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.

one too, “Since you’re asking, let me ask you, when did you

Joshua was speechless.

not as innocent as you think. You better stay away from her,” Cynthia mimicked his earlier

“Cynthia!”

angry again.

sofa, her emotions

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Chapter 15

time, if you want to have a better life after the

and gotten married on a

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

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

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 nice place to stay during her leisure time. However, she had not stayed there once since it was

she could finally move her things out and avoid the annoyance of

him to have someone investigate her background. When he thought about it, he realized

team had spent hours investigating Cynthia, only to find even less information than

“Mr. Neal…”

find anything?”

there’s not much to it,” Mr. Cheyne said, looking at

the implications of his words. “Go

Female,” Mr. Cheyne read the words on

waited for more information, but nothing came. His brow

that’s all we found,” Mr. Cheyne admitted,

up from his chair, the computer screen

even less than what’s on her ID,” Mr. Cheyne said, his voice lacking confidence. He then ventured to ask, “May I ask why you

“Look deeper.”

and this is the result of our thorough investigation.”

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sure y

into it?” Joshua was

believablel

and all they had were

were two words?

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