Silly Bride Chapter 264
Chapter 264
Winnie was exhausted. Despite the bumpy ride, she still fell asleep with her head on Xavier’s
shoulder.However, it was not a good sleep. Groggily, she returned to the waking world with Xavier’s
voice. He sounded like he was on a call.Her eyes were half-opened, but she noticed that the sky was
still dark. Thus, she muttered, “What time is it?”By the time she asked the question, Xavier had ended
his call. He nced at his phone and replied, “It’s thirty minutes past twelve. We’ll be meeting with
Christopher and the others soon.”Winnie continued mumbling, “We’re reaching Salinsburgh so
soon?”Xavier smiled. “No, we’re only resting here for a while. I’ve asked around and found out that the
authorities at Salinsburgh have been strict recently. No cars are allowed in or out of the city after twelve
midnight, so we’ll only be able to go there when the sunes back up again.”Winnie nodded. “It’s
great to have you around. I don’t need to think about anything.”Xavier lowered his head to nt two
soft kisses on her forehead. “I’ve always been great. Did you only find out about that now?”Winnie was
still sleepy. She closed her eyes and quietlyughed. “It’s not toote to find out now.”Xavier smiled
and ruffled her hair. “Rest well. I’ll wake you when you’re there. Why don’t you lie down instead? Lay
your head on myp.”“Okay.” Winnie moved toward the side before lying down on Xavier’s leg. “This is
much morefortable. By the way, who were you calling when I was sleeping?”“Josiah,” Xavier
replied. “We’re leaving this ce soon, right? We can’t possibly ditch him here.”“Haha!” A chuckle left
Winnie’s lips. “I almost forgot about him. Where is he right now? How is he?”“You don’t need to worry
about him. He’s like a roach. Nothing will happen to someone like him.”“Good to hear that.” Winnie
lifted her arm to touch Xavier’s arm. “If anything happens to either of you, I’ll be overwhelmed with guilt.
I was the reason the two of you came to this darn ce.”Xavier held her hand and yed with her
fingers. “Why are you saying these things when we’re about to go back?”“I’ll stop, then. I don’t really
want to remember this moment ever again.”“Don’t think about it anymore. I’ll bring you around to do
happier and more meaningful things in the future. I won’t let you have the time to recall these moments.
I’ve already made a n. Once we’re back, we’ll hold the wedding. Does that sound good,
Winnie?”When Xavier heard nothing from Winnie, he lowered his head, only to discover that she had
fallen asleep again.Xavier did not know whether to feel amused or resigned. She had fallen asleep in
the blink of an eye, and she had missed out on the important part of his proposal.Still, it mattered not.
He could ask her again after she woke.Approximately half an hourter, the car came to a stop.The car
with Christopher in it was right in front of them. This was the ce they were going to rest at before
they depart for Salinsburgh before the sun rose again.Mason was in the car in front, so when the car
fully stopped, Greta exited the car. She was nning to head to the front to talk to her significant
other.The sound of Greta opening the door woke Winnie.As she had been tensed for long periods of
time, Winnie bolted upright upon hearing the sound.Xavier, who had been closing his eyes to rest, was
startled by Winnie’s abrupt motion as he too, opened his eyes.“What’s the matter, Winnie? Did you
have a nightmare?” He held her hands.Only after Winnie heard Xavier’s voice did she remember that
she was already away from the wolf’s den.Letting out a sigh, she replied, “I thought I was still at
Leandro’s ce. The hairs on the back of my neck raised the moment they brought me into the
lab.”“So there are things that you find hair-raising in this world.” Despite Xavier’s teasing words, his
heart ached for her.As he hugged Winnie, he whispered, “We’ll be able to go back soon. By then, we’ll
sleep in our house, and I’ll keep youpany every night whether you wake from a dream at night or
you wake in the morning. The first person you’ll see will always be me. That way, you’ll never feel the
chills running down your spine stand ever again.”Winnie could not help butugh at Xavier’s words.
“Haha! Mr. Fairchild, you’re getting better and better with sweet nothings.”Xavier drew his brows
together. “I don’t do sweet nothings. Everything I say is straight from my heart.”Winnie’s smile widened.
“That’s about the same.”“About the same with what?” Xavier asked in confusion.Winnie held his chin
and said, “Well, about the same with sweet nothings.”“Is that so?” Xavier’s eyes darkened as his voice
lowered. “Why don’t I find it sweet at all?”“What’s your standard of sweet, then?” Winnie queried,
amused by his answer.Xavier lowered his head a little. “I’ll tell you when I have a taste of it.”As he said
that, he reached out to hold the back of Winnie’s head.Winnie knew what he wanted to do next, but she
wanted to keep teasing him.Hence, just as he was about to kiss her, she turned her head and avoided
him.Naturally, Xavier would not be happy about her avoidance, so he tried to kiss her again.However,
Winnie abruptly froze in her tracks.The car window had been half-opened for venttion. When she
avoided Xavier, she identally looked outside.That glimpse she caught made her freeze.In the next
second, she shoved Xavier away.A teasing push felt vastly different from a shove, and Xavier could
differentiate them. He could sense that Winnie genuinely wanted him to move away from her.But why is
she pushing me away all of a sudden?Xavier then raised his head and looked in the direction Winnie
was staring at.As it turned out, Christopher was standing outside. He had not rested since he left the
hospital because he was worried sick about Winnie.When he realized that the car stopped, and when
he saw Greta going to Mason, he decided toe over to take a look at Winnie. He wanted to discern
whether she was safe and sound.Yet, the sight that greeted him was Winnie and Xavier flirting.At that
very moment, a pang of pain struck his heart. He wanted to turn and leave immediately, but
unexpectedly, Winnie turned in his direction. That was how their eyes met.Now, even Xavier had
noticed him.Awkwardness washed over Christopher likepping waves, but he managed to squeeze a
smile to his lips. “Sorry, I just wanted toe over to say hello. I’ll leave now.” Winnie knew that
Christopher was worried about her, so she told Xavier, “I have some things to talk to Christopher about,
so I’ll get out of the car for a moment. Are you going to stay here, or are you going to stretch a little
outside?”Xavier studied Christopher and Winnie before muttering, “Go on. I’ll be waiting for you in the
car.”While speaking, he moved his hand away from Winnie’s shoulder and leaned over to open the car
door for her.Winnie stepped out of the car and walked by Christopher’s side for a while. Soon, the two
of them came to a stop not far from the car.The area they had stopped at had beautiful scenery without
any traces of air pollution. Moreover, the night sky was starry.Christopher stared at the twinkling stars
above for a moment before lowering his head to look at Winnie, who looked even more brilliant than
those stars.With a smile, he said, “It looks like everything’s going well tonight. You aren’t hurt, are
you?”“I’m not. I set Leandro’s warehouse on fire. He doesn’t have enough men, so his focus was full on
saving the warehouse instead ofing after me.”Christopher sucked in a deep breath. “The name
Vivian is going to shake the entire Lightspring and maybe the entire world too. You’ve gotten rid of two
nests of evil at once.”Winnie turned to look at Christopher with smiling eyes. “Are you teasing me?”It
was only after Winnie turned did she notice the way Christopher looked at her.Stumped, she scratched
her head. “I… I didn’t tell Xavier about what happened in the basement. After all…”“I understand.”
Christopher was not going to put Winnie in a tight spot. He tucked away the yearning in his eyes and
sighed. “Sorry for interrupting you just now. I know that I’ve crossed the line.”Christopher dared not look
at Winnie anymore when he thought about what happened in the basement and in the forest. He was
afraid that he would not be able to control his feelings if he did that.Therefore, he looked up and stared
at a glowing firefly a distance away before continuing, “I know that I’ve requested something absurd in
the basement. As for the promise… I know that you were pitying me because I was about to die. You
think of me as a friend, and that was why you want me to leave this world without regret. I know that.
So…”Christopher rposed himself and made it seem as if he was unperturbed by all that. “Just
pretend as if those things hadn’t happened. I don’t want you to look at me strangely anymore.”Winnie
lowered her head and chuckled. “Do I? Are you talking about the look I had just now? That’s because I
was feeling awkward. I’m sure you feel that too.”“Yes. Anyway…” Christopher rubbed the back of his
head. “We’re still good friends. Do tell me if you need any help just like how you order Lucas
around.”Winnie nodded. “That’s great.”The two of them then shared a smile.Meanwhile, although
Xavier did not leave the car, he wound down the window and stared at Winnie and Christopher.He had
sensed something amiss about Winnie when Christopher came over earlier.It felt as if there was
something happening between the two.However, before anything happened to the ringmunication
device, he noticed nothing amiss about the two.Unfortunately, that device broke down midway. Xavier
realized something must have happened during that period of time and there was an oddity in the air
between the two of them.A good example would be the way Christopher looked at Winnie
earlier.Furthermore, Winnie seemed to have reacted strongly upon her discovery of Christopher’s
presence.My Dumbo is no ordinary woman. She kissed me by force in front of the reporters in the
elevator the other time, so there was no way she would be afraid to kiss her husband in front of
Christopher.The more Xavier thought about it, the more ufortable he became.After letting out a
grim sigh, he opened the door and exited the car.However, he did not head toward Winnie and
Christopher. Instead, he went to the driver’s seat to grab a pack of cigarettes.Even though he did not
have a tobo addiction, he would still smoke once in a while just like the time when he thought
Winnie was dead.At that moment, he was feeling frustrated, and the darn toxin in him made it difficultCopyright by N?v/elDrama.Org.
for him to recollect himself.Maybe some nicotine will help with the frustration.He leaned back on the car
a little roughly before letting his eyes drift toward Winnie again. Then, he took out a cigarette and
ced it between his lips.However, just as he lit the cigarette, he recalled how Winnie disliked the
scent of tobo, so he threw the cigarette on the ground.Then, Xavier saw Christopher catching a
firefly for Winnie. He could not hold himself back anymore.The blood coursing in him threatened to
boil. How dare they flirt with each other in front of me? What have they been doing when I wasn’t
around?Xavier crushed the cigarette under his foot until it was nothing but a pile of mush before
striding over to the two.Frankly, Christopher was not catching the firefly for Winnie. It had been a
subconscious action.A bug had flown to his face, and he had instinctively caught it. Only after catching
it did he recall it was but a harmless firefly.Thus, he uncurled his fingers and let the poor bug fly off—he
had no intention to gift the bug to Winnie.It only seemed like he was gifting the firefly to Winnie from
Xavier’s angle.Xavier strode over without a hint of hesitance in his steps. He knew he must look terrible
at that moment as anger enveloped him like a nket.Still, it was not as if he could control himself. He
did not even know what he would do once he reached them—whether to question them or to dere
that Winnie was his.He was even wondering who Winnie would defend if he lost control of himself and
attacked Christopher.Unfortunately, that was something he would not get an answer to as Christopher
turned around and walked away before he could reach them.Naturally, Christopher saw Xavier on his
way back.The two met each other in no time, and Christopher said to Xavier, “Good timing. She wanted
to stay here for a little longer, so head over to her. I’m going back to rest first.”Xavier hummed in
response and nearly let Christopher go.Nevertheless, he somehow managed to remind himself to stop
Christopher and ask, “Can you tell me what happened to you two after you encountered Yulissa?”“Yes,
that day…” Christopher began to exin what happened. Winnie had talked to him about that earlier,
so Christopher’s exnation was the same as Winnie’s.“Okay.” Xavier’s lips curled. “Rest well.”The
way he described it was almost identical. Either it was the truth, or they’d had a discussion on how to
describe the event. Which would it be?It felt as if bugs were gnawing away at his heart. Every bite was
not agonizing, but it was rather irritating.