Chapter 156
Chapter 156
“No, I haven’t.”
“And if you haven’t, why do you have the time to worry about other things?”
Yoel retaliated, bringing out his trump card and asking Joshua a question that struck right at his heart,
“Since you’ve decided to divorce Ms. Yates, why are you still investigating Bailey?”
He imed not to care, yet here he was.
Was it so hard for this man to be honest for once?
He deserved the divorce!
“It’s none of your business if it doesn’t concern you,” Joshua warned with a hint of irritation in his words.
With just a simple sentence, Yoel obediently fell silent.
Joshua’s mind was a jumble ofplex thoughts. Cynthia upied his mind entirely, and he did not
understand why his attention toward her had been increasingtely.
His train of thought was interrupted by the vibration of his phone. When he saw it was a call. from
Mitchell, his gaze darkened for a moment before he answered, “What’s up?
“Have you found Cynthia?”
Joshua thought of the name on WhatsApp, and a cold remark escaped his lips, “Cynthia? Shouldn’t it
be Cyn?”
Mitchell fell silent on the other end of the phone.
That silence pierced Joshua’s heart as if Cynthia and Mitchell had been hiding something from him,
and he had finally exposed it.
Cyn.
Would theyst forever?
“Let’s meet and talk,” Mitchell suggested after considering that Cynthia’s identity had not. been
compromised. With that assurance, he felt relieved.
Joshua raised an eyebrow and finally replied, “Monday, ten o’clock in the morning, at the office.”
He wanted to see what Mitchell had to say.
After agreeing, Mitchell hung up without asking further about Cynthia.
In his view, if something had really happened to Cynthia, Joshua would not be speaking in the tone he
was now. The difference in his current demeanor and his tone during their previous phone call was truly
stark.
Half an hourter, Cynthia returned to her home. The room still had the lingering smell of smoke, and
the walls were charred. Then, she went to pick up her phone from the table and saw missed calls.
Mitchell (1), Yoel (2), and Joshua (7).
Thinking about what Yoel had said downstairs, she could not help but frown.
She unlocked her phone and sent Mitchell a message to let him know she was safe. After sending the
message, she noticed the chat with Joshua and tapped on it. She had initially nned to type a
message saying that the fire had been extinguished and she was safe, but after careful consideration,
she decided to change her text.
Instead, she sent a few words and a picture.
[Cynthia: Image]
[Cynthia: The marriage certificate is safe and wasn’t burned.]
The picture was a photo of the marriage certificate ced on the table.
Joshua received the messages while still in the car, which almost infuriated him.
This woman…
He did not even respond to her messages and just tossed his phone aside, his expression growing
even darker.
Yoel noticed this through the rearview mirror and swallowed hard, taking a deep breath and focusing on
driving.
Cynthia’s intention in replying to those messages was simple.
Since Joshua imed to care about the marriage certificate, she wanted to tell him it was safe. After
sending the messages, she returned to the chat screen and saw that Old Man Neal had sent her a
message a few hours ago. N?velDrama.Org content rights.
Old Man Neal asked, [Cynthia, will youe to my 80th birthday celebration?]
Cynthia replied, [I’m not sure yet.]
Old Man Neal held a prominent position in their social circle, and if the Yates Group were to send
representatives, she could attend one.
Cynthia and Joshua were scheduled to receive their divorce certificate on August 31st, and Old Man
Neal’s birthday was on September 15th.
As she did not know what responsibilities she would have after returning to Nexuria, Cynthia could not
make anymitments without knowing the situation.