When he thought about it, he realized that aside from her name, he knew almost nothing about her.

Cheyne’s team had spent hours investigating Cynthia, only to find even less information than what was on her ID card. He hesitated

“Mr. Neal…”

you find anything?”

Mr. Cheyne said, looking at the sparse information

catch the implications of his words. “Go on.”

Female,” Mr. Cheyne read the words on the paper with

came. His brow furrowed as he asked

Cheyne admitted, pushing his

his chair, the computer screen on

what’s on her ID,” Mr. Cheyne

“Look deeper.”

and this is the result of our

apter 18

you sure y

it?” Joshua

believablel

and all they

were two words?

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