Mr. Neal, Mrs. Neal’s Gone with The Money by Little Treasure

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.

to ask one too, “Since

Joshua was speechless.

innocent as you think. You better stay away from her,” Cynthia mimicked his earlier words.

“Cynthia!”

angry

leaned back on the sofa, her emotions no longer fluctuating.

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Chapter 15

you one last time, if you want to have a better life after the divorce, stay away from him,” Joshua said, his words

in love and gotten married on a whim to someone like Joshua. How could she have been so

fire burning in his chest. She could not stand being here another second

picking up her phone and making a call. Her tone was casual and indifferent. “Hello, 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

hanging up, she sent the access code. 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, she had thought it would be a

she could finally move her things out and avoid the annoyance of seeing certain people.

idea about Cynthia’s plans. He did not even know what had possessed him to have someone investigate her background. When he

Cynthia, only to find even less information than what was on her ID

“Mr. Neal…”

find

not much to it,” Mr. Cheyne said, looking at the sparse information

not catch the implications of his

the words on the paper

information, but nothing came. His

Cheyne admitted,

his chair, the computer screen on his

afternoon on it, and this is all we’ve got. It’s even less than what’s on her ID,” Mr. Cheyne said, his

“Look deeper.”

already did, and this is the result of

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sure

really looked into it?” Joshua was

believablel

and

were two words?