Silly Bride Chapter 117
Chapter 117
Jacinta was furious when she heard Xavier’s words.“What ‘Dumbo’? Could you at least show my
granddaughter some respect? She’s not stupid! Why should she go home with you? You’re a nobody to
her. Kylie was the one who was engaged to you, not Winnie!”Carried away by her emotions, Jacinta
tugged Winnie into the house again. “Don’t listen to him, Winnie. Come in with me!”With Jacinta holding
on to her left hand, and Xavier, to her right, Winnie found herself caught in a difficult position.“Could
you guys please stop?” she eximed, clearly exasperated. “Granny, what happened between us is
pretty straightforward, so please don’tplicate it for us. I just need a few minutes to talk to Xavier
about it.”Despite Winnie’s remarks, neither Xavier nor Jacinta budged.Christopher frowned as he
watched Winnie struggle between both sides.Knowing Winnie’s intention, he went over to persuade
Jacinta to go home.“Hi, Mdm. Sumner. I’m Winnie’s friend, Christopher Bet. Why don’t we go in
first? Winnie knows what she’s doing, and she has always sorted things out on her own. I know you’re
worried, but you can trust her this time.”Christopher’s tactful words were well-phrased and had given
Jacinta a way out of the tricky situation. Jacinta did not intend to make things difficult for her
granddaughter to begin with. She just did not want Xavier to have his way.So, when she heard
Christopher, she caved.“All right. Both of you talk it out, then. Winnie, don’t make us wait for too long.
Also, what’s wrong with your phone? You weren’t picking up.”“Some sales guy kept calling, so I turned
on my silent mode.”“I see. I was wondering why you didn’t pick up, although your phone was on. Make
sure you turn off your silent mode. I’ll be calling in a bit.”Winnie nodded and shot Christopher a nce
after some thought, hinting at him to bring Jacinta in.Christopher looked at her knowingly and
persuaded the older woman to enter the house.After they went in, Winnie lowered her nce at
Xavier’s grip around her hand and asked, “Where should we go? How about we go to your ce to talk
things out?”Xavier did not reply but looked up at her.“I thought you blocked me, but it turned out your
phone was on silent mode,” he uttered.“Why would I block you? There’s not a need for that,” Winnie
replied, frowning.Seeing that Xavier hadposed himself again, she exined patiently, “I wanted to
confront you when you sent me your location, but it so happened that Christopher came over. That’s it.
By the way, could you let me go already? We’re going into the elevator.”“No,” Xavier refused.Sensing
his grip tightened, Winnie tried shaking his hand off, but to no avail, so she gave up in the
end.“Whatever. Let’s not waste time.”With that said, she pressed the elevator button and gave Xavier’s
wheelchair a kick.Once Xavier was sure she had no intention of retracting her hand, he moved his
wheelchair into the elevator.After they arrived at Xavier’s house, Winnie kept checking the time on her
phone.The truth was that she had to keep an eye on the time because she had to return to the Gand
residence before Hamish went home after work, but Xavierpletely misunderstood her when he
saw her constantly checking her phone.“How much time do you n on giving me? Do you think our
problem can be settled within a couple of minutes? You look like you can’t wait to go back,” he
commented in a croaky voice, staring at her.Winnie, on the other hand, was not interested in exining
herself. “Just cut to the chase, will you? Let’s not waste each other’s time.”“I never thought spending
time with you was a waste of my time. This is true even when we were back in Lagune Mansion.”Xavier
was already tearing up in distress as he spoke. “Do you think I’m wasting your time now?” he
asked.Winnie could not bring herself to look into his intense and sorrowful gaze.Hence, she turned
away, trying her best not to have any eye contact with him.“Xavier, I think I’ve made myself clear when I
revealed my identity to you on Sirona Ind. Back then, you were hellbent on pursuing me. As I said,
it’s true that I like you, but that’s it. My feelings for you aren’t as strong as how you feel toward me, so I
can’t give you what you expect. Look at what happened today. We end up fighting over something so
petty. You were so obsessive when Christopher sent me home thest time, and I told you that I don’t
like being controlled. I’m not an object that belongs only to you, nor am I someone you can order
around. You’re mistaken if you expect me to be someone who listens to everything you say without an
opinion of my own. I don’t want a rtionship where I cannot be myself. It’ll only be a burden to me, so
I think we should just—” “Stop, please,” Xavier interrupted Winnie abruptly as he turned his wheelchair
toward her, for he knew what she was about to say.It was as if he thought their conflict would disappear
if he stopped her from continuing.“Listen to me, Xavier.”“I don’t want to.”“You can choose not to listen,
but that will not change my decision. I don’t mean to toy with your feelings, but I don’t like you as
passionately. Do you get what I mean? Our rtionship is not equal. I cannot understand how you
could feel so intensely when you see a guy beside me. We cannot be better people if this
rtionship continues, so we should end it here and go back to how everything was before. We should
stop before things spiral out of control between us,” Winnie continued.“How are we supposed to go
back to how everything was?” Xavier suddenly stood up in front of her.He could feel the restlessness
inside him breaking through his body, but he did everything he could to keep his emotions in
check.“You said you wanted things to return to how they were. Will you be my Dumbo again,
then?” he asked, gazing at her with pain and grief in his eyes.Winnie’s lips parted in speechlessness.A
brief silence ensued until she spoke again. “Xavier, do you even like the real me, or do you like the
dumb Winnie? Do you still think of her when you look at me? She doesn’t exist, Xavier. I made her
up!”“Why did you put up a pretense, to begin with? Why did you depend on me back then? Why did
you hug me, kiss me, and seduce me? Why did you steal my heart away, Winnie? It’s either you give
me back my Dumbo or give me back my heart!”Xavier squeezed her neck with one hand and pushed
her on the couch as he implored with tears in his eyes, “Give either one of them back!”Without giving
her a chance to speak, Xavier bit her lips roughly as if he was venting his anger until the taste of blood
spread on their tongues, but that was not enough to appease Xavier.He wanted more. His hands
wandered downward, and he ripped Winnie’s cor apart.Xavier could feel apulsion pulsating in
his body.He knew he had always wanted her, but not in such a manner, yet she was driving him
crazy.Before Winnie even pushed him off, Xavier got hold of himself and rolled away.Blood stained his
lips as hey beside her, but even Xavier did not know if it was his blood or Winnie’s.He covered his
eyes with his shivering hand to prevent Winnie from seeing his face.“Leave! Go as far away as you
can! Don’t let me see you again,” he choked out in defeat as if he had just lost all his strength.Winnie
stood beside the couch and stared at Xavier with aplex gaze. Then, she whipped her head and left
in determination.Back in the house, Xaviery on the couch until his heart finally calmed down, and he
opened his eyes again.He picked up his phone immediately when Josiah called, but Xavier was not in
the state of mind to listen to his friend.“I think I’ve gone crazy. I lost Dumbo for real this time. She’ll
nevere back again,” Xavier blurted in despair, ignoring Josiah altogether.“What did you say?”For
the next half an hour, Xavier revealed everything that had happened to Josiah.“What the heck? She’sThis content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org .
not dumb! Her acting is so good, though! Ipletely bought her act!” Josiah eximed in
surprise.Unbeknownst to the two men, Yulissa had been listening to their conversation the whole time,
not missing a single word that was uttered.At first, Yulissa was only jealous of Winnie because Xavier
cared so deeply for Winnie.However, when she discovered that Xavier had overreacted because of a
petty issue, she started feeling something was off.It did not take long before she figured out what had
happened.Xavier’s abnormal and manic behavior was drug-induced.It turned out that the jab Yulissa
gave him when she staged her kidnap was no usual drug but venom. It was a product of Riley’s failed
research.Unlike other feel-good drugs, that chemical substance could drive people insane.When
Yulissa found out that Xavier hade to her rescue, she was so moved that she decided not to use
the real drug on him but instead gave him the one that failed clinical trials.It did not ur to her that the
drug she administered would have such a side effect on Xavier.The adverse effects of that drug took
some time to manifest. They could be severe andst a long time. Unless Xavier went to the hospital
for targeted treatment, he might lose control of his emotion over even the most minor thing.From his
conversation with Josiah, it did not seem like Xavier had realized that he was under the influence of
drugs, for he purely thought he overreacted out of jealousy.