Silly Bride Chapter 320


    Chapter 320


    The moment Winnie opened the door to the ward, she saw Jacinta walking in her direction.When


    Jacinta saw Winnie, she hurriedly asked thetter, “Are you done already? Can we go now?”“Yes.”


    Winnie nodded as she picked up her pace to approach her grandmother. “Are you hungry, Granny? We


    haven’t eaten lunch yet.”Jacinta said, “I was so hungry that my stomach hurt at the police station just


    now, but I don’t feel that hungry now. Why don’t we head home? I feel safer eating at home.”“All right.


    Let’s eat at home.”Winnie thought that she was too careless that day. Even without the appearance of


    Shania and Nate’s crazy fans, she might bump into Harold any time. I shouldn’t have put Granny’s life


    in danger by bringing her with me, but I think I’d better show myself in public more often.As Winnie


    pondered about the day’s events, Josiah suddenly called.She answered her phone immediately. “Dr.


    Houghton, what’s the matter?”Josiah sounded lethargic on the phone. “Are you not at home this


    weekend?”“Yeah, why? Do you need to see me?” As Winnie spoke, it suddenly dawned upon her that


    Josiah might be at her home. “You’re not at my house right now, are you?”Josiah sighed. “Yes, I am.


    I’ve been ringing the doorbell for a few minutes because I thought you were home, but no one came to


    get the door for me.”Winnie exined, “I’m out with my grandmother. What’s the matter? Can we settle


    it over the phone?”“Oh, we can’t. I just left the hospital, and this morning, a patient gifted me a box of


    pomegranates before getting discharged. I didn’t want it, but he insisted that I ept it. Since Xavier


    told me to look after you before he left, here I am sending you a box of fresh fruits! This is probably one


    of the few times I’ll drop by your house, but it’s too bad you’re not home.” Josiah’s tone sounded


    somewhat amused and exasperated as he rted what happened.Winnie chuckled. “That’s it? It’s just


    a box of pomegranates. Just leave them at the hospital and split them with the others.”Josiah sighed in


    annoyance. “Oh, shut up. I’ve already brought it here. How long more till you get back?”“Why? Don’t


    tell me you’re nning to wait until I reach home?”“You wish. I was on the night shift yesterday, and I’m


    so tired that I need to get some sleep. I’ll leave the pomegranates at the property management office.


    You can collect itter when you’re back.”“Okay. Thank you, Dr. Houghton.”“You’re wee, Ms.


    Gand. Just think of me when you have something nice to share next time.”Since Winnie and Jacinta


    weren’t nning on hanging around outside any longer, they quickly returned to Aqua Moana.When


    Winnie passed by the reception counter of the property management office, she collected the


    pomegranates and opened the box after she reached home.The pomegranates were twice the size of a


    knuckle, and their reddish skin was appetizing.Winnie took a picture of the pomegranates and sent it to


    Josiah with a text message that read: The pomegranates look good. Seems like your effort in carrying


    them isn’t wasted.She didn’t expect Josiah to reply to her message because she surmised that he must


    be sleeping at that moment. To her surprise, he replied: If only I get to have a taste of it…Winnie


    immediately sent Josiah a voice message. “How are you not asleep?”“I’m less drowsy after taking a


    shower, but I still need to sleep. I’m going to sleep until seven o’clock in the evening, then I’ll have


    dinner,” Josiah replied right away, his voice sounding a lot more energetic than when he called Winnie


    earlier. “All right then. I won’t disturb you any further.”After Winnie sent herst voice message, she


    started peeling the pomegranates.Not long after, she was summoned to the kitchen by Jacinta to help


    out.When the grandmother-granddaughter duo finished their dinner, it was already half past seven at


    night.As Jacinta washed the dishes, Winnie continued peeling the pomegranates.Jacinta peeked out of


    the kitchen to look at Winnie. “Didn’t you peel quite a lot of pomegranates already? It’s enough for us. If


    you peel too many, they will turn bad easily.”“I’m sending some over to Josiah as a token of


    appreciation,” Winnie exined.“Oh!” Jacinta eximed at the mention of Josiah. “You should have


    told me earlier! He’s staying alone, isn’t he? I should have asked him toe over for dinner.”“It’s fine,


    Grandma. I think he may have just woken up. Besides, he has ns. Our dinner time may be too early


    for him. Don’t worry, he won’t starve himself to death,” Winnie said, “But, Grandma…”Turning around,


    Jacinta urged, “What’s wrong? Why did you stop halfway? Spill it.”After a moment of silence, Winnie


    turned around to face Jacinta. “If only you were as nice to Xavier as you are to Josiah,” she said with a


    slight frown.Jacinta, who was busying around in the kitchen, froze in response.How could I be nice to


    Xavier? Every time Jacinta thought of how Rufus mistreated her son and her grandson and was biased


    toward Xavier and his father instead, she would be filled with fury and hatred.How could I ever be nice


    to Xavier? That’s practically impossible!The mere thought of that was enough to make her hand


    tremble with rage.However, she couldn’t show her anger to Winnie.When she finally regained herContent from N?velDr(a)ma.Org.<pposure, she said to Winnie, “All right. You can bring him over for dinner once he’s back from his


    business trip. I’ll prepare delicious food for both of you every day.”Winnie shed a faint smile. “Okay.


    Let’s take it slow. We still have a long way to go.”Jacinta gave a perfunctory reply, “Right.”However, she


    believed that Xavier’s days were numbered.After peeling thest pomegranate, Winnie washed her


    hands and called Xavier.Although they didn’t spend every minute together while he was in Avenport, it


    felt quite different after he went overseas.Even though he was only gone for two days, she still felt like


    it had been ages since she saw him. The long distance between them made her feel far apart from


    him.However, Xavier could not be reached because his line was busy.After two tries, Winnie stopped


    calling him. He must be busy right now. When he’s done with his work, he’ll call me back.She called


    Josiah next to tell him she was going to send him some of the pomegranates.Coincidentally, Josiah


    couldn’t be reached as well because someone else was on the line.Winnie didn’t overthink it and sent


    Josiah a message: Are you at home? I’ll drop byter. Text me back once you receive this.However, it


    didn’t ur to Winnie that Xavier’s and Josiah’s lines were both busy because they were calling each


    other to discuss their investigation on Jacinta.Xavier began, “The people I’ve sent to investigate Jacinta


    have achieved significant progress. They found out that Jacinta may have had a history with my


    grandfather when she was young. It’s better that we talk about the details face-to-face, but I won’t be


    back for a while. Can you go on my behalf?”