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 claimed 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 of complex thoughts. Cynthia occupied his mind entirely, and he did not

understand why his attention toward her had been increasing lately.

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 they last 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 hour later, 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 planned 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 placed 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 claimed 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.

Old Man Neal asked, [Cynthia, will you come 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 any commitments without knowing the situation.