Silly Bride Chapter 287
Chapter 287
The phone was ringing, and Xavier couldn’t help furrowing his brows when he noticed the caller ID on
the screen.Why did I furrow my brows? I should be happy, shouldn’t I? In fact, it’s perfectly normal for
me to be wild with joy in this situation.Yet, I seem to have a bad feeling about this. She’s calling me all
of a sudden, and perhaps she might even say some things I’m not too keen on hearing.If that’s the
case then I’d rather not hear her out at all.A moment of hesitationter, Xavier eventually picked up the
call.He decided to make the first move and piped up first.“I’ve decided to go to where you are, Winnie.
No matter what happened, we have to get through this together. I’ve already booked a flight for
tomorrow afternoon, and we’ll be able to meet soon.”However, never in his wildest dreams did Xavier
expect to hear a man’s cold and indifferent voiceing from the other end of the line.The man spoke
in a foreignnguage. “Mr. Fairchild, is it? I’m sorry, but you’re not wee here. Save yourself the
trouble and cancel your ticket.”Xavier instantly rose to his feet when he heard the unfamiliar male
voice.He, too, replied in the same foreignnguage, “Who is this? Why do you have my wife’s phone?
Let her speak to me herself!”The man on the other end of the line simply sneered in response. “Stop
being delusional, Mr. Fairchild. Who’s your wife, and who acknowledged the fact that you two are
married?”His words enraged Xavier, who promptly threatened through gritted teeth, “Who the f*ck are
you? Where on earth is Winnie? I swear, if you dare toy a single finger on her, I will not let you
off!”“Hmph. You sure know how to talk big, Mr. Fairchild.” The man was not amused, his voiceced
with disdain as he continued, “But you don’t have to worry about that. Winnie will be far safer with me
than with you, and the reason why I called you is to tell you to stay away from her. Are we clear, Mr.
Fairchild?”“No way! No one else has the right to tell me to stay away from Winnie except for Winnie
herself! Answer me! Are you Nathaniel? Let me talk to Winnie!”Unfortunately, what Xavier heard next
was the beeping tone that followed after a call was disconnected.When he tried to call the number
back, the phone had already been switched off.“D*mn it!” Xavier’s emotions were a jumbled mess as
he didn’t know what happened to Winnie. He had no idea if she was safe, nor did he know who was the
man on the phone earlier.Unable to wait any longer, he swiftly gave his assistant a call. “I won’t be
attending the meeting that’s scheduled for tomorrow morning. Also, cancel the ticket for tomorrow’s
flight, and get me a ticket for the earliest flight to Yartran.”Louis had been paying attention to the
outgoing flights from Avenport to Yartran. Having remembered the details, he instantly replied, “The
earliest flight is tomorrow morning, and it’s a transit flight. I booked the one in the afternoon because it’s
a direct flight and will arrive in Yartran first.”“That’s toote! What about private nes? Is it toote to
arrange for one?”“I’m afraid so, Mr. Fairchild. We have to book a private flight in advance, and there’s
no time even if we are to go through the process now.”“D*mn it!” Xavier couldn’t help cussing under his
breath.Meanwhile, in a tiny motel at the foot of Mount Albeise, Winnie walked out of the bathroom with
a handkerchief covering the wound on her hand.Ten minutes ago, Nathaniel told her everything that
happened while she was on Mount Albeise.She figured Xavier must have seen the fake news about
her engagement with Nathaniel, so she intended to give him a call to exin everything.Unfortunately,
both her phone and her power bank were out of battery. Since Winnie was in a hurry to make the call,
she didn’t bother waiting for Nathaniel, who had gone to buy coffee, toe back. Instead, she went
back to her room by herself with the intention of charging her phone.She had just plugged her phone in
when she heard a knock on the door.Initially, Winnie thought it was Nathaniel, but when the person
spoke, she realized it was Wilhelm who was on the other side of the door.Winnie opened the door to let
her brother in, but she didn’t have time to speak to him and quickly went to turn on her phone.As she
was in a hurry, Winnie’s movements were clumsy, causing her to identally knock over a drinking
ss that was on the table.She instinctively went to pick up the broken pieces, but Wilhelm stopped
her from doing so.“It’s okay. I’ll take care of this. Why don’t you go ahead and continue what you were
doing?”Wilhelm could tell Winnie was anxious, so he stepped up to help her without hesitation.Winnie
immediately allowed her brother to help, and upon seeing Wilhelm needing some space to clean the
mess up, she retreated to the bed.That was when the incident began.Transparent ss shards were
hard to spot with the naked eye, especially when they were on white-colored bedsheets. Hence, when
Winnie sat down, she unknowingly pressed her hand against a piece of ss shard.Her hand was
instantly cut, and before long, the white bedsheets were stained scarlet by her blood.Seeing this,
Wilhelm instantly asked her to go to the bathroom and run some water over her wound while he calledContent from N?velDr(a)ma.Org.
the front desk for a first-aid kit.After he hung up the call, Wilhelm’s gaze subconsciously fell on Winnie’s
phone screen which indicated she was nning on calling Xavier.Wilhelm took the liberty to make the
call in her stead and had the opportunity to speak to Xavier.Once he had said what was necessary, he
turned Winnie’s phone off.Thus, when Winnie stepped out of the bathroom, the first thing she saw was
Wilhelm holding her phone.“Wilhelm…” Winnie eyed her brother, frowning slightly. “Why are you
holding my phone? Were you on a call?”I thought I heard Wilhelm talking earlier, but the sound of
running water had drowned out his voice, so I wasn’t able to hear what he said.Wilhelm gently ced
her phone back on the table and addressed her queries with a half-truth. “Yeah, I called the front desk
for a first-aid kit. The wound on your hand needs to be taken care of.”As if to prove Wilhelm wasn’t
lying, the motel staff arrived with the first-aid kit as soon as Wilhelm was done speaking.He took over
the first-aid kit and began taking care of Winnie’s wound, starting with disinfecting it.While he was
disinfecting the wound, Wilhelm nced at his sister. “Does it hurt?”Winnie was busy fiddling with her
phone at that moment. “I remember turning on my phone. Why did it turn off again? Wilhelm, you
haven’t answered me. Why did you take my phone earlier?”After tossing the cotton bud away, Wilhelm
responded without lifting his head, “I made a call with your phone.”“You used my phone? Who did you
call?” Winnie was slightly taken aback.Wilhelm didn’t answer her questions right away, but he wasn’t
nning on hiding the truth from her either.“Xavier,” he answered.“What?” Winnie was utterly
dumbfounded. “You two don’t know each other. Wilhelm, how could you do something like this?”She
didn’t need to ask to roughly guess what her brother had said to Xavier.Winnie felt rather irate and
pulled her wounded hand away from Wilhelm before turning on her phone once more. After that, she
quickly gave Xavier a call.The call got through almost instantly, but Xavier’s tone was less than kind.
“Who are you? What the f*ck do you want? Where’s Winnie? Is she all right?” he thundered.“Xavier…”
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Winnie instinctively breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s me. I’m fine. I was in
the bathroom earlier, and the person who spoke to you on the phone is my brother. I don’t know what
he said to you, but no matter what he said, his words do not reflect mine,” she stressed.After a brief
pause, Winnie continued to assure the man on the other end of the line, “You have to understand
something. No matter what it’s about, unless I tell you myself, you shouldn’t believe anything that
others have said or written! Engagement, arranged marriage, and all that are nothing but baseless
rumors. I just got to the foot of the mountain and found out about the news regarding my engagement
with Nathaniel. That is all fake.”“I knew it…” Upon hearing her exnation, Xavier couldn’t help curling
his lips into a smile, and his tone also became much gentler. “I knew it was allplete nonsense. I
won’t believe it unless you tell me about it yourself.”“That’s good, then.” Simrly, Winnie also broke
into a smile as she threatened with her usual sweet and gentle tone, “You’re dead if you dare to doubt
me. I’ll chop you up into pieces when I get back.”Xavier didn’t pay attention to her threats at all as he
waspletely fixated on herst four words.Does this mean she’sing back to me?He tried his
best to suppress the glee that was welling up in him and pretended to be calm when he asked, “Are
you done rxing now? When are you nning oning back?”Although he tried not to sound too
excited, Xavier was ultimately betrayed by the eagerness in his voice.Sure enough, Winnie noticed, but
she didn’t expose him. A beautiful smile hung on her lips as she said, “Soon. I’ll probably head back in
a day or two.”Meanwhile, Wilhelm, who was observing his sister the whole time, couldn’t help
wondering if she had been bewitched by Xavier.What’s so great about that man? Is he even worthy of
all the things Winnie does for him? She hasn’t even been home for half a month, yet she’s already
eager to return.Wilhelm was ticked off and pulled Winnie’s injured hand back.“Don’t move. Your wound
needs to be dressed! Winnie, I know you want to leave, but have you asked Grandpa and Grandma for
their opinion on the matter? I think you should stay home and apany them more often. Besides,
our family doesn’t acknowledge your rtionship with this Mr. Fairchild. Don’t you think you should
carefully reconsider this rtionship?” he scolded.Wilhelm didn’t bother lowering his voice. He knew
Xavier would be able to hear him through the phone, and he meant for thetter to hear all of the things
he said.“Wilhelm!” Once again, Winnie pulled her hand away from her brother. “You using my phone
and calling Xavier without my permission is highly inappropriate! I’m still upset about that.”She then
said to Xavier, “I have to go and take care of something, but I’ll call youter.”“No need!” Wilhelm
bellowed. “Let him listen. I can also tell you every single word I said to him if that’s what you want.”On
the other end of the line, Xavier suggested, “Why don’t you put me on speaker, Winnie? Besides, Mr.
Speiser is your brother, and I’d like to have a discussion with him, too.”Winnie mulled over it for a
couple of seconds and came to the conclusion that Xavier’s suggestion wasn’t a big ask. Hence, she
put him on speaker and ced her phone aside.Winnie then spoke to her brother. “Let’s talk, Wilhelm.
If my memory serves me right, I told you I have a partner a couple of months ago and that I’d find a
suitable time to bring him here to meet you all.”Here, she paused before continuing, “I know Helen’s
behind the whole ordeal with the Huxley family, and I don’t me you for that, but what’s up with your
statement? How could you publicly announce that my marriage to Xavier is invalid? And without my
permission? Don’t you forget this, Wilhelm, I might be a part of the Speiser family, but I’m a Chanaean,
through and through. I chose my Chanaean nationality when I became an adult, and both my
identification card and my passport back this up. Although Xavier and I have yet to register our
marriage in Yartran, we have a marriage certificate that’s issued in Chanaea, and our union is
acknowledged by the Chanaeanw.”“Your actions truly disappointed me, Wilhelm,” concluded
Winnie.Wilhelm had tried to reason with his sister in the past, but those instances involved other
matters.This was the first time their argument concerned a man.Feeling an ufortable sensation in
his heart, Wilhelm drew a deep breath before saying, “That’s because I’m disappointed in Xavier
Fairchild. Winnie, you’re outstanding and capable, so your partner should be just like you. Not to
mention his peculiar illness, Mr. Fairchild can’t even protect you. If he was capable, then your escape
from Manchernius wouldn’t have been so difficult. If he can’t even guarantee your safety, then I don’t
think he’s fit to be your husband!”“Besides, your union is nothing but a farce. Your marriage should be
grand, romantic, and happy, not some kind of child’s y. This is why I object to your marriage.
Grandpa and Grandma will not feel at ease leaving you in the hands of a man who can’t even ensure
your safety,” he added.A crease formed between Winnie’s eyebrows after she listened to her brother’s
reasoning. Nheless, she stood her ground.“There’s no use objecting now. If you put it this way,
then I have no choice but to refute everything you’ve just said. You said he’s gued by a peculiar
illness, but do you know why he ended up like this in the first ce? That’s because he saved me. If it
hadn’t been for him, I would be the one who’s being endlessly tormented. Furthermore, you said he
couldn’t keep me safe while I was in Manchernius, but who was the one who sent me on that mission,
and who was the one who put his life in danger to go with me? You were the one who tasked me with
infiltrating the drug den, and Xavier was the one who was willing to live and die with me!”An emotional
Winnie continued, “I never once resented you for sending me on those life-threatening missions, but
this is the truth, and you have no right to criticize Xavier for all of it! Also, I won’t change my mind after
making a decision. I’m going back to Chanaea.”Wilhelm’s expression turned sullen when he saw how
resolute the woman was. “Vivian Speiser! Don’t forget you still have this identity. You can’t just do
things your way and refuse to listen to your family’s opinion!”Seeing how Winnie and Wilhelm were
about to get into an argument with one another, Xavier hurriedly called out to the former, “Winnie, why
don’t you go back with your brother for now? Spend some time with your grandparents. I’lle and
find you instead. Besides, it’s about time I pay a visit to your family.”Xavier didn’t want to put his wife in
a tight spot, nor did he want her to return to his side while everyone was strongly objecting to their
union.Instead, he wanted to take her hand in his and bring her back to their home, openly and brazenly.