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.

a question, Cynthia decided to ask one too, “Since you’re

Joshua was speechless.

You better stay away from her,”

“Cynthia!”

angry

leaned back on the sofa, her emotions no

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you one last time, if you want to have a better life after the divorce, stay away from

She could not believe she’d fallen in love and gotten married on a whim to someone like Joshua. How could she have been so reckless?

chest. She could not stand being here another second or more accurately, she could not stand being around Joshua any

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 you the access

was known for its beautiful scenery and pleasant climate, perfect for vacations. At the time, she had thought it would be a nice place to stay during her leisure time.

her things

what had possessed him to have someone investigate her background. When he thought about it, he realized that

of work, Mr. Cheyne’s team had spent hours investigating Cynthia, only to find even less information than what was

“Mr. Neal…”

find

not much to it,” Mr. Cheyne said,

not catch the implications of his words. “Go on.”

the words on the

waited for more information, but nothing came. His brow

Cheyne admitted, pushing his glasses

the computer screen on his desk displaying Cynthia’s information. “That’s all?”

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

“Look deeper.”

is the result of our

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sure

looked into it?” Joshua

believablel

work, and all they had

were two words?