Chapter 116

Cynthia understood immediately. "Would you have believed what she said?"

"Why were you with Mitchell?" Joshua's heart began to race at the mention of that name, and he was filled with a wave of unnameable anger.

Cynthia gave a possible explanation, "Just friends getting together for a meal."

Joshua tightened his grip on the car key. In the end, he did not say anything and left.

He did not know how to answer the question. If Jayleen had mentioned Cynthia and Mitchell, he would have been angry. He knew Cynthia would not do anything inappropriate with Mitchell. Still, the thought of Cynthia's trust and obedience to him and the invisible trust between the two made it hard for him to control his emotions.

Cynthia was indifferent as she watched him avoid the question and leave. Then, she went back upstairs to attend to her own affairs.

That afternoon, Cynthia had just finished reading all the projects that Mr. Yates had given her and was about to take a good rest when she received a c