《Silly Bride》 Silly Bride Chapter 1 Silly Bride Chapter 1 Chapter 1 N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Hamish Gand arrived back at his family mansion one day to find his wife, Yara Fandel, and their daughter, Kylie Gand, both in tears with their arms around each other. ¡°I don¡¯t want to marry Xavier anymore, Mom. He¡¯s a vegetable! I¡¯m not going to marry someone who¡¯s in aa! My life will be ruined! I¡¯m begging you, get Dad to annul the engagement with the Fairchild family. I¡¯d rather die if you force me to go through with this. I¡¯ll jump off a building, hang myself, or slit my wrists! Anything¡¯s better than being married to a dead man!¡± As Kylie wailed, she made to grab the fruit knife from the coffee table. ¡°Stop!¡± Hamish strode over to stay his daughter¡¯s hand. ¡°What¡¯s the meaning of considering suicide for every little thing?¡± ¡°Dad!¡± Kylie sniffled. ¡°You¡¯re back just in time. I¡¯m going to show you my determination today. I would rather die than marry Xavier.¡± ¡°That doesn¡¯t mean you should hurt yourself!¡± Yara held on to Kylie and turned her pleading gaze up at her husband. ¡°Is your heart made of stone, Hamish? Kylie is our daughter. How could you bear to watch her die?¡± Hamish was at his wit¡¯s end. ¡°You know the standing of our family as well as I do, Yara. Marrying Kylie off to them shows we are worthy of them. Us Gands will be finished if we call off the wedding the moment something happened to Xavier.¡± He copsed helplessly onto the couch as he continued, ¡°I, too, can¡¯t bear to watch our daughter suffer, but I have no other way. I hope the two of you will be able to understand me.¡± ¡°What do you mean no other way?¡± Yara took the reins as soon as Hamish showed signs of swaying. ¡°Xavier is betrothed to Ms. Gand. They¡¯re not going to care what the bride¡¯s first name is, be it Kylie or whatever else, in light of Xavier¡¯s condition!¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± Hamish did not quite understand. ¡°Hamish¡­¡± Yara sat next to him and clung to his arm. ¡°Have you forgotten that you have another daughter? She¡¯s two years older than Kylie and the eldest daughter of the Gands. Kylie is actually the second child.¡± ¡°Are you referring to Winnie? No way!¡± Hamish protested at once when his wife mentioned his other daughter. ¡°Why not? Kylie would be spared if Winnie married Xavier.¡± Hamish red at his wife. ¡°Are you out of your mind? Winnie is mentally challenged. Marrying a simpleton to them is as good as calling the Fairchilds fools!¡± ¡°That simpleton has been raised in the countryside for years, Hamish. The world is not aware of her existence, much less knows she¡¯s a simpleton. Let¡¯s marry her off first, then find an excuse. We¡¯ll tell them she bumped her head and lost her wits, and no one would ever know.¡± Yara continued, ¡°Xavier isatose, Hamish. He¡¯s pretty much blind at this point and wouldn¡¯t know who he will marry. Besides, you¡¯ll still be responsible for the simpleton if she isn¡¯t married off. However, you wouldn¡¯t have to bother with her once she bes one of the Fairchilds. We can kill two birds with one stone by doing this!¡± Hamish thought his wife had a point. He gazed at his beloved, suicidal daughter and nodded atst. ¡°All right. I¡¯ll have somebody bring Winnie back from the vige.¡± Soon, Hamish¡¯s secretary, Wendy Wilkerson, retrieved Winnie from a secluded mountainous vige in Avenport. Winnie Gand was Hamish¡¯s daughter with his ex-wife. Years ago, Hamish was a broke, illegitimate child banished by his family. His ex-wife was a gentle and kind woman. Aside from bearing him a child at a young age, she helped him reestablish himself. However, the unfaithful Hamish began an affair once he became rich. After being weed back into his family, he cast aside his ex-wife and daughter. Winnie, on the other hand, suffered from brain damage due to an untended fever in her youth. She promptly abandoned her grandmother, who had cared for her for decades, at the prospect of following Wendy to the big city for candy. At the moment, Winnie was leaning against the car window with a silly grin on her face. Her clear eyes were like those of a child¡¯s. Wendy felt sorry for her young charge, so she handed her phone to thetter. ¡°Speak with your father, Ms. Winnie. He¡¯s on the other end.¡± Winnie continued to smile. Under Wendy¡¯s urging, she finally took the phone and bit it. ¡°Delicious! Can I eat this?¡± Wendy snatched back her phone and stepped away. ¡°Ms. Winnie is still the same,¡± she reported to Hamish on the phone. ¡°She doesn¡¯t even know what a phone is. All she wants to do is eat.¡± Unbeknownst to Wendy, Winnie was smiling coldly at her back at that moment. Her wide, discerning eyes twinkled, most unlike a mentally challenged simpleton¡¯s. Xavier Fairchild would have had arge wedding had that misfortune not befallen him. That car ident had rendered himatose. Lying unconscious in bed at that moment, he was unable to attend his own wedding. As a result, the Fairchild family did not n a wedding ceremony. Instead, they brought Winnie over to Xavier¡¯s mansion. Worried about the premature reveal of the bride¡¯s idiocy, Yara entered the newlyweds¡¯ bedroom unabashedly during the wedding night. Xavier¡¯s bedroom was on the second floor of the mansion. Despite his condition, tradition dictated that the bride and groom consummate the marriage. To that end, Mary, the housekeeper, led Winnie and Yara upstairs. To disguise the truth about Winnie¡¯s mental condition, Yara had specially dressed her in traditional wedding attire. At that moment, Winnie¡¯s vision was obstructed by a heavy, red veil that rendered her blind to her surroundings. Yara, on the other hand, got a good look at the bedridden man. He looked thoroughly pale, and medical equipment surrounded his bed. She knew at a nce that he was not long for this world. Once more, Yara was thankful that it was not her own daughter she married off. However, Winnie was not going to abide by her stepmother¡¯s wishes. The more Yara wished to conceal the truth, the more the former was determined to expose it. She whipped off her veil and made a loud slurping noise before shouting, ¡°I¡¯m hungry, Mommy! I want to eat something! I want meat!¡± Yara jumped at Winnie¡¯s outburst, having told her in the car that Yara would give her candy on the condition that she kept her mouth shut once indoors. I can¡¯t believe she would do this right now! Embarrassed, Yara hurriedly pped a hand over Winnie¡¯s mouth before fumbling to rece her veil. ¡°How could you disrespect tradition like that! You¡¯re not supposed to lift the veil by yourself!¡± ¡°What¡¯s going on, Mrs. Gand?¡± Mary noticed the odd manner in which her new mistress spoke. Yara hurriedly sent Mary away. ¡°Nothing. This is the way she is. She has been a glutton ever since she was a child and must be hungry right now. Could you make her something to eat?¡± However, Mary had a funny feeling that her new mistress was not temperamental as Yara imed. The girl looks like a simpleton instead. As soon as Mary left, Yara dragged Winnie impatiently to the bathroom. As it was more discreet in the bathroom, Yara nned to execute her n there. Unnoticed by Yara and Winnie, Xavier, who had been lying in bed, suddenly opened his eyes when they entered the bathroom. Silly Bride Chapter 2 Silly Bride Chapter 2 Chapter 2 ¡°Mommy, why did you bring me here? Are we taking a shower?¡± Winnie sneered silently behind Yara when she noticed the woman locking the bathroom door. In truth, she had overheard Yara¡¯s n. As Yara did not want the Fairchild family to know that they had sent their retarded daughter to marry Xavier, she nned to injure Winnie on her wedding night and conspire with the hospital to im that she had gotten into an ident that damaged her brain. ¡°Be good, Winnie. You¡¯ve done so much today, and you must be really tired. Come, let me wash your face for you. Lower your head.¡± ¡°Okay!¡± Winnie looked at Yara with her innocent big eyes and lowered her head with a smile on her face. When the opportunity seemed right, Yara extended her hand, intending to m Winnie¡¯s head against the basin. The basin in the bathroom was made of marble and was extremely hard. As such, it would be easy for one to suffer serious head injuries with just one knock against it. However, before Yara could execute her n, Winnie turned around suddenly and let out a loud shriek. ¡°Ahh! Mommy! There¡¯s a cockroach! I¡¯m scared! Mommy, protect me!¡± Winnie eximed as she hugged Yara¡¯s waist and knocked her against the wall. As Winnie had executed that move with all her strength, the back of Yara¡¯s head was injured and blood could be seen trickling from the wound. ¡°Ouch! That hurts! Let go of me, you dumbass!¡± However, not only did Winnie not let Yara go, she continued to bump Yara against the wall. ¡°The cockroach is on the wall! Crush it! Mommy, crush it! Mommy¡¯s the best!¡± Winnie cried out, carrying on with her pretense. Although Yara was boiling with anger, she could neither scold nor hit Winnie. Not only that, she even had to pacify her. ¡°Don¡¯t be scared, Winnie. Mommy has already crushed the cockroach, but both of us are injured now. So let¡¯s go to the hospital,¡± Yara said, suppressing her urge to strangle Winnie before smearing some of her own blood on Winnie¡¯s forehead. Being cooperative, Winnie started wailing. ¡°I¡¯m bleeding! I¡¯m injured! Mommy, please bring me to the hospital!¡± ¡°Sure, Mommy will take you to the hospital right away.¡± That was exactly the oue Yara was hoping for. However, she did not expect that she would be the one getting injured instead. Winnie could not help but feel amused by what had happened. That was a prime example of going for wool anding home shorn. Yara took Winnie to the hospital that she had arranged for prior. Meanwhile,N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner. the Fairchild family had sent their housekeeper, Mary, to the hospital to understand the situation. None of the elders from the family was there. The doctor announced his diagnosis in the presence of both Mary and Yara. He hade to the conclusion that as Winnie¡¯s brain was more fragile than usual, there was a high chance that she might suffer from mental retardation due to her injury. Mary froze in shock upon hearing the doctor¡¯s words. When she headed to Winnie¡¯s ward after that, what she saw confirmed the doctor¡¯s diagnosis. Winnie was sitting on her bed and ying with children¡¯s toys. ¡°Big sissy,¡± Winnie greeted Mary sweetly when Mary entered the ward. ¡°Big sissy, do you want to sit in this car? Both of us can fit into it.¡± Mary was utterly speechless and rang Rufus Fairchild, Xavier¡¯s grandfather, immediately to update him on the situation. As Xavier¡¯s father was overseas during that period of time, Rufus was the one handling all matters rted to Xavier¡¯s marriage. Due to his son being in a vegetative state, Xavier¡¯s father had initially wanted to break off the engagement as he did not feel that it would be fair to the bride. However, Rufus was a superstitious old man who firmly believed that his grandson would be able to ward off bad luck by getting married. Besides, a tarot reader had told him that Hamish¡¯s eldest daughter was Xavier¡¯s lucky charm. As such, even though Rufus went to the hospital the next day and personally confirmed that Winnie had be mentally retarded, he still ended up taking her home. Rufus had dominated the business arena in his younger days and was definitely not a benevolent elderly. However, he could not help but feel his heart soften when he was with Winnie, who only had the mental ability of a child. Winnie was an ethereal beauty with exquisite features that looked extremely alluring even without makeup. Rufus loved the way she called him ¡°Grandpa Rufus.¡± As such, when the woman pointed to a toy shop and requested to go inside and buy toys, he agreed immediately. After entering the toy shop, Winnie looked around for a long time before deciding on a Peppa Pig suitcase and a watch. She gave it some thought before stuffing the suitcase with other toys. After all, she needed some props to make her pretense seem real. When they arrived back at Xavier¡¯s mansion, Winnie coaxed Rufus into giving her a yroom just to store her toys. After dinner, Winnie went into her yroom straight away and started ying with her toys. Rufus stayed with her for a while before leaving. A few minutester, Winnie closed the door after making sure that no one would enter the room. She opened the p of her watch, revealing a sophisticated electronic disy screen that allowed her to make calls after verifying her thumbprint. ¡°Hey, Gator! You¡¯re finally online. I¡¯ve been waiting since forever. I have no idea what to do with the few billion worth of assets that I¡¯m holding on to, and I¡¯m waiting for your instructions.¡± Nathaniel, who was on the other end of the line, started ranting the moment the call went through. ¡°Gator¡± was Winnie¡¯s code name, which was known to everyone in the financial investment industry in the western part of the world. However, apart from her code name, no one knew anything else about Winnie. That was because she had never divulged any of her personal information to any of her business partners, including her real name and gender. Winnie was rather amused when she heard Nathaniel airing his grievances. ¡°Oh please¡­¡± However, she quickly ended the call before she finished her sentence. She realized that her voice modtor was not working, and she had spoken using her real voice earlier on. A momentter, hermunication device rang again. It was Nathaniel, but Winnie did not pick up. Instead, she opened one of thepartments in the Peppa Pig suitcase and took out aptop. The moment she appeared online after logging into her ount, she was bombarded with voice messages from Nathaniel. ¡°OMG! Gator! You¡¯re a woman?¡± ¡°That¡¯s totally mind-blowing! Your voice sounds so young. I¡¯m guessing that you¡¯re at most twenty-five?¡± ¡°OMG! I heard that you¡¯re currently in Chanaea. I¡¯m also nning to return to Chanaea. Can we meet up?¡± Winnie frowned as she typed her reply: If you insist on invading my privacy, I wouldn¡¯t mind terminating our coboration. I¡¯m only going to say this once, so you¡¯d better consider it carefully. ¡°No! No! No! Gator, Ipletely understand. I swear that I¡¯ll never try to find out anything regarding your private matters. Let¡¯s start analyzing the situation.¡± One hourter, Mary went to the yroom and brought Winnie to Xavier¡¯s room. Rufus was initially worried that the daughter of the Gand family would not be willing to share a bed with a man who was in a vegetative state. However, the bride had ended up bing mentally disabled and just one candy was enough to coax her into sleeping next to Xavier. In the middle of the night, Winnie noticed that there was someone standing next to the bed, and she turned on the lights instinctively. She saw that the person was none other than Xavier. What¡¯s going on? Isn¡¯t he supposed to be in aa? When she realized that Xavier was scrutinizing her, Winnie snapped out of her shock and regained her composure at once. Putting on a confused and innocent expression on her face, she said, ¡°Handsome, did you wake up to use the bathroom? I¡¯d like to go relieve myself too. Carry me, Handsome.¡± After Winnie finished speaking, she sat up on the bed and opened her arms wide. Xavier scoffed coldly and asked, ¡°Are you really retarded?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 3 Silly Bride Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Winnie started sobbing. ¡°You¡¯re a bad guy, Handsome! You refused to hug me and even scolded me! I¡¯m not retarded. People love me!¡± ¡°Is that so?¡± Xavier lowered his head and nced at her. ¡°We¡¯ll find out if you¡¯re really retarded soon enough.¡± ¡°Handsome, you¡¯re a bad guy!¡± Winnie dered with her lips pursed. She raised her fists and punched Xavier¡¯s arm lightly. Frowning in displeasure, Xavier bent down without warning and picked Winnie up. He then strode to the bathroom. ¡°So? Do you need me to take off your pants?¡± Xavier observed her carefully. ¡°Sure!¡± Winnie shed a goofy grin. ¡°Handsome, you¡¯re a good guy!¡± ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yeah!¡± Winnie gave a firm nod. Despite the frown that marred his brows, Xavier reached out and helped her out of her pants. However, he couldn¡¯t bring himself to remove her underwear. ¡°D*mn it!¡± he cursed under his breath. I can¡¯t believe I¡¯m helping a woman to pee! ¡°Do it yourself. Don¡¯t tell me you don¡¯t know how to do this!¡± ¡°Handsome, stay.¡± Winnie grabbed Xavier¡¯s arm. Tears threatened to spill from her eyes as she pleaded, ¡°I¡¯m afraid, so please stay with me.¡± Xavier heard the sound of running water. Did she just¡­ Fine. She¡¯s mentally challenged, so I won¡¯t take it to heart. I heard what happened in the bathroomst night in bed, though. He parted his lips and spoke. ¡°You¡¯re dumb¡ª¡± ¡°Hey! I am not dumb!¡± Winnie huffed. ¡°Fine.¡± Xavier corrected himself. ¡°You¡¯re so cute. Was it because you hit your head in my bathroomst night? Or have you always been this cute?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve always been like this, of course!¡± Winnie grinned from ear to ear. ¡°I¡¯ve always been this cute!¡± ¡°Oh?¡± Xavier narrowed his eyes. Is Winnie mentally challenged all the while? I didn¡¯t get to meet the eldest daughter of the Gand family before the ident, but I¡¯ve never heard that she¡¯s mentally challenged. Is she a substitute? ¡°The woman who sent you here yesterday. Was she your mom?¡± he asked. Winnie bit her finger and thought about it. ¡°She is, but not really. She gave me candy, so I called her ¡®Mommy.¡¯ She¡¯s my dad¡¯s wife, and Dad told me she¡¯ll treat me well.¡± ¡°Oh? How many wives does your dad have? What about your real mom?¡± Xavier prodded. Winnie answered his questions obediently, and Xavier finally learned the entire story. After getting to know the truth, Xavier snickered inwardly. Ha! I can¡¯t believe Hamish used a dumb woman to fool me! He¡¯s pretty bold, huh? ¡°Then you¡­¡± Xavier wanted to ask another question when he turned over his shoulder to see Winnie already sound asleep. She was drooling, making it obvious that she had put her guard down. She¡¯s indeed dumb. As she was asleep, Xavier went to the balcony. He made a call to ask his subordinate to investigate Winnie and find out who she was. Before dawn, he received the results of the investigation. It turned out that Winnie didn¡¯t lie. Hamish abandoned her in the vige when she was still a little girl. Too poor to seek treatment, Winnie had a high fever that caused damage to her brain in her youth, so she had been mentally challenged for decades. She was, in fact, a victim. Xavier stared at her gorgeous looks as she was sleeping and suddenly felt bad for her. The first thing Winnie saw when she opened her eyes was the handsome face inches away from hers. She had to admit that Xavier was a hunk, befitting the nickname ¡°Handsome¡± she gave himst night. ¡°Good morning, Handsome!¡± Winnie shed a smile as she wiped her drool away. Xavier sympathized with her. She¡¯s gorgeous. It¡¯s a pity that she¡¯s dumb. ¡°Let¡¯s y a game, Dumbo.¡± ¡°Handsome, my name is Winnie,¡± Winnie protested. ¡°Fine. Winnie.¡± Xavier reached out and fished out the candy and toys she hid underneath her pillow. He warned, ¡°You can¡¯t tell anyone I¡¯m awake or that you¡¯ve talked to me, okay? Otherwise, I shall confiscate your stuff.¡± ¡°No! Handsome, give them back to me!¡± Winnie reached out to get the candy, but Xavier merely lifted his hands, so they were out of her reach. ¡°Be a good girl, Winnie. If you agree to y a game by keeping everything a secret, I¡¯ll give them back to you.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Winnie caved in for the sake of her candy and toys. ¡°I won¡¯t tell anyone about you.¡± ¡°If someone asks about me, tell them I¡¯m sleeping.¡± ¡°Okay! If someone asks about you, I¡¯ll tell them you¡¯re sleeping soundly.¡± ¡°Good. Here you go.¡± Pity shed across Xavier¡¯s eyes as he returned the candy and toys to Winnie. Delighted, Winnie flung her arms around Xavier¡¯s neck and gave him a kiss. ¡°Thanks, Handsome! You¡¯re so kind to give me candy.¡± Xavier was taken aback. Did she just kiss me? The audacity! Nheless, he refused to lower himself to her level and decided to let the matter slip. On the other hand, Winnie seemed really happy as she removed the candy wrapping and offered one to him. Xavier didn¡¯t like candy, so he dodged away. The moment he did that, the candy fell into his pajamas. ¡°Oh! The candy dropped!¡± Winnie lowered her head and fumbled with Xavier¡¯s pajamas. Xavier hated it when others touched his body. He was about to shove her away when it urred to him that she was mentally challenged. Forget it. I don¡¯t want her to yell and attract unwanted attention. Fortunately, Winnie foundN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. the candy quickly and popped it into her mouth. After breakfast, Xavier had something to attend to. Winnie padded into the yroom. She shut the door and called her maternal grandmother, Jacinta, in the vige. ¡°Hey, Granny. I checked Xavier¡¯s body this morning, and he doesn¡¯t have a birthmark. Are you sure my cousin ended up in the Fairchild family?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sure, Winnie. The Fairchild family took him in. I finally got this clue after searching my entire life!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll continue my search, then. There are many young people in the Fairchild family, so it might be someone else. Don¡¯t worry, Granny, I¡¯ll find my cousin.¡± ¡°Thank you, Winnie. I¡¯m sorry you had to marry into the Fairchild family against your wishes and endured being bullied by the Gand family just for my sake.¡± ¡°Granny, stop it. I¡¯m just doing my job. Besides, I have something else to aplish this time. I won¡¯t show the scums in the Gand family any mercy!¡± Silly Bride Chapter 4 Silly Bride Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Indeed, Winnie returned this time to teach the Gand family a lesson. She only discovered that Jacinta was searching for her grandson in the Fairchild family a few days ago, so she didn¡¯t have time tounch a thorough investigation yet. Now that she had married into the family, it was time for her to know her enemy better. After ending her call with Jacinta, she gave someone else a quick call. ¡°I need information on the three generations of the Fairchild family. Send it to my email in an hour. That¡¯s all.¡± ¡°Hey, you¡ª¡± Before the person on the other end of the line could finish his sentence, the call had been cut. He shed a resigned smile. She¡¯s efficient as usual. She does fit the bill of a domineering CEO of apany. Fifty minutester, Winnie received a detailed report about the three generations of the Fairchild family. She had just finished reading the report and switched off herptop when someone knocked on the door. ¡°Mrs. Fairchild, it¡¯s me, Mary. Can I open the door ande in?¡± Winnie¡¯s brows furrowed together, but she still raised her voice to portray a little girl¡¯s voice. ¡°Oh, Mary. Come on in, Mary.¡± Thus, Mary came into the yroom with the guest to see Winnie drawing with a watercolor brush. Her fingers and clothes were stained with paint. As for her drawing, it looked worse than what a kindergarten kid could draw. Winnie thought her act would suffice, so she kept her watercolor brush away. Curious, she pointed at the man with sses beside Mary and asked, ¡°Mary, who is the man wearing sses?¡± She had actually read about him in the Fairchild family¡¯s report a few minutes ago. The man¡¯s name was Josiah Houghton. He was Xavier¡¯s best friend and personal doctor. He had been taking care of Xavier ever since thetter fell into aa. Mary had told her before that she wasn¡¯t in charge of the second floor, for an expert was handling Xavier¡¯s affairs. Obviously, the expert she meant was Josiah. Josiah most probably knew that Xavier wasn¡¯t in aa. ¡°This is Dr. Houghton,¡± Mary introduced. ¡°He¡¯s in charge of taking care of Mr. Xavier. Mrs. Fairchild, you¡¯re sharing a room with him now, so there are many things to take note of. Dr. Houghton will let you know everything. He¡¯ll bring you upstairs now.¡± Josiah looked like a gentleman, but his gaze was sharp. Winnie didn¡¯t like how he was observing her. He seemed reluctant to believe she was mentally challenged and kept scanning her with his eyes behind the sses. ¡°No. I don¡¯t want to follow Specky.¡± Winnie curled into a ball and inchedN?velDrama.Org holds ? this. away to a corner in the room. Fear crept into her gaze as she said, ¡°He¡¯s scary when he looks at me with his sses. I don¡¯t want to leave with him! Mary, protect me!¡± Amused, Mary shot Josiah a look that seemed to say, ¡°See? I told you she¡¯s dumb.¡± ¡°Mrs. Fairchild, look what I have here.¡± In the end, Mary had to resort to candy to bribe Winnie. Mary discovered that Winnie would listen to her obediently whenever she offered food. As expected, Winnie was attracted by the candy. Seeing that, Mary gave the remaining candy in her pocket to Josiah. ¡°Mrs. Fairchild, listen to Dr. Houghton, and he¡¯ll give you candy.¡± Winnie followed Josiah to Xavier¡¯s room on the second floor. However, Xavier was nowhere to be seen in his bedroom. They heard the sound of running water in the bathroom and realized he was taking a shower. Knowing Josiah was still observing her, Winnie kept her act and deliberately drooled everywhere as she sucked on her lollipop. Suddenly, Josiah tossed one candy to the ground beside Winnie¡¯s feet. He was obviously testing her, so Winnie stared at the candy for a while before picking it up. It was the first candy. The second candy was tossed to the TV cab, and the thirdnded at the corner of a wall. The fourth was dropped into the dustbin. Every time Josiah tossed out a piece of candy, Winnie would run over to pick it up. She seemed delighted by his actions and allowed herself to be teased like a dog. I¡¯m trying to insult her, but she doesn¡¯t seem affected at all. Josiah¡¯s brows furrowed up. If she isn¡¯t mentally challenged, she must be good at putting up an act! He strode over to her and was about to ask a few more questions when the bathroom door was pushed open. ¡°That¡¯s enough, Josiah.¡± It was Xavier, who was done with his shower. A towel was wrapped around his waist, exposing his upper torso. His expression was dark as he warned, ¡°Don¡¯t go overboard.¡± ¡°I just wanted to confirm things. You know it¡¯s an upational disease of mine.¡± Josiah shrugged nonchntly. ¡°Still, it doesn¡¯t mean you can bully her this way!¡± At the moment, Winnie was busy digging through the dustbin but wasughing hysterically deep down. It looks like Xavier pities me for being dumb. If that¡¯s the case, I don¡¯t mind making my image more miserable. After finding the candy, she hurried over to Xavier and hugged him tightly, ignoring the fact that he had just stepped out of the shower. ¡°Handsome, protect me. Specky is an evil man! He threw away the candy Mary gave me. They¡¯re mine! Handsome, you should beat him up!¡± Xavier only had a towel wrapped around his waist. He felt extremely awkward as Winnie hugged him tightly and wriggled about. ¡°Winnie.¡± Xavier stiffened as his voice grew gruff without him realizing it. ¡°Let me go.¡± ¡°No!¡± Winnie tightened her arms around him. ¡°Specky is ring at me. I¡¯m scared!¡± She was no innocent woman. It wouldn¡¯t hurt for her to hug someone as handsome and built as Xavier. If the chance were to arise, she didn¡¯t mind sleeping with him a few nights. ¡°Winnie, be good. I¡¯ll teach him a lesson. So just let go of me first, okay?¡± How could she¡­ This is pure torture! She has no idea how soft her body is, huh? Look at her, all pretty and seductive. Sensing the change in Xavier¡¯s body, Winnie knew it was time to let him off the hook. After all, it wasn¡¯t the right time to satisfy their desires. She whined, ¡°Okay. Beat him up. You must beat him up! Beat him until he dies!¡± After stating her request, she released her grip on Xavier. s, the towel was already loose as she was moving around earlier. Winnie pinned the towel to his body when she hugged him a while ago. Now that she had released him, the towel naturally dropped to the ground. ¡°Wow!¡± Curious, Winnie squatted down and asked, ¡°What is this?¡± Xavier, who often scowled, grimaced, or looked sullen, had never blushed in the past twenty or more years of his life. That day, his cheeks suddenly med. Josiah¡¯s cheeks also turned pink even though he had seen countless patients¡¯ bodies in his career. She has a cheeky grin on her lips even though Xavier had just shed himself. No woman in their right mind will act this way! I guess she¡¯s really not acting. Silly Bride Chapter 5 Silly Bride Chapter 5 Chapter 5 N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner. ¡°Are you still in the opinion that she¡¯s just putting up an act?¡± Xavier demanded crossly after putting on some clothes. Feeling awkward, Josiah pushed his gold-rimmed sses higher. ¡°Not anymore.¡± When I said I had the same thing, she looked like she wanted to pull my pants down to confirm it. ¡°I told you. I sent someone to investigate her background and discovered she had been dumb for decades. So don¡¯t do that again. It¡¯s pretty childish. Remember, even though she has the IQ of a five or seven-year-old kid, she¡¯s still my wife in name. I can sue you for sexual harassment for what you said earlier,¡± Xavier warned. Josiah didn¡¯t share his sentiments. ¡°Are you serious? Forget it. Are you sure she won¡¯t tell anyone that you¡¯ve recovered?¡± ¡°Well, I need to show myself when the time is right anyway. So Let¡¯s keep it a secret for now. We can tighten the pretty soon.¡± ¡°Yes, you can tighten the in the Fairchild family, but what about the Gand family? Hamish fooled you with his mentally challenged daughter. Are you going to let him off the hook? That doesn¡¯t sound like something you¡¯d do. Old Mr. Fairchild gave them a lot for marrying their daughter to you when you¡¯re in trouble.¡± ¡°Ha!¡± Xavier snorted icily. ¡°That scum doesn¡¯t deserve anything from the Fairchild family!¡± Xavier¡¯s bedroom on the second floor was a huge luxurious suitepleted with a study, bathroom, and living room. Right then, Xavier and Josiah were talking in the study with the door shut. They left Winnie in the living room. However, they had no idea that Winnie had left her children¡¯s watch on purpose in Xavier¡¯s study when she insisted on joining him there earlier. Her Peppa Pig children¡¯s watch was equipped with many functions, including eavesdropping on someone. Thus, she heard their conversation in the study clearly. When Winnie heard Xavier calling Hamish a ¡°scum,¡± she realized the man shared her sentiments, too. Did they say Hamish received a lot from Rufus? Ha! Those should have been mine! I was the one who married the ¡°vegetable¡± instead of Hamish, Yara, or Kylie. They took the stuff that should have been mine and enjoyed their lives without even asking for my approval. Winnie was about to figure out a n to ask the Gands to return the stuff to her when Yara showed up unannounced. Yara imed she was concerned about her daughter and wanted to take her for a walk. Thus, she left Xavier¡¯s mansion with Winnie. Winnie¡¯s anticipation grew when they both got into Yara¡¯s car. What does Yara have in mind? I can¡¯t wait to battle with this vicious woman. In truth, Winnie reckoned she could do something to Yara¡¯s car so that thetter would get into a car ident. If she got lucky, Yara would die on the spot. If she was not, Yara might have to spend the rest of her life in bed. However, that wasn¡¯t satisfying enough. Back then, Yara resorted to despicable means and sent Winnie¡¯s mother to the psychiatric hospital. In the end, Winnie¡¯s mother was severely tortured until she died. As her mother¡¯s only daughter, Winnie would never let Yara off the hook that easily. Besides, it was illegal to tamper with someone else¡¯s car. Unlike those scums from the Gand family, Winnie was aw-abiding citizen. She was putting up an act like usual on Yara¡¯s car. Meanwhile, back in the mansion, Xavier watched the surveince footage with his brows knitted together. He had installed surveince cameras in the living room of the mansion. ¡°Don¡¯t you think Yara is a hypocrite?¡± Xavier asked Josiah, who was watching the surveince footage with him. ¡°Yes, she is. When Mary was around, Yara was nice to your dumb wife. The moment Mary left, however, she showed her true colors. Still, there¡¯s nothing strange about this. Some parents dislike their mentally challenged children. Besides, Yara is your dumb wife¡¯s stepmother, not her biological mother,¡± Josiah replied. A chill ran down Josiah¡¯s spine when he realized his friend was shooting daggers at him. ¡°W-Why are you looking at me that way?¡± ¡°Josiah.¡± Xavier looked menacing as he said, ¡°Haven¡¯t I told you that she¡¯s still my wife in name? So stop calling her my ¡®dumb wife.¡±¡® ¡°All right. Got it, Mr. Fairchild.¡± Xavier rxed slightly upon hearing that. ¡°Follow her. If her stepmother tries to harm her, you don¡¯t have to hold back.¡± ¡°Me?¡± Josiah pointed at himself. ¡°Who else?¡± Xavier shot him a look. ¡°Do you want me, the vegetable, to go after them?¡± Yara soon brought Winnie to Gand Group. Some things had to be done in secret, so it would be safer for her to do it in her territory. In the underground parking lot, a person who shouldn¡¯t even be there showed up out of nowhere. Yara dashed out of her car when she saw who it was. ¡°Kylie? Why the hell are you here? Didn¡¯t we send you overseas to further your studies? We¡¯re still busy dealing with the Fairchild family, so you have to lie low for now!¡± she admonished. ¡°Mom, I don¡¯t want to study abroad. My Ustranasion and Ferropenian suck! I can¡¯t evenmunicate with the locals,¡± Kylieined. Her words could only mean one thing¡ªshe didn¡¯t get on the ne to Epea. Instead, she stayed in hiding in a hotel. After spending two days in the hotel, she got bored and came back. ¡°Mom, who is that in your car? Don¡¯t tell me it¡¯s that dumbass.¡± Kylie nced at the car. ¡°Why did you bring her here?¡± She didn¡¯t bother hiding her displeasure as she continued, ¡°That dumbass became the eldest daughter of the Gand family and took my spot away from me! How could you bring her back to thepany? What are you trying to do? Are you going to announce that she¡¯s the eldest daughter of the Gand family to everyone?¡± ¡°Shh, lower down your voice! Someone else might hear you!¡± Yara chided. Overwhelmed by jealousy, Kylie was practically screaming. ¡°You brought her to thepany to show her around and sent me overseas to hide me from everyone, but I can¡¯t evenin about it? Mom, have you gone nuts?¡± ¡°Kylie, why are you so reckless?¡± Yaraforted her daughter and pulled her aside to exin everything to her in a low voice. After learning the truth, Kylie broke into a wide grin. She eyed Winnie with gloat. ¡°Mom, I can¡¯t believe you and Dad have onest trick up your sleeve. Winnie didn¡¯t even realize she had been tricked! Ha! What a dumbass.¡± Winnie snickered inwardly. Who¡¯s the dumbass here? Her sharp gazended on Kylie and Yara¡¯s back as the window rolled up slowly. This is going to be interesting. Silly Bride Chapter 6 Silly Bride Chapter 6 Chapter 6 This was the first time Winnie had ever visited Gand Group. She did her best to pretend to be a country bumpkin on their way up. Upon spotting the automatic ss doors, she shrieked in delight before walking in and out of the doors several times. Finding her action embarrassing, Yara and Kylie told her to stop doing that. They also promised to fulfill any of her wishes if she agreed to listen to them. ¡°Really? Thank you, Mommy and Kiki. You are really kind to me!¡± Winnie gushed. Despite her act, she was actually trying to figure out a n to make them suffer badly. She told Yara that her jewel ring was pretty and Kylie¡¯s bag was cute, so she wanted them both. Of course, Yara and Kylie refused to let her have her way, for the ring and bag were limited edition items worth millions. s, they had no choice but to give in and give Winnie the items when she wouldn¡¯t shut up. It was just an act to appease Winnie. They thought that after they were done using Winnie, they would definitely get the items back. Winnie didn¡¯t give them any chance to do that. She put on the ring and ran along the corridor, scratching it against the marble wall like a happy fool. Yara¡¯s heart clenched at the sight. Tamping down her urge to yell at Winnie, she said, ¡°Winnie, you shouldn¡¯t be scratching the wall with the ring. It¡¯s expensive, so you should hide it when you¡¯re wearing it.¡± Winnie was inwardly pleased to see how upset Yara was. This is just the beginning. She knew when to stop. As Yara kept persuading her to hide the ring, she did so and hid her hand. Instead of putting her hand in her pocket, she put it into Kylie¡¯s limited edition leather bag worth millions. Yara heaved a sigh of relief when Winnie stopped. A while later, Kylie spotted holes in her bag that couldn¡¯t be repaired. That dumbass used her ring to ruin my bag from the inside! Kylie got so furious that she wanted Winnie dead. Her anger increased when she overheard the employees gossiping about them while walking in thepany. ¡°Look at the youngdy beside Mrs. Gand. That¡¯s the real eldest daughter of the Gand family, right? That means the one who came to thepany previously should be the second daughter.¡± ¡°She¡¯s prettier than Ms. Kylie! Look how graceful she is.¡± ¡°Yeah! She looks like she has just stepped out of a painting! What a gorgeousdy! Ms. Kylie is no match for her!¡± I¡¯m no match for her? Kylie nearly choked on her rage as she fought back the urge to rip their mouths apart. Turning over her shoulder, she had to admit that Winnie was indeed pretty. Winnie¡¯s skin was fair and wless. No pores could be seen on her face even if one were to scrutinize her from a close distance. She didn¡¯t undergo any cosmetic surgery, but her eyes were huge, and her nose was perfect. She was born beautiful. Kylie was green with envy. Once Winnie is useless to us, I must get someone to destroy her face! Sensing Kylie¡¯s menacing re, Winnie couldn¡¯t help but feel bad for her. The enmity of one generation shouldn¡¯t be brought to the next generation. Winnie initially wanted to teach only Hamish and Yara a lesson, but Kylie was a horrible person, too. Therefore, she decided to give them a taste of their own medicine. The moment they entered Hamish¡¯s office, Kylie lost her temper. She tugged Winnie¡¯s hair and yelled, ¡°Dumbass, how dare you ruin my bag? Do you have a death wish? You can¡¯t afford topensate me even if you sell yourself!¡± Hamish was shocked. ¡°Kylie, didn¡¯t you go overseas? Why are you here? And why are you hitting your sister?¡± ¡°Hamish, listen¡­¡± Yara exined everything to him. ¡°Then she ruined my ring and Kylie¡¯s bag. You can¡¯t me us for getting upset.¡± ¡°Enough. This isn¡¯t that serious.¡± Hamish wasn¡¯t interested in their ring or bag. He pulled out two files from his drawer. ¡°Tell them to stop. Winnie needs to sign both equity transfer agreements now.¡± That was the most important thing to them right now. Yara went to the girls to bring Winnie over. Because of the fight, Winnie sustained a few ps and scratches, but those minor wounds would heal in a few days. However, Kylie got the brunt of it. Winnie was skilled in mixed martial arts and kickboxing. She even won various awards atpetitions. During their fight, she didn¡¯t hold back and attacked Kylie viciously. She deliberately attacked various spots on Kylie¡¯s body discreetly. Kylie wasn¡¯t smart enough to realize that her waist and armpit had been hit. When Hamish told Winnie to sign the documents, she wailed andined that Kylie had hit her too hard. During themotion, she peeked at the papers in front of her. It turned out that Rufus agreed to transfer eight percent of the Fairchild family¡¯s shares to Winnie to get her to marry his grandson, who was in aa. The Fairchild family was a prominent family in Avenport with businesses all over the country. Eight percent of their shares amounted to a lot of money. Rufus had made it clear on the agreement that the recipient was Winnie Gand. However, Hamish prepared another agreement that stated Winnie was to transfer the shares to Hamish after she received the shares. Ha! Winnie snorted deep down. Now that she was in his office, she was aware that they would never allow her to leave theN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. building if she didn¡¯t sign her name with a pen or thumbprint. Nevertheless, Winnie wasn¡¯t going to let them achieve their goal. She wailed loudly, ¡°Kiki hit me! I want her to say sorry to me. If she says sorry, I¡¯ll write my name.¡± ¡°Kylie, apologize to her now.¡± Hamish and Yara advised Kylie to be selfless and consider the bigger picture. Left with no choice, Kylie had to offer an apology. Winnie quickly forgave Kylie, so the other three thought she was dumb enough to stop crying after receiving an apology. Kylie rolled her eyes in disdain. ¡°Can you write? Have you gone to school? Idiot!¡± ¡°Am I an idiot? What¡¯s that? Is that a nice word?¡± Winnie asked innocently. Kylie snorted. ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s a nice word. You¡¯re an idiot!¡± ¡°Oh, Kiki¡¯s praising me. You¡¯re a nice girl. Come on, I want you to show me how to write that word,¡± Winnie said cheerfully, dragging Kylie to a desk on the other side of the office. Hamish wanted to talk to Yara, so he told his daughter, ¡°Kylie, teach her to write her name so she can sign the document.¡± ¡°Got it,¡± Kylie snapped impatiently. ¡°It¡¯s easy. We¡¯ll be done in a few minutes!¡± Thus, Kylie started teaching Winnie how to write. Biting the pen, Winnie asked, ¡°Kiki, how do you write ¡®idiot?¡¯ You said I¡¯m an idiot, so I¡¯d like to learn how to write it.¡± Kylie rolled her eyes and wrote ¡°idiot¡± on the paper. Winnie prodded, ¡°Kiki, how do you spell your name?¡± Kylie wrote her name ¡°Kylie Gand¡± on the paper crabbily. Feeling pleased, Winnie curved a corner of her lip when Kylie wasn¡¯t paying attention. She took the pen and started writing on the equity transfer agreement. Kylie was on her phone and didn¡¯t notice what Winnie did. After Winnie was done, she showed the agreement to Kylie and said sweetly, ¡°Kiki, I¡¯m done.¡± ¡°Did you write it on the column I showed you?¡± ¡°Yes, Kiki. I¡¯m a good girl. I like you,¡± Winnie said. Ugh¡­ I don¡¯t want this dumbass to like me! Feeling disgusted, Kylie grabbed the agreement and was about to kick Winnie out. Before she could do that, her gazended on the signature column on the papers. Winnie had written: Kylie Gand is an idiot. The biggest idiot in the world. The number one idiot. ¡°Are you crazy? I told you to sign your own name. Why did you write this instead?¡± Kylie roared angrily. Hearing her outburst, Winnie burst into noisy tears. ¡°Kiki is mad. Kiki is an idiot, the best idiot. That was what you taught me. You said ¡®idiot¡¯ is a nice word. How could you yell at me? Daddy, Mommy, Kiki yelled at me. She¡¯s bad! She wants to beat me up!¡± Winnie kept repeating the same thing again and again in Kylie¡¯s ears. Kylie¡¯s patience was at its limit. ¡°Shut up! Ugh, you¡¯re so noisy!¡± She got so worked up that she ended up tearing the agreement in her hands. That was the original copy that Rufus signed, and it had been destroyed. Hamish nearly coughed out blood in a fury. His hands were trembling as he squatted down and picked up the torn pieces of the agreement. He promptlyshed out at Kylie and admonished her harshly. Kylie couldn¡¯t hold back anymore and started sobbing. ¡°Gone. It¡¯s all gone now.¡± Hamish was in despair. Despite her anger and distress, Yara still had hope. ¡°Should we get another copy from Old Mr. Fairchild?¡± ¡°It isn¡¯t as easy as you think! Old Mr. Fairchild signed this agreement thinking that our eldest daughter is a normal person. Now that he knows Winnie¡¯s mentally challenged, he won¡¯t give that much to us! He might even refuse to give us anything. Kylie, how dare you cry? Leave right this instance!¡± ¡°Hamish, why are you yelling at our daughter? If Winnie didn¡¯t insult our daughter in the agreement, she wouldn¡¯t have flown into a rage!¡± ¡°Winnie¡¯s mentally challenged. So why are you even ming her? Your precious daughter was the one who taught her that ¡®idiot¡¯ is a nice word to praise someone else!¡± ¡°What are you talking about? Are you trying to defend the dumbass?¡± An argument broke out between Hamish and Yara. Kylie quickly joined in, and they argued so badly that someone flung theputer to the ground. Winnie sat on the couch and sucked on her lollipop calmly. Oh, how sweet! Downstairs, Josiah stood outside Gand Group as he talked to Xavier on the phone. ¡°Yeah, it has been over an hour. I can¡¯t go in. That¡¯s Gand Group, not my house.¡± Soon, he eximed, ¡°Oh, I think they¡¯reing out. There¡¯s someone else tagging along. If I¡¯m not mistaken, it¡¯s Winnie¡¯s stepsister, Kylie Gand. Huh? Wait a minute.¡± Afraid that his eyes were ying tricks on him, Josiah rolled the window down hastily. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Speak!¡± Xavier urged as Josiah fell silent suddenly. ¡°Ha!¡± Josiah chuckled. ¡°Interesting. This is interesting. Xavier, guess who I saw at the entrance of Gand Group besides the Gands? You¡¯ll never believe it.¡± Silly Bride Chapter 7 Silly Bride Chapter 7 Chapter 7 ¡°Oh? Who is it?¡± Xavier¡¯s voice was icy-cold. ¡°Your cousin!¡± ¡°Oh, you mean Zyon,¡± scoffed Xavier. Baffled by Xavier¡¯s reaction, Josiah inquired, ¡°Why aren¡¯t you surprised at all? He stayed overseas for so long that I thought he had already moved there.¡± ¡°There¡¯s no way a coward like him could stay out there for long. He just came back yesterday, but he¡¯s already at Gand Group now.¡± Josiah got even more curious when he heard that. ¡°My guess is that he came back tough at you for marrying a mentally challenged woman. However, if I was right, he should¡¯ve gone to your house. Why would he go to Gand Group instead?¡± ¡°Why else? Grandpa transferred eight percent of the shares to my wife, an outsider, instead of him. It¡¯s only natural that he¡¯s mad.¡± ¡°Well, then I¡¯d say he¡¯s digging his own grave,¡± sneered Josiah. ¡°He probably has no idea that we¡¯re close to getting to the bottom of the car ident. When we find thest witness, he¡¯ll be done for. Since our municipalws don¡¯t apply to him if he¡¯s hiding overseas, he just served himself up on a silver tter bying back.¡± ¡°We¡¯re in no hurry. Let¡¯s deal with the mole first.¡± Based on how good he is, I¡¯m pretty confident that he has spies in our mansion. You should be careful at Gand Group as well,¡± reminded Xavier in a serious tone. ¡°Sure.¡± After hanging up, Josiah drove his car forward so it would be easier for him to conduct his observation. At that moment, Kylie just so happened to bump into Zyon as she hurried out of the Gand Group office building. The woman was upset because she had just had a hard time in Hamish¡¯s office, so she roared at Zyon, ¡°Are you blind or something?¡± Zyon was a trust fund baby who never had anyone speak to him like that before. Naturally, he did not appreciate Kylie¡¯s tone. ¡°You¡¯re the blind one here!¡± he retorted after pushing Kylie. Kylie had no idea who Zyon was, but Hamish immediately recognized the man. ¡°Aren¡¯t you Mr. Zyon? To what do we owe the pleasure?¡± inquired Hamish before pushing Kylie forward. ¡°Quickly! Apologize to Mr. Zyon for how rude you were just now.¡± However, Kylie refused toply. ¡°Dad! All I did was use my words, but he pushed me. Did you not see that? This is our territory, so why should I apologize to him? Is something wrong with you?¡± ¡°Shut up! You¡¯re being disrespectful.¡± Hamish had no choice but to apologize to Zyon on his daughter¡¯s behalf since she would not do so. Zyon narrowed his eyes at the man. ¡°You must be Hamish Gand, my cousin¡¯s father-in-N?velDrama.Org holds this content. home. On the way back to the Fairchilds¡¯ mansion, he called his team. ¡°Zyon came over today to ask for the eight percent shares, but I rejected him. I told him they were for my daughter, but he obviously didn¡¯t buy that. I don¡¯t think he¡¯ll give up so easily.¡± After pausing for a while, he continued, ¡°Yes, the contract has been destroyed, so I¡¯ll have to figure a way out to have my daughter get another copy from Old Mr. Fairchild.¡± Hamish then paused again before inquiring, ¡°Really? We got the deal for the project? Wonderful! This is wonderful news! You¡¯ve done so much for Gand Group over the past two years, and I, too, wish this is only the beginning.¡± Hamish¡¯s frown suddenly turned upside down after the phone call. Winnie pretended to be asleep, but she heard every word of the conversation. My, my! Somebody¡¯s business is doing well. I can¡¯t have that, though. There¡¯s no way I¡¯m going to allow Hamish to live a happy life. Never! It¡¯s time for a change at Gand Group. I¡¯m also a Gand, so I don¡¯t see anything wrong with me taking over. With that thought in mind, Winnie slowly broke into a smirk. Silly Bride Chapter 8 Silly Bride Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Hamish gave Winnie a phone so it would be easier to reach her. Winnie used the device to watch Peppa Pig as soon as she got home. After all, she was pretending to be a mentally handicapped person who had the mind of a child. She had only watched a few episodes when Josiah came home. ¡°So. you have a phone now, huh? What are you watching?¡± asked Josiah from behind Winnie, startling the young woman. ¡°Mary said I can watch Peppa Pig for half an hour, and I still have a few minutes left. I always listen to Mary because I¡¯m a good girl,¡± exined Winnie after quickly hiding her phone behind her, pretending to look guilty. ¡°Maybe you should take a good look at me first. Do I look like Mary to you?¡± teased Josiah with a chuckle. After looking up, Winnie widened her eyes before pouting at the man. ¡°It¡¯s you! Bad Specky!¡± She no longer called Josiah ¡°Specky¡± but ¡°Bad Specky¡± instead. Even though she had to act dumb, she was not about to forget what Josiah did to her. ¡°I prefer ¡®Specky,¡¯ if you don¡¯t mind. Come on. Let¡¯s go.¡± Josiah had to keep up the pretense since Mary was around. ¡°You should talk to Xavier more. Maybe that¡¯ll help him regain consciousness.¡± Just when he was about to take Winnie upstairs with him, Josiah suddenly thought of something. He then turned to Mary. ¡°I heard that Mr. Zyon¡¯s back. Is that true?¡± Mary seemed surprised because that was not something she would know. ¡°Really? I¡¯m sorry, but I¡¯m not sure. Would you like something to drink before heading upstairs, Dr. Houghton?¡± ¡°No, thank you.¡± Josiah did not think Mary was one of Zyon¡¯s spies. Xavier knew what had happened the moment Hamish¡¯s car pulled up. Yara was the one who took Winnie out a few hours ago, yet she came home with someone else. For some reason, Xavier began to worry about Winnie. Still, he could not do anything because he was supposed to be in aa. Even though Josiah took Winnie to him not long after she came home, Xavier could not let the woman know that he cared about her. Hence, Josiah and Winnie saw Xavier reading a book in bed when they entered the man¡¯s room. Josiah was somewhat puzzled by the sight because he did not take Xavier as much of a reader, especially since the man was reading a book about religion. It had been a while since Winniest saw a man look that good reading a book in casualwear. She had seen many good-looking men, but none of them were like Xavier, who was not only charming andposed but also seasoned and knowledgeable. Not to mention his figure was better than most international male models she had met. Winnie believed Xavier would have crushed them if he were to be a model himself. Even though Josiah was also attractive, Winnie did not think he had anything on Xavier. Hence, Winnie returned the chocte Josiah gave her without hesitation before throwing herself at Xavier. She then started sobbing. ¡°Bad Specky gave me a disgusting snack. Not only does it taste bitter, but it also looks disgusting. Look, Handsome!¡± With that, Winnie stuck out her tongue to show Xavier the chocte still in her mouth. The truth was that Xavier had already lost focus on his book the second Winnie stepped into the room. He got even more excited after Winnie threw herself into his arms, for they were extremely close. Wait a second. She¡¯s a dumbass with the mind of a child, so I can¡¯t be feeling this way for her. Xavier took a deep breath to rpose himself before voicing in all seriousness, ¡°That¡¯s just how chocte is, Dumbo. Don¡¯t eat it if you don¡¯t like it.¡± Suddenly, Xavier noticed a scratch mark on Winnie¡¯s face. He did not notice it at first because he was too distracted by the woman¡¯sint and the sweet aromaing off of her. He could immediately tell that she was scratched by a woman¡¯s fingernails. She was fine before heading out, so what happened out there? For some reason, Xavier began to boil with anger. He thought it was just because he had been cooped up in his room pretending to be in aa for too long. ¡°What happened to your face?¡± All of a sudden, Xavier¡¯s tone became icy- cold. ¡°Who did this to you? Was it Yara?¡± Winnie wanted to tease the handsome man in front of her, but he did not seem interested in ying along. ¡°Who¡¯s Yara? Is she edible? Does she taste worse than chocte?¡± questioned Winnie casually, somewhat disappointed. ¡°Dumbo¡­¡± Xavier was upset before because of the scratch mark on her, but his anger quickly subsided after hearing her silly questions. His tone even softened up a little. ¡°Yara is your mother; she¡¯s the one who took you out this morning. Tell me. Did she hurt you?¡± Winnie shook her head in response. ¡°No. Kiki did this.¡± ¡°You mean Kylie?¡± ¡°Yes. Kiki¡¯s an idiot!¡± ¡°She¡¯s definitely an idiot for scratching your face,¡± scoffed Xavier. ¡°Josiah, treat her woundter.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t be serious, Mr. Xavier. That¡¯s not much of a wound. Besides, it¡¯s already healed,¡± responded Josiah, who immediately got a sharp look from Xavier. After that, Xavier asked Winnie about what had happened at Gand Group that day. Even though Winnie yed coy, she answered all of Xavier¡¯s questions and told him everything she wanted him to know. Xavier thought he would be angry at Hamish for coveting his family¡¯s shares. To his surprise, what upset him more was hearing about how Kylie bullied Winnie. So what if Winnie¡¯s mentally challenged? She¡¯s still my wife! She¡¯s my Dumbo! How dare those b*stards bully my wife! ¡°It¡¯s okay, Winnie; don¡¯t cry. I¡¯ll make that woman regret that she everid a finger on you! You¡¯re a Fairchild now, so I won¡¯t sit by idly while you get bullied,¡± promised Xavier. Winnie was still sobbing. ¡°You¡¯re the best, Handsome! You treat me even better than Granny.¡± Josiah then nced at Xavier. ¡°So, what do you n to do to the Gands?¡± ¡°It¡¯s time for them to go bankrupt,¡± replied Xavier with a devilish smile. Winnie, who had buried her head in the man¡¯s chest while pretending to cry, could not help but notice how alike their way of thinking was. However, she was determined to be the one to deal with her family. There¡¯s no way I¡¯m going to let Xavier get to them first! That evening, Winnie continued to watch Peppa Pig on Xavier¡¯s bed. The man sighed helplessly after ncing at the cartoon pigs on the phone screen. ¡°Give it here.¡± Xavier then snatched the device from Winnie and quickly entered his number to set up a speed dial. ¡°Remember, if you ever need to reach me, just press and hold the number one. Now go to sleep. You¡¯ll ruin your eyes if you keep staring at that small screen.¡± Xavier was unhappy that Winnie only cared about watching the cartoon instead of talking to him. Not long after Xavier turned off the lights, the two fell asleep. Around one o¡¯clock at midnight, someone in the Fairchilds¡¯ mansion opened the front door to let a person in. That mysterious person then sneaked upstairs and went straight to Xavier¡¯s bedroom.N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. Silly Bride Chapter 9 Silly Bride Chapter 9 Chapter 9 N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. In the middle of this silent night, the door knob was turned by someone from the outside, causing a sharp creak to ring out. The moment Xavier and Winnie heard the creaking sound, both of them opened their eyes at the same time. However, none of them moved. After all, one was supposed to be a ¡°vegetable,¡± while the other was ying the role of a mentally challenged woman. Theoretically speaking, neither of them should have such a sensitive reaction. After a moment, Zyon sessfully entered the bedroom. He had not returned to the country for more than a year. Although he had been dating a lot of foreign girlfriends, he felt they were not able to satisfy his desires. This problem had been bothering him for a long time, but he was unable to find the reason. It was not until he saw Winnie that day that realization suddenly dawned on him. Deep down, he liked women who came from the same country as him. Foreign food did not really suit his taste. Zyon had been thinking about Winnie after returning from the Gand Group that day. He could not forget the woman¡¯s beautiful face. Even knowing that she was a mentally challenged woman, he decided he would get his hands on the woman. Hence, he sneaked into Xavier¡¯s room. Zyon turned on the tablemp by the bedside, and without wasting another second, he stretched out his hand. He caressed Winnie¡¯s face and complimented, ¡°My gosh, you¡¯re beautiful. And your curves, they¡¯re to die for. Your intelligence is not important at all for me to have fun with you.¡± While talking, Zyon lifted the nket covering Winnie¡¯s body, and he nced at her curvy body from top to bottom. ¡°Even though you¡¯re an idiot, you must feel wronged for marrying Xavier. He¡¯s a vegetable, after all. He can¡¯t give you the pleasure of being a woman, but I can!¡± ¡°Ugh¡­ It¡¯s so bright. My eyes hurt¡­¡± He¡¯s so disgusting! Winnie could feel Zyon¡¯s lascivious gaze even with her eyes closed. How dare he touch me! Winnie rubbed her eyes and sat up in order to avoid his wandering hands. ¡°Who are you? And why are you in my room? Where is Mary? Mary!¡± Winnie hugged her nket and shrunk away, trying to call out to Mary. ¡°Stop shouting. No one can hear you no matter how loud you shout. Xavier is a very suspicious person. His room has the best soundproof effect. Even if I f*ck you in front of him, no one can hear your voice from outside! Now come to me, you silly girl. Come to my arms!¡± As he spoke, he stretched out his hands and grabbed Winnie¡¯s legs. Winnie started kicking him while looking at Xavier beside her. Seriously? Are you still not going to wake up? You¡¯re not really a vegetable! It was obvious to her that Xavier did not want to expose his real condition to Zyon. What should I do now? Should I wake him up or just give this disgusting Zyon a deadly kick? But if I reveal my true skills, I would be exposed. After analyzing the situation, Winnie decided to sacrifice Xavier. She could not afford to let her n be disrupted. Besides, Xavier¡¯s n was none of her business. While still putting on the act that she was too weak to resist Zyon, she started to sob. ¡°Wake up, Handsome!¡± She turned around and started shaking Xavier who was pretending to be in aa. ¡°A bad man is trying to catch me! Handsome, wake up, please. Beat the bad guy up. I¡¯m scared!¡± ¡°Come here! What¡¯s the use of asking a vegetable for help?¡± Zyonughed and pulled Winnie over. With a tug, Winnie¡¯s pink Peppa Pig pajamas were torn apart. Her fair and wless shoulders were instantly exposed. ¡°No! Don¡¯t tear up my Peppa Pig! This is my pajamas! Go away! Go away!¡± Winnie cried out while hitting Zyon weakly. ¡°Hahaha! Come on! Your punches are so soft that I can¡¯t even feel anything.¡± The sound of cracking was heard again. Winnie had been dragged to the floor by Zyon. Her cries and screams were like sharp arrows, piercing Xavier¡¯s heart. Lying on the bed with his eyes closed, veins could be seen popping on his forehead, and his hands under the nkets were clenched into fists. D*mn it! D*mn that Zyon! How dare he touches my wife right in front of me! He¡¯s definitely asking for death! ¡°Ahh! Move your stinky mouth away! Handsome, save me! I¡¯m so scared¡­¡± Finally, when Winnie cried for help again, Xavier could no longer hold on anymore. No man can stand this! There¡¯s no way I can stand my wife being bullied right in front of me! It doesn¡¯t matter even if she¡¯s an idiot! Zyon finally kissed the woman that he had been craving for all day. Her skin was smooth and tender, better than any woman he had ever slept with. However, just as he was about to take the next move, a shadow suddenly shrouded his head. Before he could react, he was kicked to the ground. ¡°X-Xavier!¡± The moment he saw that it was Xavier, Zyon¡¯s face paled, making him look like a ghost. ¡°Y-You¡¯re awake?¡± At the moment, Xavier was exuding a violent aura. He clenched his fists and said, ¡°You must have a death wish, huh?¡± With that, his irons fists rained down on Zyon¡¯s body. Zyon was no match for Xavier. After a while, he started begging for mercy. Xavier had no intention of killing him. However, when he thought of Winnie¡¯s miserable cries, he could not control his fists. In the end, Zyon passed out. Xavier turned around to check on Winnie¡¯s condition. ¡°No! Don¡¯t touch me!¡± Winniey curled up in the corner, her eyes filled with fear. She hugged herself tightly. Xavier noticed that her pajamas were torn, and there was a mark on her neck. Xavier felt extremely regretful looking at Winnie¡¯s fragile look. I shouldn¡¯t have pretended to be in aa for so long just now. I should¡¯ve kicked him as soon as he came in. ¡°Winnie, it¡¯s me. I¡¯m Handsome. Can I take a look at you?¡± ¡°No! I called you, but you didn¡¯t wake up. Handsome is a meanie. You didn¡¯t want to protect me, so you didn¡¯t want to wake up.¡± Winnie¡¯s big eyes were filled with tears, and she shook her head sadly. ¡°It¡¯s not like that, Winnie. I¡­¡± He wanted to say that he did not do it on purpose. But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that he actually did that on purpose. He did not want Zyon to find out that he was pretending to be aatose patient, so he hesitated. Due to his hesitation, Winnie was hurt. Winnie cried even more sadly. She sobbed and said, ¡°You must hate that I called out for you and let the others know that you¡¯re actually awake. That¡¯s why you didn¡¯t save me, am I right?¡± ¡°No!¡± Xavier found that he could not handle her tears at all. His heart ached when he saw her crying and trembling. He could not bear the heart-wrenching feeling anymore. He reached out and took Winnie into his arms, hugging her tightly as if she was the most precious treasure. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Winnie. The game is over now. We won¡¯t y anymore, and I won¡¯t let anyone bully you ever again.¡± An hourter, two luxury cars drove into Xavier¡¯s mansion. Silly Bride Chapter 10 Silly Bride Chapter 10 Chapter 10 One was the exclusive car of Rufus, while the other was the car of Stuart Fairchild, the second uncle of Xavier. They came at the same time in the middle of the night for the same reason¡ªthey had received a phone call from Xavier. When Rufus heard Xavier¡¯s voice, he almost teared up with joy. On the other hand, Stuart, who was Zyon¡¯s father, was not so happy to receive Xavier¡¯s call. Especially when he heard that his precious son was in Xavier¡¯s hands. When Rufus got out of the car, he was surprised to see his second son, who was also in a hurry. ¡°Why are you here too, Stuart?¡± ¡°Dad, Xavier called me and said that Zyon is in his hands. From his tone, I can tell that something bad must have happened.¡± ¡°When did Zyone back? Hasn¡¯t he been abroad all this while? What trouble has he caused this time? Displeasure welled within Rufus whenever he heard about this grandson of his. ¡°Dad, he just came back. What trouble can he cause? Besides, no one can give him a hard time other than Xavier!¡± ¡°What do you mean by that? You¡¯re acting strange. Let me tell you. Xavier is awake now. This is a great blessing and the most important thing for our family! So I hope you won¡¯t bother me with other nonsense!¡± ¡°Dad, Zyon is your grandson too. Is he not important to you?¡± Stuart hated Rufus¡¯ favoritism. However, Rufus did not like Zyon. He did not like Stuart either aspared to his eldest son. As such, he simply walked into the mansion, ignoring Stuart¡¯s words. Stuart red at the back of Rufus who was striding away. I should¡¯ve unplugged Xavier¡¯s oxygen tube when he got into the car ident! I did not expect that he could still wake up. What a lucky man he is! Meanwhile, back in the mansion, Rufus was crying as he stared at Xavier, who was now awake. ¡°Oh, my poor boy! You did great to wake up!¡± Looking at Rufus¡¯s reaction, Xavier felt a little guilty. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Grandpa. It¡¯s my fault for letting you worry about me for one whole year.¡± ¡°My dear boy!¡± Rufus patted Xavier¡¯s arm with great gusto. ¡°I¡¯m happy to see you awake, and I really couldn¡¯t ask for more.¡± Meanwhile, Stuart gritted his teeth in anger when he saw his precious son lying half-dead on the couch. ¡°Zyon!¡± He ran over to the couch and saw that Zyon was beaten up badly, with patches of bruises covering his face. There was even blood trickling down the corner of his mouth. Fury rose within him at the sight of his son¡¯s condition. ¡°Dad, you¡¯re finally here! Save me! Take me away!¡± ¡°Xavier! What have you done to Zyon? Are you the one who beat him up?¡± ¡°What are you yelling for? Am I invisible to you?¡± Rufus turned around and red at Stuart furiously. ¡°Dad, is Xavier your only grandson? What about Zyon? Take a look at him! He¡¯s badly bruised! I doubt there are other people in the mansion who dare to beat him like this besides Xavier!¡± Indeed, Rufus¡¯ attention was all on Xavier when he came in just now. He did not notice that Zyon was lying on the couch until Stuart mentioned it. He immediately walked over to take a look at him. His injuries seem to be quite serious. Rufus cleared his throat and turned around to look at Xavier. ¡°Xavier, tell us what the hell is going on. Why did Zyone to your ce in the middle of the night, only to end up getting beaten up?¡± ¡°Dad, what do you mean that he came here to get beaten up?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t get angry, Uncle Stuart. What Grandpa said is true. He really asked for it!¡± Xavier sneered. He turned to look at Josiah, who was standing next to him, and said, ¡°Show them!¡± ¡°Okay,¡± Josiah responded briefly. He then connected theptop to the TV in the living room. Soon, a ck figure appeared on the huge TV screen. The ck figure could be seen sneakily opening the door to Xavier¡¯s bedroom before searching for the tablemp at the bedside and turning it on. Then, he began to molest Winnie¡­ The ck figure was none other than Zyon. Everything that happened earlier was recorded, including how he insulted Xavier in the room. His evil deeds were clear for everyone to see. Of course, Josiah did not show the scene where Xavier was beating Zyon. Rufus¡¯ face darkened immediately. ¡°Stuart, so this is how you raised your son, huh? How dare he sneaked into his cousin-inw¡¯s room in the middle of the night! He can¡¯t me anyone for getting beat up.¡± ¡°A scheme. This is all a scheme! I mean, who would install a camera in their own room?¡± ¡°Mr. Stuart, let me exin this on behalf of Xavier. I installed a camera in his room for the sake of monitoring his health condition. However, I did not expect Mr. Zyon turned out to be such a person. He wanted to rape his cousin¡¯s wife while his cousin was in aa¡­ Not to mention that Mrs. Fairchild is a mentally challenged woman.¡± said Josiah. ¡°Enough. I don¡¯t want to hear any more of this.¡± Rufus could not bear listening to that. ¡°Stuart, bring this b*stard home right now. Get him toe and apologize to Xavier and Winnie when he recovers.¡± ¡°Dad, save me! Take me to the hospital now!¡± Zyon¡¯s ribs were broken by Xavier, and he felt like he was about to die. Feeling his heart wrench at Zyon¡¯s miserable state, Stuart was about to bring him to the doctor. However, before he could do so, Xavier stopped him. ¡°Hold on, Uncle Stuart. There¡¯s an acquaintance who wants to meet you and Zyon. Mary, bring her over.¡± A momentter, Mary led a maid in. As soon as the maid saw Stuart, she kneeled down, hugged his leg, and begged, ¡°Mr. Stuart, save me! I don¡¯t want to go to jail. I was hired by you, so I dared not refuse Mr. Zyon when he told me to open the door.¡± ¡°Shut up! I don¡¯t know you at all!¡± Although Stuart was feigning ignorance, Rufus was smart enough to see through the trick that his son was ying. ¡°How dare you, Stuart! You actually nted a spy by Xavier¡¯s side? What the hell were you thinking?¡± Stuart wanted to argue, But the maid refused to let go of him as she thought Stuart was the only person who could save her. Xavier sneered. ¡°Uncle Stuart, you¡¯re the one who asked for it. So don¡¯t me me for being heartless. I heard that during the period when I was in aa, you made a mess of thepany. Now that I am awake, I think it¡¯s time for you to step down and hand over the position. What do you think, Grandpa?¡± ¡°I¡¯m okay with that. I will call for a board meeting tomorrow.¡± Xavier added, ¡°Also, I think it¡¯s better to put Zyon in confinement. I¡¯m still a little weak now, and I don¡¯t want to see him in my room again in the middle of the night.¡± ¡°Stuart, did you hear that? Don¡¯t let Zyon go anywhere during this period.¡± Zyon is so badly injured now. Where else can he go? Stuart was boiling in anger. It only took twenty minutes to settle all this. Rufus thought that Xavier was still weak and had not fully recovered yet. However, in truth, Xavier could not wait to see Winnie. He wanted to look her in the eyes tofort her and to apologize to her. He did not expect that when he returned to the room, the first thing he saw was¡­N?velDrama.Org holds this content. Silly Bride Chapter 11 Silly Bride Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Dumbo is missing! Xavier had searched the bedroom, study, and bathroom, yet he still couldn¡¯t find Winnie anywhere. It¡¯s already sote. Where can she go? Xavier even checked the windows, worried she would jump through one. Luckily, none of the windows seemed to have been opened. She¡¯s just a dumbo. Some weak-willed women might choose suicide after being vited, but she is different. I don¡¯t think her brain has that kind ofplicated emotional feedback. After he had thought it through, Xavier¡¯s feelings calmed slightly. He nned to search for Winnie in her yroom downstairs. However, right after he left his room and was about toe downstairs, he saw Josiah tugging Dumbo up the stairs. Dumbo didn¡¯t seem willing from the expression on her face. She even pouted when she saw him. Dumbo¡¯s obviously still angry. Despite that thought, Xavier let out a relieved sigh. He asked Josiah, ¡°What¡¯s the matter? Where did you find her?¡± ¡°She was with the housekeeper.¡± Josiah shrugged. ¡°She said she was in pain, so she went looking for the housekeeper for some ¡®ointy.¡±¡® Xavier might think the baby talk was cute if it came out of Winnie¡¯s mouth, but all he felt was disgust and goosebumps skittering across his skin when it came from an adult man like Josiah. With a darkened look, Xavier snapped, ¡°Talk properly. What happened?¡± ¡°She has aceration on her ear. Maybe she got it from the tussle earlier. Don¡¯t worry about it. It isn¡¯t anything serious. It should heal nicely after a couple of days. The housekeeper already applied some ointment for her.¡± The moment Xavier heard about Winnie¡¯s injury, he immediately descended the steps to her side. There was an urgency to his tone that he didn¡¯t even notice. ¡°Let me look at it.¡± ¡°No! Meanie.¡± Winnie pouted as she hid behind Josiah. ¡°Specky, protect me!¡± Xavier frowned. Didn¡¯t she use to call him Bad Specky? Since when did she call him Specky? Xavier didn¡¯t know why he was feeling that way. For some reason, he just felt ufortable about it. The gaze he gave Josiah wasn¡¯t a friendly one. ¡°It¡¯ste. You should go back and get some rest.¡± Josiah pursed his lips at the request. ¡°But I have something to tell you.¡± ¡°Go back to your room and sleep, Winnie. I¡¯ll apply ointment for you tomorrow. The injury on your ear will heal soon. I¡¯ll give you a super sweet candy if you be a good girl,¡± Josiah coaxed. Winnie yawned. ¡°All right. I¡¯m going to bed. Don¡¯t forget about my candy, Specky.¡± She stomped her foot at Xavier before climbingN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. the stairs back to her room. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you?¡± Josiah gave Xavier a strange look. ¡°You seem to care for Dumbo a lot. The gaze you gave me earlier¡­ it looked like you were jealous.¡± ¡°Jealous?¡± Xavierughed. ¡°Are you kidding me? I¡¯m jealous of you over a dumb woman?¡± ¡°Fine.¡± Josiah shrugged. ¡°I¡¯ll take it as you being possessive and overprotective of her. The minute I saw the surveince cameras¡¯ footage, I wanted to beat Zyon to a pulp. I¡¯m serious. I want to protect this poor girl too.¡± ¡°Enough. Don¡¯t bring that up again.¡± That would only remind me of how sh*tty I was when I pretended to beatose. ¡±Let¡¯s talk business.¡± ¡°Okay. Let¡¯s talk business. Honestly, you woke up so suddenly. It¡¯s different from what we nned.¡± ¡°Aren¡¯t you talking nonsense? Do you think you can hold it in with Dumbo sleeping by your side?¡± ¡°Fine. No man can hold it in. I suppose Zyon is probably heavily injured after the beating you gave. I¡¯m afraid he won¡¯t be able to get out of bed for at least four months. Naturally, he can¡¯t leave the country either, so this is good for our n.¡± ¡°This is all you wanted to talk about? Nothing else?¡± ¡°That¡¯s all. What else do you want to hear?¡± ¡°If that¡¯s all, I¡¯m leaving then.¡± Xavier left without sparing Josiah another nce. Despite walking in long strides, Winnie had fallen asleep by the time he returned to the room. ¡°Asleep so quickly.¡± Xavier muttered with a smile, ¡°Dumb people sure are free of worries.¡± Winnie, who was pretending to sleep, felt anger roll through her. You¡¯re the dumb*ss! Your whole family is full of dumb*ssess! Winnie was cussing him in her mind when she felt the bed sink beside her; Xavier had gotten onto the bed. Next, she felt something warm on her ear. That feels like his finger touching my ear. F*ck! Winnie couldn¡¯t help but cuss again as her neck and ears were sensitive to touch. This b*stard dared to touch my ear! Is he trying to be like Zyon? If that¡¯s the case, I don¡¯t mind giving him a kick to the balls while I pretend to be sleepwalking. However, the vition she expected didn¡¯t happen. Instead, she only heard a sigh from Xavier. ¡°What a delicate flower. Getting hurt so easily.¡± Delicate flower? That¡¯s funny. Everyone who knows me thinks of me otherwise. I didn¡¯t expect that someone would describe me as a delicate flower. ¡°Sleep. Tomorrow is a new beginning.¡± After Xavier checked Winnie¡¯s injury and assured it wasn¡¯t too serious, he turned off the lights on the nightstand. Perhaps because they were in close proximity, the breath he exuded while speaking earlier had tickled Winnie¡¯s neck. That feeling sent goosebumps breaking out on her sensitive body. So he¡¯s going to sleep after stoking my arousal? The pie doesn¡¯t just fall out of the sky. A mischievous grin stretched across Winnie¡¯s lips in the dark. With a turn of her body, she threw her arm and leg over his chest and leg. Xavier¡¯s body stiffened immediately. ¡°Dumbo, are you awake?¡± The only reply he received was Winnie¡¯s even breathing. Xavier¡¯s brow furrowed at that. His body instinctively wanted to wrap his arm around her soft body, but his rationale was telling him not to. Even if she has an adult body, her mind is that of a child, and I¡¯m a grown man. How can I put my hands on an innocent little girl? How am I different from that b*stard, Zyon? Even if I felt sympathy for her earlier, that was like what Josiah said. I was simply being possessive and overprotective of her. Xavier retracted his hand in the end and screwed his eyes shut. Winnie continued to move around to tease him but noticed Xavier didn¡¯t do anything else. Her urge to fool with him dissipated instantly, so she rolled back to her side and slept. The next morning, Xavier left for Fairchild Corporation. Now that I¡¯m notatose anymore, it¡¯s time to get back everything that belongs to me from Stuart. Meanwhile, Winnie beelined for her yroom after she woke up. She took out theptop she hid in a toy suitcase, fired it up, then sent a message to her partner: Come out! I¡¯ve hit the jackpot! Do you want to make a haul with me? Silly Bride Chapter 12 Silly Bride Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Nathaniel was feeling bored when he received Gator¡¯s message. Instantly, he was invigorated. He replied immediately: Of course. I can never reject an invitation from Ms. Gator, but this jackpot you¡¯re talking about, which family is it? Winnie answered: Gand Group of Avenport, Chanaea. You can run a background check on it. I¡¯ll send the report and proposal to your mailbox. Let me know your answer once you¡¯ve considered it. Nathaniel typed: Okay. I¡¯ll give you an answer as soon as possible. After working together for so many years, Nathaniel¡¯s interest in Gator didn¡¯t dim even the slightest. Ever since he heard Gator¡¯s voice thest time and knew about her gender, he got even more interested in her. Nathaniel added: Oh right, didn¡¯t I joke about going to Chanaea to expand my business thest time? I have a schoolmate I¡¯m close to in Avenport. Since you¡¯re also in Avenport, should we meet up? Meet up? Winnie had never nned to meet up with Nathaniel ever. She replied: Sorry. I don¡¯t talk about my personal life when I¡¯m working. I¡¯ll wait for your news. She immediately signed out after sending the message. Nathaniel, who was on the other end, felt resigned when he saw that Gator¡¯s profile picture dimmed. I never had a woman reject me before. Gator is way too mysterious and attractive. It had been three days since Xavierst returned to the mansion. One of the reasons was that he had just taken back the reins for Fairchild Corporation, so he had a lot on his te. It was easier if he stayed at the condominium in the city center. As he thought about the other reason, he released his grip on the mouse and rubbed the spot between his brows. I would often recall that night when Dumbo had her arm and leg over me. I thought it would be better to stay away from her for a while, but I miss her more when she isn¡¯t in my sight. For example, when I saw a dessert in a restaurant or a Peppa Pig toy at the supermarket, thoughts of her woulde to my mind. I kept telling myself what I felt for her wasn¡¯t the love between a man and a woman. Nheless, I¡¯m Dumbo¡¯s husband in name, so I should at least fulfill my duty by asking about her welfare since she¡¯s all alone in the mansion. However, when he picked up his phone to call Winnie, he got a call from Rufus. ¡°Hello, Granddad.¡± ¡°I heard you haven¡¯t returned to Lagune Mansion for three days and had been staying near the office. Is that true, Xavier?¡± ¡°Yes, Granddad. It¡¯s more convenient for me to handle work-rted affairs.¡± ¡°Good. I feel assured leaving the ropes of thepany to you, but you should take good care of your health since you¡¯ve only recovered recently. Don¡¯t save a little only to lose a lot.¡± ¡°Got it, Granddad. I¡¯ll take care of myself.¡± ¡°Then,e over for dinner tonight.¡± It would take about an hour to travel from Fairchild Corporation to the Fairchild residence, not to mention that one hour would double if there was traffic along the way. As such, Xavier didn¡¯t want to go. ¡°Let me take a raincheck, Granddad. I have another meetingter.¡± However, Rufus was adamant about it. ¡°Postpone it ande over earlier. I had the chef make your favorite dishes.¡± ¡°But, Granddad¡­¡± ¡°Winnie is here too.¡± Xavier was shocked. ¡°What is she doing there?¡± Right then, he heard Winnie ask in a sweet voice on the other end of the line, ¡°Grandpa Rufus, why did you call for me? Do you want to y Ludo with me?¡± ¡°All right. I¡¯ll y it with you in a minute,¡± Rufus replied. Ignoring Xavier¡¯s question, he demanded, ¡°Don¡¯t bete.¡± Then, he ended the call. Even after he put down his phone, Xavier was still preupied with spections about the reason Rufus had invited Winnie there. Why did Granddad fetch Dumbo to the Fairchild residence? It¡¯s only five in the evening now. There¡¯s still an hour left before I can get off work. With a frown, Xavier turned off hisputer in the end and reached for his coat before leaving the CEO¡¯s office. Meanwhile, Rufus was ying Ludo with Winnie at the Fairchild residence. Seeing that Rufus was close to winning, Winnie started to throw a tantrum. ¡°No, I want to win too. I don¡¯t want to lose.¡± ¡°All right. Should I put it back to where it was before? I¡¯ll let you throw the dice twice, okay?¡± With that, Winnie would be the winner in the end. She was so ecstatic that she gave Rufus her candy. Delight filled Rufus at her offer as he opened up the wrapping and popped the candy into his mouth. It had been a long time since Xavierst saw such a wide smile on Rufus¡¯s face. It¡¯s like Dumbo has magic. Her smile andugh are contagious. They spread to everyone around her. ¡°I¡¯m here, Granddad. Winnie, why didn¡¯t you address me when you saw me?¡± Winnie red at him. ¡°Hmph, Meanie! Not at home with me every day. Grandpa Rufus, I want to y another round of Ludo.¡± ¡°Have Mrs. Lane y with you for the next round. I have something to talk about with Xavier.¡± Hearing that someone else would y with her, Winnie stopped ring at Xavier and excitedly reached for the dice. On the other hand, gloominess surged within Xavier. Good to know I ranked lower than Ludo in her heart. Is this how it feels to be transparent? Rufus and Xavier had relocated to the study to talk. The former asked, ¡°DoN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. you know why I had Winnie brought here?¡± Xavier frowned. ¡°No, I don¡¯t. Please exin, Granddad.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve invited a irvoyant over today. When you lost consciousness and fell into aa, everyone said there was no way of getting you back. However, the irvoyant said you have a savior who will bring you good luck, and that person was the eldest daughter of the Gand family. Initially, I wasn¡¯t nning on agreeing to your sudden engagement with Winnie because she wasn¡¯t worthy of you, but after your ident, I had no choice but to have her marry you. In the end, a miracle happened. Not long after she married you, you gained full recovery. It turned out that she is indeed the destined savior in your life. You¡¯ll have a smooth-sailing life with her by your side.¡± Xavier was rendered speechless by Rufus¡¯ belief in the ult. irvoyant my a**! I¡¯ll call the police on that scammer one day to prevent that person from ripping someone else off. ¡°What did the irvoyant say this time?¡± he asked with a chuckle. ¡°The same thing as before. I wouldn¡¯t have minded Winnie being your wife if she were normal. However, she has an affliction with her mentality, so it¡¯s unfair to you to have her as your wife. Moreover, you still have to pass on the Fairchild bloodline. It won¡¯t do if she¡¯s in such a state. I¡¯ve decided to have you divorce Winnie. I can get her to be my god-granddaughter, and you can be her godbrother. That way, you can still have her with you and take care of her. After your health recovers, I¡¯ll find a better match for you. The news of your marriage with Winnie wasn¡¯t made public. We can pretend¡ª¡± ¡°There¡¯s no need.¡± Xavier cut Rufus off when he understood his grandfather¡¯s intention. The crease on his forehead deepened. ¡°Since we¡¯ll be divorcing, why do I still have to take her with me?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 13 Silly Bride Chapter 13 Chapter 13 ¡°That won¡¯t do! The irvoyant said that you must keep the eldest daughter of the Gand family by your side!¡± Rufus said adamantly. After some thought,prehension dawned on him, and he lifted his cane to hit Xavier. ¡°I get it now. You¡¯re disgusted by Winnie, aren¡¯t you? You ungrateful brat. Winnie¡¯s your savior. If it weren¡¯t for her, you¡¯d still be in aa now! Besides, the incident happened in your mansion after she married you. Otherwise, she wouldn¡¯t be in this state! Don¡¯t you think you need to be responsible for her? What¡¯s more, I¡¯m not asking her to be your wife, only to be your godsister. How dare you show disdain toward her! She wasn¡¯t repulsed by you when you were in a vegetative state!¡± With every sentence he uttered, he hit Xavier once. Although it seemed like he was exerting a lot of force, it did not hurt Xavier at all in reality. Thetter did not avoid it but helplessly massaged his forehead. It¡¯s all because I was merely pretending in the past that I was able to wake up. What does Dumbo have to do with it? Granddad is simply too superstitious! ¡°Do you seriously think she became stupid halfway through, Granddad? To tell you the truth, she has always been dumb. Also, she¡¯s not even the official daughter of the Gand family,¡± Xavier revealed. ¡°What?¡± Rufus was stunned. ¡°What is this all about?¡± ¡°The truth is¡­¡± Xavier told his grandfather everything about Hamish using his mentally- challenged daughter as a substitute for the marriage. Rufus lost his temper after hearing that. ¡°This is preposterous! I can¡¯t believe Hamish dared to trick us! Back then, I even gave Winnie 8% of the shares aspensation. I bet this was also part of his n.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have to worry about this. Winnie didn¡¯t sign it at all.¡± Xavier proceeded to rte the matter of Winnie fighting with Kylie at Gand Group and identally tearing up the equity transfer agreement. Rufus let out a chuckle. ¡°Although the girl¡¯s dumb, she¡¯s indeed your lucky charm. Anyway, all of my properties will be handed over to you eventually. She¡¯s merely helping you to safeguard the 8% of the shares. This also shows that the irvoyant¡¯s foretelling is urate. If the second child of the Gand family had married into our family back then, she would¡¯ve emptied your entire mansion. However, Winnie is different. She¡¯s the real eldest daughter of the Gand family and your actual benefactor. You must treat her well and make it up to her. If I find out that you bullied her, I¡¯ll make you pay for it! Don¡¯t go back to the city centerN?velDrama.Org holds this content. tonight. Take her back to your mansion.¡± Winnie got bored ying ludo and ran outside after Rufus¡¯ pet dog. After catching up with the puppy in the garden, she sat on the ground and yed with it. With that, they were both hidden by thendscape tree and were unnoticed by the two housekeepers behind the tree. Evidently, they were chatting about the gossip they had overheard earlier. ¡°As expected of a fool. She¡¯s ipetent. Do you know? When I went to deliver tea to Old Mr. Fairchild and Mr. Xavier just now, I heard the old man telling him to divorce and remarry.¡± ¡°No way! Mr. Xavier and that fool have only been married for half a month, but he¡¯s going to get a divorce and remarry already?¡± ¡°Well, duh? If it were you, would you be willing to spend the rest of your life with a fool? Mr. Xavier has agreed to it. I heard that Old Mr. Fairchild wanted Mr. Xavier topensate that fool, but he was very reluctant to do it.¡± ¡°That¡¯s true. Now that Mr. Xavier is awake, who knows how many people are begging to marry him? Although this fool is extremely pretty, is there any use for it?¡± The two housekeepers continued chatting animatedly as they went further away. Only when they were at a distance did Winnie stand up with the puppy in her arms. She looked at the brightly lit house in front of her and smirked. Hmph! This is the first time someone has made little of me since growing up. Marrying and divorcing me as he pleases? Does he see me as a pushover? I will decide for myself whether or not to leave the Fairchild family and when to leave! At eight in the evening, an ultra-luxurious Cadic drove out of the Fairchild residence. Seated in the back seat were Xavier and Winnie, both staying silent. Winnie was busy blowing hot air on the car window and drawing crooked patterns on the fogged-up screen while Xavier stared at her quiet and beautiful profile with an unusually cold expression. She¡¯s as pure as an angel who has fallen into the mortal world, but at the same time, she can unwittingly bewitch people. I¡¯m a normal guy, so it¡¯s certainly not a wise move to keep her by my side. I must divorce her. But to send her back home would be like sending her into a lion¡¯s den. Those scums in the Gand family will only bully her. ¡°Do you miss your granny, Dumbo? Do you want to go back to her so she can continue taking care of you?¡± The dark car window reflected Xavier¡¯s handsome but expressionless face. Winnie turned her back on him and smirked coldly. She had not helped her grandmother find out clues about her cousin, so she had no intention to leave the Fairchild family yet. ¡°Hmph! I¡¯m still angry, Meanie. I don¡¯t want to talk to you.¡± ¡°Dumbo¡­¡± Xavier pinched between his brows helplessly. ¡°The answer to this question is very important¡­¡± Before he could finish speaking, a beam of bright light suddenly shone into the car. Even Xavier and Winnie were blinded by the light in the back seat. One could imagine the effect it had on the driver and how it might impact his driving. Xavier wanted to remind the driver in the front to be careful, but before he could speak, the car across the street crashed toward them as if out of control. In a split second, there was a loud bang, and the whole car flipped over on its side. Xavier¡¯s body reacted faster than his brain, and he stretched out his hands to shield Winnie in his arms. The ident happened so fast that Winnie was a little confused, but she could still clearly feel a strong force shielding her body. It¡¯s Xavier! But wasn¡¯t this man repulsed by me being a fool and nning to divorce me? Why would he protect me in this life-and-death situation? Half an hourter, the fire truck and ambnce quickly arrived at the scene. When they came over, they found the car, as well as the ground, all covered with blood! Outside the operating room, Xavier waited with his expression as dark as thunder. The tension surrounding him was so imposing that no one around him dared to approach him or even take a breath. An hourter, the door of the operating room finally opened. The doctor came over and told him sorrowfully, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Fairchild. We¡¯ve done our best. The patient couldn¡¯t be resuscitated and is confirmed dead.¡± ¡°What did you say? Dead?¡± Xavier¡¯s eyes were bloodshot, and his anger level reached its peak. ¡°Are you sure you truly did your best?¡± The doctor was startled by his reaction. ¡°Mr. Fairchild, we truly tried our best, but the patient¡¯s heartbeat was already very weak when he was brought in. I¡¯m sorry.¡± Dead¡­ I can¡¯t believe it¡­ Silly Bride Chapter 14 Silly Bride Chapter 14 Chapter 14 N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner. ¡°Look into this! Check every surveince camera on the road carefully and don¡¯t miss any of them.¡± ¡°Got it, Mr. Fairchild,¡± the tall and thin man who stood behind Xavier all this time answered. The man¡¯s name was Louis Tanser. He was Xavier¡¯s assistant and a capable person in his work. Stuart had transferred him to a remote branch of thepany during the time Xavier was in a ¡°vegetative state,¡± but now that Xavier had regained control of thepany, he had also been transferred back. ¡°Also, Walter is the driver who has been with me the longest and has been loyal to me over the years. Transfer ten million over to his family. I heard that he has a daughter who is in school. I¡¯ll fund her education from now on.¡± ¡°Okay. I¡¯ll make the arrangementster.¡± Winnie groaned as she stretched her body and opened her eyes. In the earlier car ident, both she and Xavier merely sustained minor abrasions and were fine. However, the driver in the front seat was seriously injured. She identally fell asleep while waiting for surgery to end, and now, she had no idea how much time had passed and whether the person was saved. However, judging from Xavier¡¯s expression, it seemed that it was an unfavorable oue. ¡°How¡¯s the driver, Handsome? Is he all right? Can he drive us home now?¡± Winnie asked innocently. Xavier replied with a gloomy expression, ¡°We¡¯ll take another car back. He¡¯s gone.¡± As he spoke, a body covered with a white cloth was pushed out. Winnie was aware of what he meant, but she still put on a goofy grin and grabbed his hand. ¡°Oh! Then let¡¯s go too!¡± Xavier let her slender hand pull him away. Neither of them noticed that at the corner of the corridor, a suspicious person was taking photos in secret. Soon, a news article headline wrote: The famousatose son of the Fairchild family in Avenport has woken up! Another wrote: Scandal! The Fairchild family even gave their previouslyatose son a wife to celebrate the joyous asion! Feudal dregs! Another headline wrote: Shocking news! The new bride of the Fairchild family is mentally challenged! An article¡¯s headline wrote: The Fairchild family is ungrateful. After theatose son woke up, he tried to abandon his mentally challenged bride! Within a few hours, the news exploded on the inte. By the time Xavier found out and blocked the newspletely, it had already spread across the country. Rufus¡¯ phone call also came at the first opportunity. ¡°Xavier, have you read the news on the Inte? What¡¯s going on?¡± Xavier pinched between his furrowed brows. ¡°Yes. They were brought down in the shortest possible time. I¡¯m trying to find out who is behind it.¡± ¡°You just took back control of thepany, and such negative news came out. It seems that someone can¡¯t stand to see you doing well and wants to defame you. Look into the matter! No matter who is behind it, we¡¯ll never let them off easily.¡± ¡°I know that, Granddad. Don¡¯t worry about this. Just walk your dog and have coffee at ease.¡± In order not to worry the old man, Xavier made no mention of the car ident the night before. However, he clearly knew that these two things that happened in a row were aimed at him, and the clues of the culprit all pointed to the same people¡ªStuart and Zyon. ¡°By the way, Xavier, there is one more thing.¡± Rufus said, ¡°For the stability of our Fairchild family, I¡¯m afraid you can¡¯t divorce Winnie for the time being. If you dump her at this time, our family¡¯s reputation will be damaged. Your dad has been seizing power abroad all these years, and we can¡¯t drag him down here, so you¡¯ll have to endure this, Xavier.¡± Xavier frowned slightly as the image he saw when he woke up that morning of Winnie curled up in his arms and sleeping soundly came into his mind. If I can¡¯t divorce Dumbo, then I¡¯ll let her stay with me and take good care of her like a sister. Meanwhile, in the yroom of Lagune Mansion, Winnie could not help but smile upon seeing the overwhelming discussions among theizens. She originally wanted to spend some effort toe up with a trick to remain in the Fairchild family but never expected that someone would pave the way for her. One of the news headlines wrote: The Fairchild family is ungrateful. After theatose son woke up, he tried to abandon his mentally challenged bride! With such news exploding, even if it were for the sake of Fairchild Corporation¡¯s stock prices, Xavier probably wouldn¡¯t divorce me anytime soon. Besides, it¡¯ll be Old Mr. Fairchild¡¯s birthday in a few months, when the younger generation of the Fairchild family scattered all over the country wille to congratte him. That¡¯ll be the best time for me to find clues about my cousin. Winnie was in a good mood, and even the tone of her voice was merry. Nathaniel, who was on the other end of the phone, evidently sensed it as well. ¡°Well, Gator. You seem to be in a good mood today. Is it because I¡¯m coming to you soon?¡± ¡°Back off! Stop flirting with me, yboy. Let¡¯s get down to business.¡± ¡°Oh, my dear Ms. Gator. You are still so heartless. Let¡¯s talk about Gand Group then. The business hasn¡¯t been doing well in recent years, so the president of thepany, Hamish, has set his sights on investment. Since he¡¯s new to it, we¡¯ll tailor-make a n for him. Once he falls into the trap, he won¡¯t be able to get out, and when the timees, you can reap the harvest.¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. Creating trouble and laying traps are your specialties. I trust your ability.¡± ¡°Thank you for your trust, my dear Gator, but still, Chanaea is not my home ground. Remember I mentioned to you before that I have a good alumnus in Avenport? I n to coborate with him this time.¡± ¡°No problem. If there is anything I need to cooperate with, just say it.¡± ¡°Heavens! You know me too well. We are truly a perfect match.¡± ¡°Save it!¡± ¡°Okay. The thing is, I¡¯ve been busy with Rodunst¡¯s n A recently, so I can¡¯t go over to you at the moment, but my alumnus is a difficult person, so I need you to negotiate with him in person. Can you do that?¡± ¡°Sure. Send me the time, location, and his information.¡± Although Asiatic was a little-known smallpany, Winnie had a deep impression of it and the big yer behind it. Normally, investmentpanies wanted to make money, but the person behind thispany seemed to treat it as a ¡°game¡± and challenge. All the cases he handled were the kind that involved counterattacks and turning the tides. There were several cases worth tens of billions that came to him, but he refused all of them with the excuse that they were too smooth sailing and boring! The person was very arrogant but also extremely capable. There was a time when Winnie badly wanted topete with him, but she could not track him down. All because he¡¯s too mysterious! It¡¯s impossible to find out anything about him! The details Nathaniel provided her also had little useful information, not even the person¡¯s real name and photo. Hence, she was very much looking forward to their meeting! Back in the CEO¡¯s office of Fairchild Corporation, Xavier received a message that wrote: My dear alumni, it¡¯s a shame that I can¡¯te to meet you this time, but my partner ¡°Gator¡± will go there in my ce. I hope you¡¯ll be interested in this case. At present, it was the busiest time for him, so Xavier did not intend to ept any invitation other than those arranged by thepany. However, Nathaniel mentioned ¡°Gator,¡± a god-like figure in the Adrune investmentmunity, and that had sessfully caught his attention! Silly Bride Chapter 15 Silly Bride Chapter 15 Chapter 15 N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. ¡°What? Xavier is awake?¡± The news caused an uproar among the Gands. ¡°Mom! If I knew he was going to wake up so soon, I¡¯d have married him! What should we do now? Can we get that dumb*ss back?¡± Kyliemented ruefully. ¡°I¡¯ll check with your dad. We can¡¯t possibly let that dumb*ss get lucky!¡± Yara said. Yara and Kylie were about to head to the study when Hamish came up to them and chided, ¡°Are you crazy? Don¡¯t even entertain that thought. Rather, we should keep our fingers crossed and pray that Xavier doesn¡¯t return her ande after us for what we did!¡± Yara panicked upon hearing that. Indeed, no one in Avenport would want to offend the Fairchild family and suffer the dire consequences! ¡°I think that¡¯s unlikely, right? The trolls are already having a field day attacking him for being mean and thinking of abandoning his dumb wife! He has just taken over Fairchild Corporation, so I think he won¡¯t be so stupid as to make such a controversial move now,¡± Yara said. ¡°We have to face up to it sooner orter. One of these days, we¡¯ll have to pay him a visit, sincerely apologize to him, and ask for forgiveness. Until then, the two of you lie low and don¡¯t get into any mischief!¡± Hamish warned. Then he turned to Kylie and solemnly added, ¡°Especially you, Kylie! Don¡¯te up with any funny ideas unless you wish to see the whole Gand family go down with you!¡± ¡°What do you mean by going down with me? Do you think I¡¯m stupid? I¡¯m¡ª¡± Kylie started talking back to her father, but Yara quickly stepped in to stop her. ¡°That¡¯s enough, my dear. Be a good girl and stop arguing with your dad.¡± Yara led Kylie back to the room as she tried to coax her angry daughter. ¡°Why is Dad picking on me? I¡¯m much better than he gave me credit for! Do you know why Xavier chose me to be his fianc¨¦e, Mom?¡± Kylie fumed. ¡°Because of your eyes?¡± ¡°Yes! He fell for me because my eyes reminded him of his deceased first crush! At the masquerade ball, I had my mask on, so he didn¡¯t see my face. He took one look at my eyes and instantly decided I was the one for him! It was unfortunate that he soon met with the ident¡­¡± Kylie recalled. ¡°If he wasn¡¯t in aa, he would never have agreed to take that dumb*ss as his wife! Winnie¡¯s eyes are totally different from mine. Mom, he fell off with his brother over his first crush, so you can imagine how much he loved her! That woman is dead, but I can take her ce! If given a chance to spend time with him, I¡¯m sure he¡¯ll fall in love with me!¡± she continued. ¡°You¡¯re right!¡± Yara nodded in agreement. ¡°No one is irreceable. You resemble his first crush, so that¡¯s already half the battle won!¡± ¡°Oh Mom! So you¡¯re behind me, right?¡± Kylie excitedly asked. ¡°Of course! Your dad was in love with another woman back in those days too, but look at us now! Your mom is the one who has thestugh! Go ahead and work your magic on Xavier. I¡¯ll distract your dad so he won¡¯t know about it,¡± Yara promised. ¡°That¡¯s wonderful, Mom! I knew you¡¯d be on my side. I¡¯ll definitely prove Dad wrong!¡± Kylie cooed. ¡°I¡¯m sure you will. I have exactly what you need. Just give me a minute!¡± Yara walked off but came back with a small bottle in her hand shortly. ¡°There are some pills in here.¡± She handed the bottle to Kylie and said, ¡°Just make the man take one pill, and he will¡­¡± Kylie blushed and said, ¡°Oh, Mom! I didn¡¯t know you have ess to such stuff! But it¡¯s just what I need! With this, I¡¯m sure I¡¯ll have Xavier eating out of my hand in no time!¡± Over the next few days, Kylie was on the lookout for opportunities to meet Xavier at his office. However, she couldn¡¯t even get past the security at Fairchild Corporation. After a few failed attempts, she changed her ns and decided to make use of Winnie. Since she could not get close to Xavier while he was at work, she thought she could try meeting him at his home instead. Kylie only needed an excuse to get herself into Xavier¡¯s mansion, and she was confident she could get Winnie to do her bidding, given that thetter was mentally challenged and easy to manipte. Kylie couldn¡¯t help but smile at the thought of herself getting up close and personal with Xavier. Winnie had already fixed an appointment with Asiatic and was trying to find an excuse to get out of the house so she could attend the meeting. To her delight, Kylie came right at that moment. ¡°Kiki, can you bring Winnie out to y? Winnie is bored!¡± Winnie pleaded. Kylie was busy going through Winnie¡¯s wardrobe and didn¡¯t bother paying any attention to her sister. Initially, she was envious of what she saw, but soon, the envy turned into resentment. ¡°Dumb*ss, are all these for you? Are all these dresses and bags yours?¡± Kylie asked as she ran her hand through the luxurious items. All the clothes and essories in the wardrobe were from luxury brands such as Chanel, Prada, Herm¨¨s, and Louis Vuitton. The Fairchild family also bought Winnie a few designer gowns from thetest collections, each worth a few million. Kylie was burning with jealousy, as she felt those were rightfully hers, not Winnie¡¯s. ¡°Yes, yes! Grandpa Rufus bought those for Winnie! Winnie wears them to show Hubby.¡± Winnie chuckled and nodded as she said that. As she could clearly see jealousy written all over Kylie¡¯s face, she decided to rub it in. Winnie knew Kylie was regretting her decision and wished she had married into the Fairchild family herself. s, it was toote for regret. Kylie was hopping mad when she heard that. She pulled out a sexy silk sleeping gown from the closet and went over to Winnie. Waving the gown in Winnie¡¯s face, she started questioning, ¡°For your husband to admire? Do you know how to put this on? Do you know where this strap goes and how to show off your figure in this? Do you know how to please a man? Can you be a good wife to Xavier, you fool?¡± Winnie blinked hard in anguish, put on a pitiful look, and whimpered, ¡°Kiki¡­ Kiki is scolding Winnie.¡± ¡°Scolding you? So what if I¡¯m doing that? It¡¯s for your own good!¡± Kylie never bothered to hide her true feelings or mince her words in front of Winnie, as she felt there was no need to please her dumb sister. ¡°You can¡¯t go on being ignorant. Let Kiki teach you!¡± Kylie said. Winnie pped her hands excitedly and gushed, ¡°Yeah! Kiki is so nice to Winnie! What is Kiki going to teach Winnie?¡± ¡°Simple. I¡¯m going to teach you how to be a wife!¡± Kylie said. She went over to the closet, took out a skimpy nightgown, and said, ¡°I¡¯ll wear this to meet Xavier tonight. Then I¡¯ll show him what a wife can do for him.¡± ¡°Oh, really? That¡¯s great!¡± Winnie pped and cheered, pretending to be excited, while trying to hide the disgust she had for Kylie. What makes her so confident she can sessfully bed Xavier tonight? She abandoned him when he fell into aa, but now, she wants to throw herself at him! Does she really think he¡¯ll fall for that? Although she¡¯s pretty, Xavier doesn¡¯t seem to be a promiscuous man. Oh well, we¡¯ll never know¡­ Suddenly, Winnie realized it wasn¡¯t all bad, pretending to be a fool. She found it entertaining to see people around her showing their true colors. That being said, at that moment, Winnie was more concerned about making a trip to Asiatic to meet the person in charge. Silly Bride Chapter 16 Silly Bride Chapter 16 Chapter 16 Kylie was wearing Winnie¡¯s clothes and using her makeup, but she treated thetter like dirt. Winnie quietly watched her as she spent a few hours dolling herself up and decorating the bedroom. When Kylie was almost done, Winnie innocently said, ¡°Oh, Kiki, Winnie remembers something! Handsome hasn¡¯t been home for many nights, and he won¡¯t being home tonight too!¡± ¡°What? Why didn¡¯t you tell me earlier?¡± Kylie was not used to doing housework, so changing the bedsheets and tidying up the bedroom were exhausting for her. She wanted to beat Winnie up for the bted notice, as she wouldn¡¯t have wasted all those efforts if she had known earlier that Xavier was not going to be home that night. ¡°Do you know you¡¯ve wasted all my efforts in putting on this nice makeup? What am I going to do now?¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t we go look for Handsome?¡± ¡°Easier said than done! Will he let a dumb*ss like you into Fairchild Corporation? He¡¯s staying away from home because he despises you!¡± Kylie was still upset at being stopped by the security at Fairchild Corporation when she attempted to enter the building. However, what happened next added fuel to the fire. Winnie made a call to Xavier and whined, ¡°Hello, Handsome. Can Winniee to your office and y with you? Winnie is bored at home!¡± After a short pause, Kylie could hear her say, ¡°Okay then! See youter, Handsome! Winnie will bring nice sweets for you!¡± ¡°What? That¡¯s it? Xavier agreed to meet you in his office?¡± Kylie was stunned at how easy it was for Winnie to secure a meet-up with Xavier. She spent three days trying to get an opportunity to meet him but to no avail. Yet, her dumb sister managed to do that in less than a minute! Kylie looked at the windows in the bedroom, and suddenly, the evil thought of throwing Winnie out of the window arose in her mind. Even if she doesn¡¯t fall to her death, she¡¯d at least be crippled! Although she did not put it into action, Kylie¡¯s menacing expression did not escape Winnie¡¯s attention. Afterposing herself, Kylie was up to no good again and began to sweet-talk Winnie, ¡°Winnie, I heard you said you wanted to bring sweets for Xavier. Other than that, should we bring something else for him? What else does he like? Does he like juice?¡± ¡°Yes, he does!¡± Winnie smiled innocently and said. Kylie immediately sent the housekeeper away and personally prepared a ss of fresh orange juice. Winnie was monitoring her secretly and saw her adding a white pill to the juice. NoN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. wonder she¡¯s so confident she¡¯ll get Xavier to bed tonight! She came prepared! She must have learned that from her mother. After all, that was how Yara stole my dad from my mom. As Winnie had given Xavier advance notice, when she and Kylie arrived at Fairchild Corporation, someone was there to receive them. It was Kylie¡¯s first visit to Fairchild Corporation. Before that, she thought Gand Group had one of the grandest offices. After she entered Fairchild Corporation¡¯s office building, she realized what an upmarket and sophisticated business entity should really look like. Gand Group and Fairchild Corporation were definitely not of the same league. Looking at the ssy office building, Kylie made up her mind that she would someday be the mistress of Fairchild Corporation! The secretary led Winnie and Kylie to Xavier¡¯s office so they could wait for him while he was in a meeting. Winnie took a look at the time and realized it was already five in the afternoon. Her meeting with Asiatic was at seven in the evening, so she needed to head out and start her preparation for the meeting. The housekeepers at Lagune Mansion watched over her closely when she was home, but at Fairchild Corporation, no one was monitoring her. As such, she excused herself to use the restroom and slipped away from Xavier¡¯s office. The car that she had hired was already waiting for her at the underground car park of Fairchild Corporation. Everything she needed was also already ced in the car, as she had asked for. It was seven in the evening, and the sky was getting dark. A bar named ¡°Tonight¡± had opened its door to wee its first customer. There was a special event at the bar that day. The boss had made an announcement three days ago that it would be organizing a masquerade party that night. Only customers wearing a masquerade mask would be allowed entry into the bar that night. Needless to say, Winnie was the one behind that. She had no intention of revealing her identity as Gator, so she couldn¡¯t just tantly walk into the bar. She was also wary of being captured on camera. Wearing a in-looking beaded ck dress and a tired-looking rental mask, she did not even bother to do her hair as she wanted to keep a low profile. Her entire outfit cost her less than five hundred dors. However, when she walked into the bar, she still made heads turn. All the guests were somehow attracted to her. She managed to make the cheap dress look ssy. In fact, she was glowing with radiance in that ck little dress. Her flowy luxuriant dark hair earned her the envy of all thedies present. Although half of her face was hidden by the mask, she still managed to captivate everyone. Within a minute of her arrival, a few men had already crowded around her, wanting to buy her a drink. There were even some women trying to hit on her. However, Winnie ignored them and calmly tried to get away. It took her more than ten minutes to get to the private room at the other end of the bar. When she entered the private room, the person in charge of Asiatic was already there. The lighting in the private room was dim, but Winnie could clearly see that the man was in a wheelchair. Oh, he¡¯s physically challenged! Winnie was taken by surprise. She took a look at him and gauged he would be more than six feet tall if he was able to stand up. ¡°Are you Ms. Gator? You¡¯rete.¡± The man¡¯s mask was covering the lower half of his face, and he spoke with a funny voice. Winnie was positive he was using a voice modtor. Hahaha! This is interesting! Looks like he has a secret identity too! Winnie was also using a voice modtor. ¡°My apologies. There was a smallmotion outside just now, so I was held back for a while. How should I address you, sir?¡± she asked. ¡°I¡¯m Hall,¡± Xavier said as he scrutinized Gator. He had not expected Gator to be a youngdy, and he suspected she was an Aplothian. Although he thought she looked familiar, he couldn¡¯t quite figure out who she resembled at that moment. ¡°Hi, Mr. Hall. I¡¯m sure Nathaniel has spoken to you and shared with you that our target is Gand Group,¡± Winnie sat down opposite Xavier and said. Xavier was looking at her small plump lips when the image of Winnie suddenly shed across his mind. On second look, he decided there was no resemnce at all. Winnie had naturally pinkish and moist-looking lips, whereas Gator¡¯s lips were thick with lipstick. There was also a small mole below Gator¡¯s lower lip, which wasn¡¯t present on Winnie¡¯s face. Xavier thought Winnie looked much more beautifulpared to Gator. ¡°To be honest, Gand Group isn¡¯t that attractive to me. I was just curious why the famous Gator would want to go after the puny Gand Group,¡± Xavier said. ¡°I hope you have a good reason for that. Otherwise, I¡¯m afraid I¡¯ll have to say no to your proposal,¡± he added. Silly Bride Chapter 17 Silly Bride Chapter 17 Chapter 17 Winnie wouldn¡¯t be too surprised if the mysterious Mr. Hall found it unchallenging and rejected her proposal. However, she did not expect that he would demand a reason from her. Taken aback, she narrowed her eyes and blurted out, ¡°Isn¡¯t it obvious? I¡¯m after money.¡± Xavier gave her a snort, his piercing bright eyes staring at her with disdain. ¡°Since Ms. Gator isn¡¯t sincere about our coboration, I shan¡¯t waste my time. Goodbye!¡± he said, then maneuvered his wheelchair to head out. Xavier was in a hurry to leave as he had just received news from his assistant that Winnie had gone missing. He had left Winnie in his office so that he could attend his meeting with Gator. However, he had not expected she would go missing as a result. ¡°Wait a moment!¡± Winnie was caught off guard by his abruptness and tried to stop him from leaving. She gave him a smile and said, ¡°What if I tell you I¡¯m after them for revenge?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I¡¯ve already given you a chance earlier, and you blew it,¡± Xavier uttered coldly. With that, he pressed a button on his motorized wheelchair and headed out. He did not even bother to turn his head to face Winnie when he rejected her. After leaving the private room, he took out his phone and dialed Winnie¡¯s number. Winnie was still standing dumbfounded in the private room, deliberating if she should go after her potential partner. Suddenly, she saw something lit up in her bag and knew it was her phone screening on. She had muted her phone and left it in her bag before entering the bar. Fishing out the phone, she realized that it was Xavier calling her. Winnie did not pick up his call but stared at the phone until the screen dimmed. That was when Xavier, who was just outside the private room, hung up and kept his phone. Both of them were in such close proximity but brushed past one another due to their hidden identities and good disguise. Winnie wondered if Xavier called her because he realized she had gone missing. However, she was also curious as to why he only called once. Next, her imagination ran wild, and she started imagining him busy getting raunchy with Kylie. Kylie was so smug and confident, so she must have given Xavier a high dose of the drug. Where can they be? Are they in his luxurious and spacious office? Oh gosh! Snap out of this, Winnie! What has that gotta do with you? Winnie was annoyed with herself when she realized she seemed to care about Xavier. He never hid his disdain for you, his ¡°dumb¡± wife, and had ns to divorce you. So why do you care if he¡¯s being manipted? Back at Fairchild Corporation, Xavier¡¯s assistant, Louis, was already waiting for him in the lobby when he rushed back. ¡°Where is she? Have you found her?¡± Xavier asked. ¡°No. The surveince footage showed Mrs. Fairchild heading to the toilet. Then she appeared to have lost her way and wandered around the building mindlessly. She wasst seen in the underground car park. Unfortunately, there were some blind areas in the car park, so we lost track of her after that,¡± Louis reported. ¡°Get going and search for her! Search the whole car park and every single car in it. She could be hiding in one of the cars, or maybe even crawled under one of them and fell asleep there!¡± Xavier offered. ¡°All the security personnel are out there looking for her. Unfortunately, no sess so far,¡± Louis said. ¡°What about those cars that left the car park during that period of time? Are you tracking down those vehicles?¡± Xavier asked. ¡°We¡¯re already looking into that.¡± Louis said, then he changed the subject and asked, ¡°By the way, Mr. Xavier, we just found out something with regard to another matter. Should I update you now?¡± Xavier pinched between his furrowed brows and said, ¡°Go ahead.¡± ¡°It¡¯s about the other night¡¯s car ident. The driver involved was found. He¡¯s an underage teen who was high on alcohol and driving without a valid permit. The car was also a stolen one,¡± Louis shared. ¡°Meticulously nned, just like the previous plot. They weren¡¯t satisfied that they only got me into a coma a year ago, so now they¡¯re back with another attempt! Keep up with the investigation!¡± Xavier ordered. His mind was still on Winnie, so he brought the attention back to her case and said, ¡°Show me the surveince footage.¡± ¡°Sure, but¡­¡± Louis hesitated. ¡°What is it now?¡± Xavier was losing his patience and getting agitated. ¡°Ms. Kylie is still waiting for you in your office,¡± Louis said. ¡°Kylie?¡± Xavier stopped in his track. ¡°Why didn¡¯t I think of her earlier? Let¡¯s go back!¡± He turned around and marched back to his office. The automatic doors to Xavier¡¯s office drew apart, and Kylie saw Xavier walk in. She stood up immediately and went up to him with a flirtatious smile. ¡°Oh, Xavier, you¡¯re finally back from your meeting! I¡¯ve been waiting for you for such a long time. I brought you some juice that I personally prepared. Try it! You must be thirsty after such a long meeting!¡± she cooed in a repulsively pretentious voice. ¡°Cut the crap. Where¡¯s Winnie? Bring her back to me!¡¯ Xavier red at her darkly and solemnly demanded.N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. Silly Bride Chapter 18 Silly Bride Chapter 18 Chapter 18 Kylie heard the news that Winnie had disappeared but wasn¡¯t bothered by it. In fact, she couldn¡¯t be happier if Winnie died in a car ident or was kidnapped and sold by traffickers. ¡°She must have gone to the toilet and should be back in a while. Xavier,e here and take a seat. You can get some rest while waiting for her.¡± Kylie wanted to hold Xavier¡¯s arm as she was speaking. To Kylie¡¯s surprise, Xavier pped her hands away and gazed at her in disdain. ¡°You can call me Mr. Fairchild but not my first name¡ªyou don¡¯t deserve it.¡± Kylie¡¯s face turned pale instantly, for she felt humiliated. It¡¯s all right. I¡¯m thick-skinned, after all. ¡°All right. I¡¯ll call you Mr. Fairchild then. After all, the title symbolizes the wonderful memory that we share. Do you remember the first time we met? You praised me for having a pair of gorgeous eyes. At that time, I called you Mr. Fairchild.¡± While Kylie spoke, she casually took the ss of spiked orange juice. ¡°During the event, I identally spilled orange juice on you. That was how we crossed paths.¡± ¡°Take it away!¡± Xavier ignored Kylie and knocked the ss of orange juice to the floor. ¡°You must have lured Winnie over. Hence, don¡¯t pretend that you don¡¯t know where she is. Cooperate with me, and I¡¯ll show you some respect. Otherwise, don¡¯t me me for being ruthless.¡± That dumb*ss again! As I reminisce about our wonderful memory with him, all he thinks about is to look for the dumb*ss! What¡¯s so great about the dumb*ss? She¡¯s just a slightly good-looking retard! Besides, he even knocked the orange juice that I specially prepared for him to the floor! D*mn it! Kylie went mad from jealousy. ¡°Yes, you¡¯re right. I do know where Winnie is. However, Xavier, do you think I¡¯ll tell you her whereabouts, given how you have treated me?¡± Xavier sneered, ¡°Oh? Do you think you have another choice?¡± Kylie was so furious that her chest hurt! Does he think I¡¯ve run out of tricks without the orange juice? I¡¯ve also prepared a spray! All the while, Kylie thought she would only use the spray unless necessary, for it would be too obvious. However, Xavier is forcing me to do it! I¡¯m left with no other choices. The next moment, Kylie took out a perfume bottle and sprayed it toward Xavier¡¯s nose and mouth. Since Xavier never expected Kylie had such a despicable trick, he was unprepared and inhaled the gas. At the same time, Kylie also inhaled the same gas. Since the drug kicked in quickly, Kylie¡¯s body began to react after less than one minute. Kylie¡¯s mom told her that the drug worked on men in particr. Since a woman like Kylie could feel it in such a short time, the effect on Xavier¡¯s body would be more powerful. As Kylie could hardly wait any longer, she leaned against Xavier. ¡°Xavier, why should you be bothered by a dumb*ss? Since she doesn¡¯t know anything, how can she be your wife? Does she know what a wife¡¯s duties are? Xavier, you know I¡¯m the one you wish to marry. Letting that dumb*ss marry you on my behalf was my parents¡¯ idea. I had never agreed to it. I love you and will serve you well. You¡¯ll definitely indulge in happiness!¡± At that moment, Xavier¡¯s blood boiled. After ncing at the blushed and coquettish Kylie, he pushed her to the floor. ¡°How dare you drug me!¡± ¡°Yes.¡± As Kylie felt increasingly hot, she couldn¡¯t control her desire and began removing her clothes. ¡°It¡¯s a type of aphrodisiac that can boost your sex drive. Come on, Xavier. I bet you haven¡¯t done it for quite some time.¡± Kylie stood up and wanted to inch closer to Xavier¡¯s body. The next moment, Xavier kicked her away and dialed a phone number. ¡°Louis,e in!¡± Louis quickly entered the room and noticed something was wrong with Xavier and Kylie. ¡°Mr. Xavier, I¡¯ll take you to the hospital right now. Should I call the police to deal with the woman?¡± While Xavier resisted his desire with strong self-control, Kylie was already in heat. At that moment, he was still sober. ¡°It¡¯s okay. Find a busy street and throw the woman there. Since she likes to be horny, let her moan in front of everyone.¡± ¡°What?¡± Kylie was initially in a daze but had somewhat sobered up upon hearing Xavier¡¯smand. ¡°No! Xavier, you can¡¯t do this to me. I love you from the bottom of my heart!¡± Despite Kylie¡¯s plea, Xavier still felt disgusted by her face. ¡°Louis, why haven¡¯t you asked the security guards toe in?¡± ¡°No! Xavier, if you do this to me, I¡¯ll make sure that dumb*ss suffers more than me! You have my word!¡± Xavier gritted his teeth and red at Kylie. ¡°Just try it!¡± Soon, the security guards dragged Kylie out of the room. Louis helped Xavier up and wanted to take him to the hospital. Since Xavier couldn¡¯t put his mind at ease, he forced himself to remain sober and called the driver at the mansion. ¡°Is Mrs. Fairchild in your car?¡± he asked coldly. The driver answered immediately, ¡°Yes, Mrs. Fairchild is now¡ª¡± However, he screamed before he could finish speaking. The next moment, his phone was turned off. Xavier tried to call Winnie, but her phone was also off. Due to the dramatic turn of events, Xavier¡¯s expression turned grim. Could it be another man-made ident? A few days ago, he lost a driver, and he was the one who protected Winnie himself. Now that only the driver and Winnie were in the car, heN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. was worried Winnie wouldn¡¯t be that lucky. ¡°Return to the mansion!¡± Xaviermanded. Noticing that Xavier was sweating profusely, Louis advised him, ¡°There is a hospital nearby. Should we head to the hospital first for a checkup?¡± Xavier tried very hard to suppress his restlessness. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Are you not going to listen to my instruction?¡± Because the driver mmed on the brakes, Winnie¡¯s head hit the seat in front, and she let out a scream. The driver quickly turned around and apologized, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mrs. Fairchild. I stopped the car because a cat suddenly leaped out. Anyway, my phone battery ran out before I could finish talking to Mr. Xavier. Can I borrow your phone to call him?¡± ¡°Oh, sure.¡± Winnie shed him a smile and took out her phone. It wasn¡¯t until now that she realized she hadn¡¯t turned on her phone. Despite that, she still handed over her phone to the driver as if she was unaware of it. The driver said in frustration upon seeing her phone, ¡°Your phone battery has run out too.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go home then. We can charge our phone there.¡± Considering Xavier called us earlier, does it mean Kylie had failed? Hehe. Kylie is so useless! Silly Bride Chapter 19 Silly Bride Chapter 19 Chapter 19 Winnie wasn¡¯t in a good mood since she left the bar. After changing into her original clothes, she got into the driver¡¯s car and returned to Lagune Mansion. She had no idea what Xavier and Kylie did in the office. Once she arrived at the mansion, she entered her yroom and contacted Nathaniel. ¡°Bad news. The negotiation fell through.¡± ¡°Huh? Why was that? Why did he decline it?¡± Nathaniel asked. ¡°When he asked me why I wanted to go against Gand Group, I couldn¡¯t give him a satisfactory answer. That was why the negotiation fell through.¡± When Winnie recalled the cripple, she couldn¡¯t help but grunt, ¡°At that time, he seemed to be in a rush and wanted to leave the room immediately.¡± ¡°Okay. His temper might be odd, but he probably had some urgent matter to attend to.¡± Nathaniel wasn¡¯t surprised. ¡°I¡¯ll contact himter. We¡¯ll make our n if he still refuses to agree to our proposal. Anyway, my dear Winnie, rest assured I¡¯ll be by your side soon.¡± Winnie rolled her eyes upon hearing it. ¡°Stop flirting and do your job!¡± ¡°When did I flirt with you¡ª¡± ¡°All right. I¡¯ve some matters to attend to and have to get going.¡± Bang! With that, Winnie closed the box and hid her electronic devices. She did it in a rush, for she looked outside the window and saw Xavier¡¯s car had just arrived. Then, she quickly ran from the yroom to the main bedroom and pretended she was watching TV. Nevertheless, she kept an ear out for the movement outside. Soon, she heard a series of rapid footsteps. The next moment, Xavier pushed the door open and said, ¡°Winnie, where are you?¡± Winnie noticed his voice was a little hoarse and didn¡¯t seem right. However, Winnie thought it wasn¡¯t an important matter. She ran toward Xavier with a nket around her. ¡°Oh? Handsome, did you call my name? What¡¯s wrong with you? Why are your cheeks flushed?¡± One could notice in seconds that Xavier¡¯s face flushed abnormally. ¡°Where did you go just now?¡± Currently, Xavier¡¯s entire body and eyes were burning with desire. Then, he slowly inched closer toward Winnie, leaving her no space to escape. ¡°Do you know how many men I¡¯ve sent to look for you?¡± Winnie took a few steps back and said with teary eyes, ¡°I¡­ I was lost but managed toe home safely. Handsome, why did you look for me?¡± ¡°By the way, where is Kiki? Where did she go?¡± Winnie asked innocently, even though she could tell Kylie had drugged Xavier. Nheless, Winnie thought Kylie¡¯s n wasn¡¯t sessful, for Xavier¡¯s necktie was neat and remained untouched. ¡°Kiki purposely helped me change the bedsheet this morning. She also put on the sleepwear in my wardrobe and said she would teach me how to be your wife at night.¡± Winnie continued to act stupid and grabbed the chance to badmouth Kylie. Little did she know that her words made Xavier¡¯s desire burn even more fiercely. Xavier said with an increasingly croaky voice, ¡°Did you say¡­ she wanted to teach you how to be my wife? Well, how did you answer her?¡± Winnie was in a daze, blinking her eyes. What does he mean? Does he want to take me to the bed? Wasn¡¯t he uninterested when I pretended to flirt with him unintentionally? Why isn¡¯t he bothered now by the fact that I¡¯m stupid? ¡°Why don¡¯t you say something, huh?¡± Xavier almost couldn¡¯t resist his desire and wanted to kiss Winnie¡¯s rosy, sexy lips. What does Dumbo taste like? Will she remain innocent and cute like how she usually behaves? ¡°Tell me¡ªhow did you answer her.¡± Xavier felt that the desire in his body was burning and would explode at any time. The one-point-nine-meter-tall Xavier bent down toward Winnie and said with a raspy but alluring voice, ¡°Dumbo, tell me¡ªdo you know what it means to be someone¡¯s wife?¡± Is he serious? He seems to be in heat! Anyway, he looks charming and enticing now. Should I do it tonight? At that thought, Winnie pretended to lose her grip on the nket, revealing her thin sleepwear before Xavier. Under the light, her pink sleepwear with cartoon images revealed her curvy figure. ¡°Handsome, my nket has fallen to the floor. It¡¯s cold. I want a hug from you!¡± Winnie quickly threw herself into Xavier¡¯s arms. Xavier¡¯s body stiffened once her soft body leaned against his. The one-hundred-and-sixty-seven-centimeter-tall Winnie was petite but matched Xavier¡¯s height perfectly. As Winnie wrapped her arms around his waist, she could feel his body burning. ¡°Handsome, your body is hot. I happen to feel cold now. It¡¯s so warm, and I love it.¡± After a while, Xavier shouted with an increasingly croaky voice, ¡°Dumbo! Do you know what you¡¯re doing?¡± ¡°I¡¯m doing¡­ Mmm¡­¡± Before Winnie could finish, Xavier kissed her lips and pinned her to the floor. Even though there was a thick carpet on the floor, Winnie¡¯s head hurt, and she instinctively shrieked in pain. At the same time, her scream drew back Xavier¡¯s remaining self-control. Xavier cursed, ¡°D*mn it! What am I doing?¡± Xavier¡¯s eyes were filled with desire and guilt as he looked at her teary eyes. In the end, he stood up and strode toward the bathroom. Winnie slowly sat up when she heard the running water from the bathroom. Did Kylie use fake drugs on Xavier? How could he stand up and take a cold shower evenN?velDrama.Org content rights. after he pinned me on the floor? Could it be that I¡¯m not that charming anymore? Winnie couldn¡¯t help but fall into a trance. When I was in the bar, the man in the wheelchair didn¡¯t even nce at me. Now, Xavier chose to take a cold shower when I almost got him! How can I tolerate this? Feeling upset, Winnie stood up and headed toward the bathroom. Since the door wasn¡¯t closed, Winnie could see a jacket and a shirt on the floor. Then, she saw a muscr honey-colored figure with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. From where Winnie stood, she could see some water droplets flow smoothly from Xavier¡¯s back and disappear when they reached his ck trousers. Instinctively, Winnie felt thirsty. Just as she wanted to say something, a voice sounded from Xavier¡¯s phone that he put on the sink. Silly Bride Chapter 20 Silly Bride Chapter 20 Chapter 20 Winnie halted subconsciously and started to back away from the bathroom. As Josiah¡®s voice rang out from the other end of the line, the sound of rushing water stopped. As it turned out, Xavier had already dialed Josiah¡®s number before entering the bathroom. It was just th at the call was only picked up then. Because the phone was in speaker mode, Josiah¡®s voice sounded loud. ¡°What¡®s the matter, Xavier? W hy are you calling me at such an hour? Don¡®t you need to apany Winnie?¡± Xavier¡®s tone was filled with impatience when he said, ¡°I need you here right now. I¡®ve been drugged.¡± Stunned, Josiah spluttered, ¡°W¨C What? Drugged? What have you been drugged with? Was it some kind of aphrodisiac?¡± Xavier couldn¡®t be bothered to exin the whole story to him, so he said, ¡°Yes! Soe over right this i nstant!¡± ¡°All right, all right! I¡®ll be there right away! If you really can¡®t hold it in, dunk yourself in cold water to calm yourself. Wait for me!¡± The call was hung up after that. Soon after, the sound of rushing water sounded again. Winnie knew at once that Xavier was preparing a cold bath. But the weather¡®s so cold now! Not to mention his body¡®s burning... Won¡®t the extreme change in tempe rature damage his body? Is Josiah a quack doctor or something? Besides, there¡®s a more direct and ea sier way to solve this... At that thought, a smile tugged on Winnie¡®s lips, and she stepped into the bathroom once more. This time around, she pulled the ss door open and walked in without hesitation. Upon seeing Winnie, Xavier stiffened. ¡°What are you doinging in here? Get out.¡± Winnie widened her eyes to stare at him, her face full of innocence. ¡°Handsome, why are you wearing pants while taking a bath? And why isn¡®t there any steaming from the water?¡± Xavier did not expect that she would barge in like that after all the effort it took for him to refrain from touching her. He growled, ¡°Get out now. Didn¡®t anyone teach you not toe in when people are taking a bath?¡± Winnie shook her head. ¡°Nope. There were a lot of people too when Granny and I were taking a bath in the bathhouse. Granny even helped rub my back. Handsome, do you need me to help rub your back?¡± As she spoke, she approached him. ¡°Oh, my God! The water¡®s ice cold! You¡®re going to get sick if you take a bath in that. Why don¡®t I put in some hot water for you?¡± Winnie put on a clumsy act, taking down the shower head and spraying Xavier with water. The warm water felt nice when it came into contact with Xavier¡®s body. However, it also reignited the fir e within him. His body stiffened yet again, and his rippling muscles were so beautiful that Winnie¡®s eyes lit up. Oh my. I would very much like to put my hands on that eight¨Cpack of his! She uttered, ¡°Handsome, I¡®ll help rub your back.¡± The moment she touched his shoulder, Xavier felt the self¨C restraint he had been so proud of crumbling instantly. He gritted his teeth and grabbed her wrist before choking out, ¡°Dumbo, I don¡®t need you to rub my back ! I¡®m just feeling unwell right now. Do you understand?¡± ¡°Where are you feeling unwell? Let me help you.¡± | Xavier raised his brow. ¡°You want to help me? Will you still be so eager to help if I told you that I¡®m goin g to devour you tonight?¡± | Winnie cocked her head, looking curious. ¡°How are you going to devour me? Are you going to nibble on my lips again like what you did earlier in the room?¡± As she spoke, Xavier leaned in and captured her lips with his. His heart was pounding erratically, and he was on the verge of letting his desire run free. ¡°Are you reall y not scared?¡± ¡°Nope. I¡®m a brave girl. I won¡®t be scared even if there was a monster in front of me. If Handsome is sca red, I¡®ll protect you.¡± Upon saying that, Winnie scoffed inwardly. Who¡®s to say he¡®s going to be the one d evouring me tonight? It just might be the other way around... At the moment, Xavier was a hairbreadth away from losing himself. Every fiber of his being was scream ing at him to pull the woman before him into his embrace. ¡°Then, do you know where the monster is at now?¡± Winnie shook her head, but her gaze fell on his trousers for a moment. He¡®s... definitely in the mood. She then said, ¡°No. Where¡®s the monster? Tell me, and I¡®ll help you tame it!¡± Her words were the spark needed to ignite Xavier¡®s desire. Feeling his blood boiling, he stepped out of the cold bath and pinned Winnie against the wall. ¡°Dumbo, since you said so, you¡®ll be the one to tame it, then!¡± N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner. When Josiah finally arrived after rushing all the way, Xavier was almost done with his promise of devouring Winnie whole. The racy scene was too much for Josiah to handle. Xavier and Winnie did not expect Josiah toe over so quickly. Even Josiah himself was shocked by his timely visit. He could only me it on his luck of being nearby the mansion that day. After receiving a shot, Xavier was finally able to calm himself. However, his mind kept reying the scen The torn clothes, scratch marks, hickeys, and how Winnie used all her might to resist, but to no avail¡­ The tears that were streaming down her face as he entered her for the first time¡­ The sweet nothings that he whispered to her after the deed was done¡­ Every one of those scenes kept shing through Xavier¡®s mind, reying again and again. He held his head and fell into a daze. Seeing his friend in such a state, Josiah tapped lightly on Xavier¡®s shoulder. ¡°Xavier, are you okay?¡± ¡°How is she?¡± were the first words that came out of Xavier¡®s mouth. ¡°She¡®s asleep. She¡®s a delicate woman, so the bruises look bad, but they¡®ll go away after a few days. That being said, didn¡®t I tell you that I¡®ll being over right away and that you need to ¡°That¡®s enough. I¡®m well aware that this is my fault. Anyway, I have a question to ask you.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°To be honest, this isn¡®t the first time I lusted over her. We all know that she has the mind of a five or six¨C year¨Cold child, so does this mean that something¡®s wrong with me?¡± ¡°Well¡­¡± Josiah mulled over his question. ¡°If I¡®m being frank, if it was another person in your shoes, I wou Xavier replied, ¡°Do you think I need to go and see a therapist?¡± ¡°That¡®s not a bad idea, but I have another suggestion that¡®s better than seeing a therapist.¡± ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°You could go and look for a normal woman.¡± ¡°No thanks. I¡®m not interested.¡± ¡°Come on, don¡®t be so quick to shoot my idea down. Do you remember the time when everyone thought felt something for her, didn¡®t you? Besides, have you forgotten why you chose Ms. Winnie as your bride? Xavier frowned. Yulissa, huh? Indeed, she was the only woman I had ever been attracted to. Even now, when I Silly Bride Chapter 21 Silly Bride Chapter 21 Chapter 21 It was already veryte at night, but Xavier still made the decision to leave the mansion. Before he left, he decided to take onest look at Winnie. Nheless, when he arrived at the door, he found that it had been locked from the inside. Twisting the door knob, Xavier knitted his brows. I guess I must have really frighten her this time. Meanwhile, behind the locked door, Winnie was huddled in bed. It wasn¡®t until she heard Xavier leaving that she heaved a sigh of relief. Apart from the soreness of her body, the only emotion she was feeling right then was regret. Why the h*ll did I think I could tame him? I should have let a doctor handle a drugged man! I¡®m just asking to be tortured by offering myself to a m an in his prime that¡®s a hundred and ny centimeters tall! D*mn that man! I can¡®t believe he¡®s well¨C proportioned down there as well! He had only entered halfway, and I was already on the verge of dying! Afraid that some traces of the drug were left in Xavier¡®s system and that he woulde to torture her a gain in the dead of night, Winnie decided to lock the door before she went to bed. Unbeknownst to her, it would be a long time before she saw the man again. Since that passionate night, Winnie hadn¡®t seen Xavier for several days. However, thetter would always send over some delectable sweets and toys that Winnie mentioned s he liked before. He would also give Mary a call to inquire whether Winnie had eaten the candy or if she liked the toys th at he gave her. Even so, not once had he asked those questions to Winnie directly. Naturally, Winnie knew this was his way of apologizing for that night¡®s incident. Because he was rather rough with her at the time, her body had patches of bruises all over as a result. Although she wasn¡®t able to have a good night¡®s sleep, she reckoned they were even after she left coun tless scratch marks on Xavier¡®s back and arm. Not to mention she even bit his shoulder. Besides, she clearly remembered a stitch mark on his arm that was left after the previous car ident. He had protected her at that time and had shed a lot of blood because of her. Thinking of all this, Winnie decided to forgive him. Afier all, he was quite the gentleman when he wasn¡®t drugged. Apart from that, there is one thing that I was very satisfied with about how Xavier handled it. And that is the fate that had befallen Kylie. Although no one told her what happened in Xavier¡®s office that day, Winnie was able to put two and two together based on the video that she saw circting on the inte. As it turned out. Xavier wasn¡®t the only person that was drugged that day. Kylie, too, suffered the same ordeal. It was unknown whether she had drugged herself or if she was drugged by Xavier as his way of paybac k, but in the end, she was thrown into an intersection with a huge flow of people. Under the influence of the drug, Kylie lost all sense of reason as lust overwhelmed her. She even poun ced on a young and handsome passerby before flirting with him. As a result, the young man¡®s girlfriend tore at her clothes and gave her a harsh p. The crowd took vi deos of the incident and uploaded them to the inte, where it became viral just momentster. After the incident, Hamish and Yara tried to apologize to Xavier, but the man had no intention of meetin g them. In the end, the couple could only look for Winnie for help by paying Lagune Mansion a visit. Unexpectedly, Xavier had guessed their intention and had instructed Mary to bar anyone from the Gand family from enterin g the mansion. Because of this, Winnie was able to make ns with Nathaniel with peace of mind. After the humiliating video went viral, Kylie was identified rather quickly. Owing to this, she cried herself to sleep for the past few days, causing her face to swell to an exaggerated proportion. After learning what his daughter did, Hamish taught her a hard lesson and wanted to make amends to Xavier. However, since they were barred from entering Lagune Mansion, Hamish and Yara could only stand gu ard at Fairchild Corporation, thinking they could try to chance a meeting with Xavier. One day, the couple was doing the same thing as they did before¨C standing at the entrance of Fairchild Corporation. However, this time around, they had attracted Stuart¡®s attention. ¡°Mr. and Mrs. Gand, why don¡®t we find a ce to have a talk?¡± Hamish asked, ¡°May I know what would you like to talk about, Mr. Fairchild?¡± Stuart replied, ¡°I just wanted to tell you to stop wasting your time here. Do you really think Xavier would agree to meet with you? I doubt he¡®d forgive you even if you kneel before him. I do have to say, though, you Gands are a gutsy bunch. Not only did you offer up a mentally challenged woman to be his wife, but you did something like this, utterly humiliating him. Judg ing by his vindiclive nature, I don¡®t think he will forgive you, ever. If he does, I¡®ll change my surname to Gan d.¡± Hearing that, Hamish started to panic. ¡°Well¡­ I didn¡®t expect him to wake up from hisa so soon. What should I do now? What can I do to appease his anger?¡± Stuart scoffed. ¡°Appease his anger? I¡®d advise you to scrap that thought from your head. The new quart er ising soon, and to tell you the truth, Xavier has already halted several projects Fairchild Corporation has with Gand Group. I rec koned his anger would only dissipate after Gand Group goes bankrupt. Since you¡®ve been forced int o a corner, why don¡®t you cooperate with me instead?¡± A doubtful look crossed Hamish¡®s face. ¡°Is it really that scrious?¡± He proceeded to give the person in charge of the project a call to ask about the situation. After the person in charge liaised with Fairchild Corporati on, the answer Hamish got was consistent with what Stuart told him. Hamish¡®s face fell at the news. ¡°He¡®s trying to ruin the whole Gand Group! Mr. Fairchild, what exactly do you mean by cooperating with you?¡± ex Meanwhile, Winnie was conversing with someone. ¡°Gator, have you ever heard of Fairchild Corporation? It¡®s apany based in Avenport.¡± ¡°I have. Why?¡± ¡°The current CEO of Fairchild Corporation is the definition of a miracle happening. I heard he was in a v Was m Winnie knitted her brows. Although what Nathaniel said was indeed the truth, displeasure gnawed at he ¡°So, what does this have to do with the n? Why are you telling me all this?¡± ¡°My dear Gator, it sounds to me like you¡®re angry. Mind telling me why? Don¡®t you know that your thinkin ¡°Oh? Is that so?¡± ¡°All right, I¡®ll stop messing with you. I was only telling you all this because the CEO of Fairchild Corporat Corporation had with Gand Group. He even put out word to prevent other companies from coborating with them. The Gand family will certainly lose a lot of money because o Of course, Winnie knew about all this. I guess my emotions really got the better of me earlier. That¡®s righ?, Xavier had dealu the Cand family a huge blow. With this, Hamish will put his focus solely ¡°Oh, my dear Gator. I¡®ve already bought the ne ticket. I have also renovated the newpany. N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. Anyway, are you really not going toe and meet me?¡± Winnie rolled her eyes. Not this again... She then said, ¡°I don¡®t n on meeting you anytime soon. If tha ¡°Wait!¡± Nathaniel¡®s tone turned serious, and he uttered, ¡°I almost forgot to tell you something important.¡± Winnie frowned. ¡°What is it?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 22 Silly Bride Chapter 22 Chapter 22 ¡°I have received a reply from Asiatic, but it¡®s not good,¡± said Nathaniel. ¡°Oh? How bad is it?¡± ¡°He said that he is determined to take the Gand family down. He told us not to waste our effort.¡± ¡°What? Waste our effort!¡± Winnie smiled and continued, ¡°He¡®s overly confident, isn¡®t he? What grudges does he have with the Gand family? Is Hamish the one who broke his leg?¡± ¡°I¡®m not too sure about his personal life.¡± N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. ¡°Is he running errands for Xavier then?¡± ¡°I doubt so. The Fairchild family can easily suppress Hamish. There¡®s no need for them to use Asiatic. So, do you still want to continue with this case?¡± ¡°Of course!¡± That had somehow stirred up Winnie¡®s fighting spirit. ¡°Are you thinking of backing out?¡± ¡°No! I¡®ll always stand by your side, my dear Gator. ¡°Good.¡± The moment Winnie ended the call with Nathaniel, she received another call from her granny, who lived in the countryside. ¡°Winnie, does the Fairchild family have a second son?¡± ¡°Second son? Granny, are you referring to Stuart?¡± ¡°1¨CI¡®m not too sure. They didn¡®t tell me the name. Are they a lot of second sons in the Fairchild family?¡± ¡°Granny, don¡®t worry. Did you receive any news about my cousin?¡± ¡°That¡®s right. I found out that the boy was taken by the second son of the Fairchild family. But, I have no idea who it is.¡± ¡°There is a Mr. Stuart. He¡®s the second son of the Fairchild family, and he has a son who is around my age. When I get the chance, I will check if he has a birthmark on him.¡± ¡°Okay. Thank you, my dear.¡± Thest time Zyon tried to vite her, Winnie hadpletely forgotten to check him for any Wrthmark on his chest. It would be quite tricky for her to go to the hospital to check him out this time around. Ever since thest time she took Kylie to Fairchild Corporation and also after the spiking incident, Xavier had ordered his subordinates to keep a close eye on her. The housekeeper would follow her closely even if she went to the garden for a stroll. It looked like she had to get out of the marital arrangement as soon as possible after Rufus¡® birthday. When the time came, she would throw the divorce papers at Xavier¡®s face and say with disdain, ¡°Ha! I¡®m leaving you!¡± After making some prior arrangements, Winnie used the excuse of a toothache and went to the hospital where Zyon was hospitalized. Zyon had been staying there ever since Xavier broke his bones. Mary had apanied Winnie to the hospital, In order not to arouse Mary¡®s suspicion, Winnie pretended to have a stomachache so that she could ex cuse herself and go to the restroom. She had arranged for someone to wait for her in the restroom in advance. Since everyone was wearing masks, no one could recognize anyon e. Winnie took the backpack from that person. By the time she walked out of the restroom, Winnie had tur ned into a nurse. Even Mary failed to recognize her when she walked right past her. Once Winnie managed to get away from Mary, she went to Zyon¡®s ward immediately. To her surprise, she found Kylie in Zyon¡®s room! Furthermore, the two of them were behaving intimately . Since when did the two of them hook up? Winnie was very curious. However, she had no time for them. Instead, she pushed her trolley into the room. With a slightly different voice, Winnie said, ¡°Sir, it¡®s time to wipe you down.¡± Zyon looked up and eximed, ¡°Hi! Are you new here? It¡®s my first time seeing a nurse with such a fant astic figure.¡± Winnie had the urge to break his bones again, but she controlled herself. ¡°Your girlfriend has a much better figure.¡± Kylie quickly fed Zyon with a grape before saying coyly, ¡°Mr. Fairchild, who are you looking at? Am I not enough? I¡®m going to get angry if you continue to act like this.¡± ¡°Don¡®t be angry,¡± coaxed Zyon as he gave Kylie a squeeze. ¡°When I recover, I¡®ll shower you with my te nder, loving care. Your makeup has smudged. Go and touch up.¡± ¡°What! My makeup is ruined? I¡®ll co and touch up my makeup then!¡± With that, Kylie hurried on. She had be more particr about her appearance ever since that video showed up. strongly denied that she was the woman in the video, she was still very mindful of how others viewed h er. Once Kylie left, Zyon began to be flirtatious again. ¡°Nurse, please be gentle with me when you wipe me downter, especially in certain areas. I haven¡®t used it in a long time. It¡®s about to be rusty.¡± ¡°Sure!¡± Underneath the mask, Winnie gave a wicked smile. ¡°I will definitely take good care of it.¡± With that, she climbed onto the bed and said seductively, ¡°Mr. Fairchild, please move in a bit. I have no ce to put my legs.¡± Zyon was a horny man. When Winnie did that, his body tingled with excitement. ¡°Sure thing. Get on wit h it.¡± ¡°All right¡­¡± Zap! Winnie tore his hospital gown open. ¡°You¡®re so wild. I like it.¡± ¡°Haha! I¡®m d you like it.¡± Winnie heaved a sigh of relief when she saw no birthmark on his chest. Than I will beat him to a pulp myself. Thereafter, she lifted her knee and pretended to crawl. In actual fact, she rammed her knee into hish ¡°Ah!¡± The next moment, a blood¨Ccurdling yell rang out. While enjoying the sight of Zyon¡®s wretched state, Winnie acted nonchnt and sprayed disinfectant on She had wanted to do that to the lecherous man since the night he sneaked into her bedroom. After leaving the ward swiftly, Winnie made her way back to the same restroom. To her surprise, she saw Kylie there. At that moment, she was talking to Mary. Since Winnie was quite a distance away from them, she could not hear their conversation. After Winnie changed into her regr clothes, she extracted some information from Mary. It seemed like Kylie was tracking her whereabouts and nothing else. However, on the way back to the mansion, Winnie felt that something was amiss. The car was not heading in the direction of the mansion. Instead, they ended up at an abandoned const Only then did Winnie realize that it was a different driver! It was a vicious¨Clooking person with a scar on his face! After dealing with Mary, Scarface turned to Winnie. There was not much space in the car for her to maneuver, so Winnie quickly opened the car door and go Unfortunately, she did not expect to see six burly men waiting for her outside the car. The leader of the group eyed her with a lewd smile. ¡°Heh! Beautiful, we have been waiting for you for so us?¡± Winnie warmed up her wrists and said, ¡°Ha! All of you are asking for trouble!¡± Silly Bride Chapter 23 Silly Bride Chapter 23 Chapter 23 ¡°Hahaha!¡± The burly menughed immediately. ¡°You got quite the big mouth, prettydy. However, you¡®re exactly my type!¡± The leader of the group spoke as he stret ched his perverted hand toward Winnie. ¡°Come, let me touch your face and see if it¡®s smooth! Tsk, tsk, i sk, your skin is so fair!¡± Before his hand could reach Winnie, she grabbed and twisted it violently. A cracking sound was heard as the man¡®s wrist was broken. Then he screamed, ¡°Ouch! M¨CMy wrist! It¡®s broken! Let go of me, you b*tch!¡± Winnie smiled coldly and kicked the man away. ¡°Stop being so noisy, trash.¡± ¡°Are you all dead? Get her!¡± Secondster, the man crawled up and shouted at the other men standing around Only then did the other men snap out of their astonishment and charge toward Winnie. Staring at her enemies, she remained unmoved with no intention of escaping. All she did was slowly pull her scarf down and remove the ne around her neck. N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. The ne was crafted with a special material. It was usually bendable and soft when worn on the neck. However, upon pressing a button, its length would i mmediately increase, and it would be stiff, transforming into a weapon as hard as a metal wire. ¡°Y ou were all asking for it, you scums!¡± The men looked down on her from the beginning because they thought a feeble woman with no weapo n in hand could not deal much damage. However, Winnie had obtained a weapon. So, it didn¡®t take long for her to beat up all of them. Still, it was her against five people. After the battle had concluded, she was pretty much spent. Additionally, the ne was too thin and tough. As she used the weapon to attack her enemies, it was also cutting her palm. A weapon like that was only helpful in an emergency for protection. Used it for too long, and it would hu rt its wielder. Just as she was exhausted, one of the men who she had ignored earlier suddenly rushed out. It was the man who pretended to be a driver earlier, Scarface. He was waiting for Winnie to wear herself out before taking her down. At that point, her body was drained of energy. She became more and more anxious as Scarface got closer to her. At thest second, two powerful beams of light suddenly shone in her direction. It was because a car was driving toward her. While the car still hadn¡®t gotten close, Winnie instantly knew Xavier had arrived. The reason was that the car was making a unique engine sound. That vehicle was basically the equivalent of a highly prestigious noble in the world of luxury cars. Every model was a globally limited edition, and each car was haute couture. Even the lowest price started at one hundred million. No more than fifty pe ople on the owned one. Xavier was one of them. However, she was confused as to why he was there. Half an hour ago, he received news from Mary that Winnie had wrapped up her doctor¡®s visit and was r eady to return to the mansion. Mary even asked him if he wanted to return that night, but he refused. However, when he was having dinner by himself, he suddenly felt as though the food he was chewing tasted like wax. So, he picked up his phone and checked the GPS location of the car Winnie was using The moment he did, he realized something was off. That was because the car wasn¡®t heading in the direction of the mansion. Without giving it much thought, he jumped into his fastest SSC sports car and drove out. I hope I¡®m not toote. Xavier quickly parked his car next to the Bentley. The moment he arrived, he saw two people in front of him, seemingly ready to fight. Nheless, in th e blink of an eye, they were both gone. Due to the darkness of the night and, because he was absent¨C minded, he didn¡®t realize one of the fighters was Winnie. After he descended from the car, he went to check the Bentley. He found the unconscious driver and Mary in the trunk and the back of the car, respectively. However, he didn¡®t fi nd Winnie. The driver¡®s injuries were more serious, which was why he was still cked out. Mary, on the other hand, had woken up. ¡°Y¨CYou¡®re here, Mr. Xavier¡­¡± Xavier¡®s expression turned terribly dark. ¡°Where¡®s Mrs. Fairchild?¡± From her perspective, she saw Winnie escaping the car and fighting against a group of people before t aking all of them down. It was difficult for her to tell if what she saw earlier was a dream or not. After thinking about it for a while, she believed she was dreaming because it didn¡®t seem logical for Win nie to be able to defeat so many men at once. ¡°¡­¡± Mary shook her head vigorously. ¡°Mrs. Fairchild was taken away.¡± ¡°To where? Did you see the direction they left in?¡± Xavier asked. Her head shook again. ¡°No. I didn¡®t.¡± ¨C Instead of wasting more time on Mary, Xavier picked up one of the men lying on the ground and questi oned, ¡°Where did you take the woman? Where is she?¡± The man groaned in pain. ¡°Be more gentle! It hurts when you touch my injury.¡± In response, he treated the man even more harshly as the scowl on his face intensified. ¡°I¡®m asking you , where¡®s the woman?¡± The man answered fearfully with a stutter, ¡°S¨CShe was taken away by Scarface t¨C to over here. P Please just let me leave. Go and quickly find your woman.¡± After giving the man a forceful kick, Xavier strode toward the area the man pointed at. Soon, he arrived at an abandoned construction site. Steel and concrete could be seen everywhere. He turned on the torchlight function on his phone and stepped into the dark. Suddenly, he heard whimpers that sounded like they came from a cat. Even though the voice was tiny, he could still hear it. It was because that crying sound was all too familiar to him. That night, when he pinned her to the wall, ¡°Is that you, Dumbo? Answer me!¡± Xavier shouted. Swer 1 A sobbing voice pierced through the darkness. ¡°Is that you, Handsome? I¡®m not Dumbo. Don¡®t call me D ¡°It really is you!¡± He promptly kicked away the objects nearby and dashed toward Winnie, who was sittin ¡°Dumbo!¡± After he took a good look at her delicate, fair, and pretty face, he pulled her into his embrace b Winnie continued to sob as sheid her head on his shoulder, as though her tired body had instantly fou As she spoke, she raised her bloody hand for him to see. In reality, she was the one who tore her clothes because she was afraid Xavier would recognize her figure. As for showing the wound to him, it was just a ploy by her to confuse him further. Ashe stared at her bloody hands, Xavier¡®s heart ached terribly. ¡°D*mn them! How dare they treat you like When he finished, he lifted her and carried her out of the construction site. Upon exiting the iplete building; he noticed the men lying on the ground had escaped. It didn¡®t both ¡°Get in my car first, Winnie. I¡®ll call for an ambnce to save the driver and Mary.¡± Xavier bent down and sports car. She nodded with teary eyes and withdrew her legs before he closed the door for her. The moment she did that, his movements halted. Silly Bride Chapter 24 Silly Bride Chapter 24 Chapter 24 When Xavier arrived in his car, he couldn¡®t see the faces of the two people fighting because the headlig hts were too bright. However, he recalled one of them looked like a woman. Additionally, there was a spot on her heel that r eflected the headlights. He remembered that clearly because the reflected light hurt his eyes. The thing reflecting the headlights looked just like the stud on Winnie¡®s boots. Not only that, the woman in his memory was about the same height as Winnie. A frown formed on Xavier¡®s face as he opened the door again. With a suspicious look in his eyes, he st ared at Winnie¡®s face. Winnie instantly noticed the way he looked at her had changed. However, she didn¡®t know what was giv ing her away, so she continued to act innocent like before. ¡°Come and sit with me in the car, Handsome.¡± As she spoke, she even patted the spot next to her in a dim¨Cwitted manner. Xavier kneeled in front of her, gently held her injured hand, and stared at her. ¡°Tell me, Dumbo. What cl othes were you wearing today?¡± ¡°Clothes?¡± She lowered her head and stared at the sweater on her. ¡°It¡®s pink, and I have a pretty nec ce.¡± ¡°I¡®m asking about your coat, Winnie.¡± Why did he suddenly ask about my coat? Is he getting suspicious? Hmm, he must¡®ve seen it when I wa s fighting with that guy with a scar earlier. However, he and his goons had all run away earlier. There ar e no witnesses around anymore. As long as I continue to y dumb, Xavier can¡®t do anything to me. S o what if I said I was wearing a ck coat? You can grab any random person off the street, and you¡®ll s ee they are wearing ck coats. Winnie stayed silent for a moment before answering, ¡°Uhm, let me thi nk¡­ It¡®s ck. If you don¡®t believe me, you can ask Mary. She¡®s the one who gave it to me.¡± After her sentence concluded, she was going to exit the car to find Mary. She even intentionally used her injured hand to open the car door and hurt herself. ¡°Ouch! My hand is i n so much pain¡­¡± Xavier began to wonder if he was overthinking it as he stared at the clumsy woman in front of him. Still, it¡®s just a stud. There are many shoes with a stud. This doesn¡®t mean anything. However, there were still questions in his mind. ¡°When the bad guys took you away, did someonee to rescue you?¡± ¡°There is!¡± Winnie replied confidently with a pair of sparkling eyes. ¡°It¡®s you, Handsome! You¡®re the best.¡± Then she kissed him on his cheek. The sudden soft and wet sensation on his face triggered something in his brain. In that split second, he wanted to sp the back of her head tightly before invading and dominating her to show her what a true kiss was like. However, his lust was extinguished when he saw her sparkling eyes. In a quick, single motion, he stood up and pulled out his phone. ¡°Let me save people first.¡± When the door closed, the innocence and purity in Winnie¡®s eyes faded. Who set this up to mess with me? Hmm, it seems like the most likely suspect is the person I met at the hospital earlier, Kylie. Hah, s he really needs to be taught a lesson. My hand was hurt, and my identity was almost exposed because of her. In an effort to avoid making Xavier suspicious, she continued to act as if she hadn¡®t learned her lesson and mored that she wanted to sleep with him. When her wish was fulfilled, she couldn¡®t help but continue to act stupid and tease him. She just really li ked seeing him acting unlike himself when he was around her. More than that, she liked his deep, hoarse voice. It was so alluring to her that she couldn¡®t help but wan t to possess him entirely. Yet, it seemed like he was avoiding her. The pain she suffered that night was still fresh on her mind, so, in the end, she didn¡®t push her luck. That didn¡®t bother her because she still enjoyed sleeping with a man who was as warm as a heater. The same couldn¡®t be said for Xavier. He was in a state of mental and physical torment for the entire ni ght. Thus, when he woke up the next day, ck bags could be seen under his eyes. He didn¡®t even eat breakfast with Winnie. Instead, he immediately drove to hispany. The first thing he did for the day was investigating Winnie¡®s kidnapping attemptst night. Sadly, there weren¡®t any surveince cameras at the abandoned construction site fromst night. Not o nly that, neither the driver nor Mary saw the kidnappers¡® faces. Winnie did, but she pretended not to be able to describe the situation clearly and remember what the ki dnappers looked like. Thankfully, a camera on the road took a picture of the man who pretended to be the driver. Il was the m an with a scar on his face. Scarface escaped, but Xavier was able to find a connection between him and Zyon using the inte. ¡°Hah, so it¡®s him again. I guess he¡®s really eager to visit the afterlife.¡± When he thought about how injured Winnie was, an aura of fury i nstantly enveloped his entire body. ¡°Put aside everything you¡®re doing right now, Louis. I want you to investigate this matter quickly and tho roughly! I can¡®t wait any longer!¡± He was very eager to return the favor to Zyon. ¡°Understood, Mr. Xavier,¡± Louis answered. ¡°Also, cancel the meeting at five in the afternoon and the dinnerter at night.¡± ¡°The afternoon meeting about the MG project is very important, though, Mr. Xavier.¡± A troubled look was ¡°Just do as I say.¡± Xavier frowned. ¡°Do I need to repeat myself?¡± ¡°No.¡± Louis put away the tablet in his hand resignedly. ¡°Do I need to make any arrangements after cance ¡°No need. I¡¯ll be going back to Lagune Mansion.¡± ¡°Understood, Mr. Xavier. I¡®ll notify them now.¡± It became apparent to Louis that, even though Winnie was to seduce even a king. Mary was drugged, so she was still staying in the hospital. Therefore, Xavier didn¡®t tell anyone he was re Winnie¡®s guard was down because she didn¡®t expect he would return early. During her afternoon nap, she identally slept until over five in the afternoon. N?velDrama.Org content rights. After she nced at the clock, she realized it was about time to have a meeting with Nathaniel. So, she Just as she headed to the yroom, she realized the door was left ajar. Winnie had asked Mary before to tell every housekeeper in the mansion never to enter the yroom, no Yet, the door to the yroom was opened. Who went in? Will that person find out my secret? She stepped forward and pushed the door open with a heavy ex With the door wide open, she saw the person standing inside the room. It was Xavier. Currently, he was squatting in front of the Peppa Pig luggage, where she was hiding herputer. When he noticed she was in the room with him, he questioned her with a serious expression. ¡°What is this?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 25 Silly Bride Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Winnie¡®s heart skipped a beat. Her acting had been wless, considering no one in the family had noticed anything odd about her. Is aptop really going to ruin my ns? There was a brief silence before she marched toward Xavier angrily. ¡°Hmph! How can you take away m y toys, Handsome?¡± ¡°Toys?¡± Xavier was getting irritated, but he wasn¡®t sure why. ¡°What kind of toy is this?¡± Her mouth opened, but she didn¡®t have the words she wanted to say. This erpression of his... He looks as though he got angry after being yed for a fool. Hasn¡®t he been pretending to be in aa when I married into this family? We¡®r e boih lying. None of us is better than the other. The only difference is that I¡®ve been lying to him for far longer. That line of thinking made her feel justified to face him properly. Thus, she withdrew the innocent look in her eyes. Just as she was going to lift her arms and act like her authentic self, she realized Xavier wasn¡®t talking about theptop hiding in her luggage He was talking about the two photos in his hand. Holy cr*p! I almost revealed everything because of two mere photos! That revtion made her feel as t hough she was about to crack open. Thankfully, her reaction speed was fast. Without dy, she pr¨¦tended to be stupid again and snatched the photos away before protecuing them in her embrace. These are my two other Handsomes. You can ¡®t take them from me.¡± Xavier¡®s scowl intensified, especially when he saw how much Winnic treasured those two pictures. ¡°Don¡®t you only hav e one Handsome, me? Why are there two more?¡± With a pout, Winnie stuffed the photos into her cor. These two¡­ are from Granny¡®s ce. Indeed, I have two more. You¡®re not the only one.¡± In an instant, he felt as though he had been cheated on. It didn¡®t help that she put those two pictures in front of her chest. Part of Xavier¡®s jealousy came from the fact that he hadn¡®t gotten the chance to admire that chest with his hands yet. ¡°Give me the pictures.¡± Winnie shook her head. ¡°No. You¡®re being scary. I¡®m too scared to do it.¡± While she spoke, she strolled to a corner, luring him far away from the luggage. As expected, Xavier followed behind her. When he saw the fear in her eyes directed at him, he didn¡®t fe el good In fact, he was very annoyed because he really wanted to tear the pictures to pieces. ¡°You said they¡®re your Handsomes too. Are they the same as me?¡± His legs were long, so it only took him less than a handful of steps to force her to the wall. Winnie stared at the big man in front of her fearfully and innocently as she nodded. ¡°Mhm. It¡®s the same . Your eyes are so scary right now, Handsome. Don¡®t look at me like that.¡± Her grip on the photos tightened. N?velDrama.Org: text ? owner. While she was pretending to be very pitiful and afraid of the man in front of her, she loved seeing how anxious she made him. This isn¡®t close enough. He should get a little closer, bend down, and use his hot, se.ry voice to talk next to my ear. He seems to like it when I stare at him with an innocent look. Hmm, I should squeeze out a few tears. Momentster, tears welled in her eyes. ¡°What are you doing, Handsome?¡± The temperature of the amorous atmosphere in the corner was rising. Her weak voice made Xavier¡®s heart flutter as he gulped subconsciously. ¡°What am I doing?¡± He raised his hand, effortlessly pinning her fair and slender wrists on the wall abov e her head. ¡°Don¡®t you know what I am doing? Are you not aware your hand is injured right now? Your hand still has bandages wrapped around it, yet you keep abusing your hand! Do you want to lose your hand for two pictures?¡± His voice sounded almost like he was growling. ¡°N¨C NO¡­¡± Winnie blinked, looking as though she was about to cry. Yet, in her heart, she loved how angry a nd lustful he appeared. ¡°You¡®re still trying to move?¡± ¡°I¨CI was wrong¡­¡± ¡°Then I want you to tell me something.¡± Xavier lowered his head, basically touching her cheek, and spo ke hoarsely. ¡°Are those two men really the same as me in your heart? Did you sleep with them before? Did you let them pin you to a wall? Have you touched their monsters as well, hmm?¡± Winnie was dumbfounded for a moment before she realized what he was referring to when he said ¡°monsters.¡± She almost couldn¡®t resistughi ng when she heard that, but she did. She sniffed and teased the man in front of her while still acting pitiful. ¡°N¨C No. Granny didn¡®t allow it, but she was okay if I held their hands. It¡®s because I see both of them as my brothers.¡± ¡°Brothers?¡± It was as though he thought of something as his eyebrows furrowed. ¡°Mhm!¡± She nodded. ¡°Brothers! You¡®re my brother too, Handsome.¡± Then she raised her face and kissed his chin. However. Xavier appeared as though he was burned by the word ¡°brother¡± as he let Winnie go and too k two steps backward. ¡°Do you know what¡®s a brother and what¡®s a husband?¡± ¡°No.¡± She shook her head, confused. The look in his eyes became even more hidden andplicated as he stared. ¡°But I do.¡± Am I crazy? Did I actually fall for her? Not only that, I was jealous of her because of how she¡®s calling th After driving for two hours from thepany to the mansion, he stayed in the mansion for only ten minu Winnie wasn¡®t stupid. She intentionally used the word ¡°brother¡± to provoke him because she knew it would prompt him to think about human decency. It was her desperate attempt to deal with the pictures and her equipment. However, she did enjoy provoking him and messing with him. De As for the pictures, Winnie made all the stuff she said earlier up. m They weren¡®t at all her brothers in the countryside where her grandmother was staying. Instead, they we MILIIIIIIIIII. After Winnie got confirmation that Zyon wasn¡®t the person her grandmother was looking for, she change her targets. She found those two in the pictures to be the most likely candidates for whom she should se Since they were born into a Fairchild branch family, they probably didn¡®t and wouldn¡®t have the chance to Those two photos were left behind by her carelessness. At that moment, the pictures had been shredded and thrown into the toilet bowl to be flushed away. As for Xavier, well, he had gone somewhere else while still feeling exasperated. Silly Bride Chapter 26 Silly Bride Chapter 26 Chapter 26 Inside a VIP ward at the hospital, Zyon was ying around with his beautiful personal nurse. ¡°Open your mouth, Mr. Fairchild. Open up. It¡®s time for your medicine,¡± the nurse uttered yfully. ¡°Say, don¡®t you think your way of feeding me the medicine is a little too unprofessional, sexy? You shoul dn¡®t be using your hands. Instead, you should use ¡± As Zyon spoke, he lifted the nurse¡®s chin. His sentence was interrupted by a loud banging sound of the door opening. Two men in ck suits and sunsses stood at the entrance. Upon seeing that, Zyon questioned in shock, ¡°Who are you people? Why are you here?¡± Before the men in ck had the chance to answer, a tall, regal man stepped into the room. ¡°Xavier?¡± After that violent beatingst time, Zyon would shake uncontrobly whenever he saw Xavier. ¡°Why are you here?¡± Xavier nced at Zyon but didn¡®t bother to acknowledge him. The former undid a button on his suit and sat on the couch next to the bed. The longer he stayed silent, the more fearful Zyon became. Due to his cast, Zyon couldn¡®t move his right hand easily, so he urged the nurse. ¡°What are you staring for? Call the police quickly!¡± ¡°Okay!¡± She was shocked by the sudden development too and pulled out her phone from her bag. Before she could unlock her phone, she was held down on the spot next to Xavier¡®s foot. The man was so intimidating that just sitting beside her silently terrified her. ¡°I¨CI¨C I don¡®t know anything. Please let me go.¡± Ever since Xavier left Lagune Mansion, he had been feeling unstable. Currently, he still had enough pat ience to deal with the woman. ¡°Scram,¡± he spat coldly. The moment she left, his patience was gone. When the two bodyguards shut the door, he slowly stood, removed his watch, and unfastened his cuffli nks. Zyon¡®s bones were already groaning in pain when he saw Xavier was preparing to beat him up. ¡°W¨C What are you doing, Xavier? I¡®ve been staying in the hospital recently. I didn¡®t do anything!¡± ¡°Hah,¡± Xavier sneered and stepped closer to the bed. ¡°Are you taking me for a fool just because Taco Tolc Scarface escaped without leaving any traces behind? I¡®m not as stupid as you think!¡± He stretched his hand and tightened his grip on Zyon¡®s neck. ¡°You may not be able to step out of your bed because of your broken bones, but that doesn¡®t mean you can¡®t use your mouth to order other people to do your dirty work. You have some guts to keep messing with my people. It seems like I need to find a needle t o sew your mouth shut.¡± ¡°N¨C No, don¡®t do it, Xavier! I have no idea who this Scarface is! I think there¡®s a misunderstanding here, Xav ier.¡± ¡°A misunderstanding?¡± With an evil smile on his face, Xavier picked up the syringe Zyon was ying wi th earlier. ¡°Then I guess it¡®s also a misunderstanding that I¡®m sewing your mouth shut.¡± Even when he was in peak condition, Zyon was no match for Xavier, much less when he was bedridde n. There was nothing he could do to stop Xavier from tormenting him. Right before Xavier was about to strike, a light cough was heard from behind him. ¡°That¡®s enough, Xavi er. We¡®re at a hospital right now. Don¡®t go overboard.¡± ¡°P¨C Please save me, Dr. Houghton.¡± The moment Josiah entered the room, Zyon called out to him for help as though he had met his messiah. However, Xavier¡®s anger was still burning brightly. ¡°Am I? Compared to what he did?¡± ¡°Xavier!¡± Josiah grabbed the syringe away. ¡°Your two bodyguards caused so muchmotion that even people from the neighboring room were checking out what was going on. T here¡®s a reporter inside there. Can you at least show me some respect in my own hospital? If you poke holes in his mouth with the syringe, it won¡®t be a good look for me.¡± ¡°Oh?¡± The edges of Xavier¡®s lips curved upward slowly. ¡°How about this? As long as there aren¡®t any inj uries on his face, it¡®s fine, right?¡± As he spoke, he stepped on Zyon¡®s rib, which hadn¡®t recovered yet. ¡°It has nothing to do with your hosp ital if it¡®s simply a case of his injuries acting up again, right?¡± Josiah pushed his golden¨C framed sses up, shrugged, and took two steps back. ¡°As long as you¡®re happy In the next second, Zyon screamed even louder as Xavier stepped on him harder. Josiah didn¡®t do anything. Thank goodness the VIP ward is soundproof after closing the door. After teaching Zyon a lesson, Xavier used the bedsheet to wipe his leather shoe without lifting his eyes. ¡°I¡®ll warn you for thest time. Winnie may be mentally challenged, but she¡®s still my wife. Touch her ag ain, and I¡®ll make you beg for death.¡± A few minutes passed. Inside Josiah¡®s office, Xavier was loosening his tie in annoyance. Even though he had personally taken care of Zyon earlier, he was still pissed off. Josiah asked his assistant to serve Xavier a cup of coffee upon seeing how thetter was acting. ¡°Come has be your untouchable bottom line. So tell me, what happened?¡± The cup of coffee was emptied by Xavier in one go. Then, with an irritated voice, he said, ¡°I actually got jealous of the two pictures she brought with her. It¡®s not just the simple matter of my primit minded idiot who sees me as a brother.¡± ¡°That¡®s¡­¡± Josiah sighed. ¡°I¡®m still going to bring up the suggestion fromst time. I really do think you sh Xavier rubbed his eyebrows, closed his eyes, and gave it a long thought. Then he nodded. Suddenly, amotion was heard outside of the door. ¡°Who¡®s outside?¡± Xavier promptly opened his eyes. ¡°No one. There¡®s no need to panic.¡± Josiah pointed at the printer outside. ¡°There¡®s a small issue with the Nothing seemed out of ce to Josiah, and Xavier believed his best friend¡®s words. Outside of the office, Josiah¡®s assistant, who delivered coffee into the room not too long ago, left sneakil N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. Her destination wasn¡®t the pantry, but Zyon¡®s ward. She told him everything she had heard. ¡°That¡®s all I heard from the conversation between Mr. Fairchild a Zyon furrowed his eyebrows. ¡°Are you sure you heard Yulissa¡®s name?¡± ¡°I¡®m certain! Dr. Houghton mentioned it a couple of times. I¡®m pretty sure I didn¡®t hear it wrong.¡± ¡°Very well. If Xavieres by again, you must keep a close eye on him. Don¡®t worry, I¡®ll reward you for y After the assistant left, the door to the restroom was opened by a woman. Silly Bride Chapter 27 Silly Bride Chapter 27 Chapter 27 The woman who walked out of the restroom was Kylie. She went into the restroom not too long after she arrived. It was then she heard Josiah¡®s assistant visiti ng Zyon to reveal juicy secrets. When the assistant left, Kylie immediately sat next to the bed and asked curiously, ¡°Isn¡®t Yulissa Xavier¡® s ex¨Cgirlfriend, Mr. Fairchild?¡± ¡°Yeah, how did you know?¡± Zyon raised his eyebrow. ¡°Who doesn¡®t? Everyone knows Xavier almost burned all bridges with his friend for that woman. It was a pretty big piece of news. Do you know why Xavier initially picked me for an arranged marriage?¡± Zyon cackled evilly. ¡°Isn¡®t it because you¡®re quite skillful in the intimacy department?¡± ¡°What are you saying? Hmph!¡± She pretended to be shy. ¡°Why do you always say things like that? Noth ing happened between Xavier and me, okay? I¡®m just waiting for you to recover and leave the hospital.¡± ¡°Oh? Then tell me why did Xavier pick you.¡± ¡°Because my eyes are quite simr to his crush¡®s eyes.¡± ¡°Really?¡± Zyon leaned forward for a closer inspection. ¡°Hmm, I wouldn¡®t have noticed if you didn¡®t mention it. Hah, it seems he still can¡® t quite forget about that woman. So, you were trying to use your eyes to seduce himst time? Is that why you drugged him at the office and was thrown to t he street by him afterward?¡± ¡°Can you stop bringing that up, Mr. Fairchild? I was just trying to use the advantage my eyes had given me.¡± ¡°Pfft,¡± Zyon sneered with disdain. ¡°You just so happened to have a pair of eyes that resembled Yulissa¡®s . What¡®s useful about that?¡± ¡°It¡®s because that woman¡®s already dead! Even if I only have a pair of eyes that resemble hers, it¡®s still good enough!¡± ¡°Like heck it is! Who told you she¡®s dead? As long as the real thing is still around, you don¡®t even have t he right to fill in as a substitute.¡± ¡°What?¡± Kylie was shocked. ¡°She¡®s still alive? I thought the news said she¡®s dead?¡± ¡°Like h*ll she¡®s dead! That¡®s just an illusion Old Mr. Fairchild used. I bet Xavier knew it in his heart, too. He knows his woman isn¡®t dead and is waiting f or her to change her mind.¡± ¡°Then why does he still want to have an arranged marriage with me?¡± ¡°What do you think? You¡®re just a tool to him. If he likes you, he¡®ll have you bear a child for him. If he doesn¡®t, he¡®ll use you to aggravate that woman. You really think you¡®re someone special, huh?¡± After being mocked by Zyon like that, Kylie felt embarrassed and furious. Nevertheless, she didn¡®t have the nerve to show it on her face. Since it was impossible for her to be thedy of the Fairchild family by marrving Xavier she decide d to use Zyon as her entry point instead. As long as Zyon could take Xavier down, she would still be able to be thedy of the Fairchild fam ily when she married Zyon. If that happened, she would demand Xavier kneel in front of her and apologize. Thus, for the sake of her glorious future, she had to grit her teeth and endure those insults. ¡°Then what do you n to do next? It seems like our fathers have started working together on thepany side of things. Do you have any ns to deal with Xavier?¡± ¡°Of course. Xavier is just a normal man, meaning he can still be tempted by beauty. Didn¡®t you hear wh at the assistant said earlier? About how he¡®s falling for your sister? A man who can be driven crazy by a woman, especially a mentally challenged one, doesn¡®t have the right to be the head of the Fairchi ld family! This time, I¡®ll use my most deadly tactic to ensure he¡®ll never recover! Give me my phone.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Kylie promptly handed the phone to him. Upon turning on his phone, Zyon found the telephone number he was looking for. The call rang for a long while before the other person answered it. Right after the woman on the other end uttered a single word, he started scolding her, ¡°What the h*ll ar e you doing? Why did it take so long for you to answer my call? Pack your things and get back here! I n eed you to do something big for me!¡± The woman on the other end answered timidly. He scolded her a few more times before hanging up the call. N?velDrama.Org content rights. Kylie had no idea who he was talking to, but she saw the name for the number was ¡°Slut.¡± She wasn¡®t going to ask about it, but Zyon still brought it up himself. In a smug tone, he said, ¡°Do you know who that tramp was? She¡®s the woman Xavier has been missing all this time! Even though she¡®s just a dirty b*tch, Xavier treasures her! However, he¡®s not a good perso n either, so I say they¡®re a perfect match!¡± In ordance with their past routine, Xavier should be apanying Rufus for a meal in the Fairchild residence at the end of the month. The old man had been calling Xavier about it since the morning. He even specifically asked Xavier to bring Winnie along. Therefore, before Xavier left Lagune Mansion, Winnie had to be well¨Cprepared. That meant she had to go offline and end her meeting with Nathanie) right away. Frankly, they had almost finished the discussion regarding the project for the day. However, he was just highly interested in her and wanted to keep talking to her. ¡°My beloved Gator, I¡®ve been in Avenport for days now. I don¡®t like the food here. As my par can¡®t you pity my stomach and apany me for a mcal?¡°. ¡°Here you go again. I told you already that I don¡®t have ns to meet you for now. If you keep doing this ¡°Wait, wait, wail. I surrender, okay? In all scriousness, I do have a request for you. Two dayster, there¡® ¡°No!¡± Winnie rejected. ¡°I don¡®t want to show up at a ce like that.¡± ¡°Why not? Are you ugly? I don¡®t mind, Gator. I¡®m fine if you wear a mask, too.¡± ¡°Stop messing around, Nathaniel. Have you seen a woman wearing a mask and formal attire attending a She didn¡®t wait for Nathaniel¡®s attempt to persuade her to stay and turned off theptop. When Winnie finished tidying things up and headed downstairs, Xavier¡®s car had just arrived. Upon entering the car, she realized he had been staring at his documents with no intention of speaking t Even after they had arrived at the Fairchild residence, he still kept his distance from her. That was unul Rufus spoke up. ¡°Xavier, the chairman of the foundation, Mr. Cadigan, just called me. He Winnie raised her eyebrow. I just rejected Nathaniel¡®s invitation to go there, but I still need to attend that Nheless, Xavier outright refused, ¡°Did Mr. Cadigan forget to take his pills? He knows what¡®s going o won¡®t do il.¡± nek she¡®s pils leakne w hico That rendered her speechless. That¡®s the first thing he¡®s saying tonight? Really? Silly Bride Chapter 28 Silly Bride Chapter 28 Chapter 28 Rufus was likewise stunned for a moment. Never had he expected Xavier to turn him down so bluntly, and right in front of Winnie at that. His expression promptly turned as ck as thunder. He mmed the fork in his hand onto the table an d kicked Xavier under the table surreptitiously, Gritting his teeth, he hissed in a lowered voice, ¡°What on earth are you doing? Didn¡®t you promise to ta ke good care of Winnie as though she¡®s your sister? If you¡®re afraid that you¡®ll be embarrassed or the lik e, all sorts of rumors have long since spread like wildfire out there. Just bring her to attend the charity g openly. It¡®ll shut them up and stop them from simply specting nonstop.¡± Xavier¡®s brows furrowed. With a thud, he mmed his cutlery onto the table as well. ¡°As I¡®ve said, she¡®s unsuited to attend. I don¡®t mind going without a femalepanion, but I¡®ll never bring her along. I¡®ve fi nished eating. Enjoy the meal.¡± After saying that, he got to his feet and left the dining room. Throughout it all, he didn¡®t spare Winnie a single nce. Meanwhile, Winnie was a tad chagrined. There was still some basic courtesy between us previously, but he suddenly started ignoring me for no apparent reason. Never mind that, but he even has tant contempt written on his face now. Mr. Cadig an has his wires crossed, he said? That¡®s more applicable to him instead! She bit her fork. Only after Xavier had left did she repress the¡®wrath within her. ¡°What¡®s wrong with Handsome, Grandpa Rufus? Is he unhappy?¡± ¡°Here, eat more, Winnie. There¡®s no need to bother about him. Perhaps he forgot his brains at home w hen he left the house today. Don¡®t you love eating chicken wings? Here, hurry up and eat!¡± ¡°Okay! Thank you, Grandpa Rufus! You¡®re so nice!¡± Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g What a scumbag! How dare he show contempt for me so tantly? I¡®ve got to have a good chat with hi m during our drive hometer. The car sped along the road, for Xavier didn¡®t n on staying the night at Lagune Mansion. Instead, he nned to send Winnie back before returning to his condominium in the city center right aw ay. Winnie surmised his intentions as he used the word ¡°first¡± with the driver when he got into the car. Since he said to return to Lagune Mansion first, it means that he still wants to go somece elseter. I n that case, I¡®ve got to resolve everything in the car. The car Xavier had the driver use that day was a Rolls¨C Royce sedan. The front and back seats were apart, and there were also individual seats in the back. Right then, he and Winnie were sitting on two different sides. Winnie stared at him for a long while and discovered that he had been resting with his eyes closed. Thus, she inched over to him. Crouching right down, she hugged his leg. With shimmering eyes, she asked softly, ¡°What¡®s wrong, Handsome? Are you mad at me? Why aren¡®t y ou talking to me? Please don¡®t be angry, won¡®t you? I miss you, Handsome.¡± Xavier sensed it the moment she hugged his leg, but still, he screwed his eyes tightly shut to the point t hat his brows knitted together deeply. In truth, he had already made arrangements from yesterday to meet Yulissa. He had always known that she wasn¡®t dead, and it was merely a ruse created by Rufus. She asked him to give her five years to prove that she could realize her dreams without depending on a man or a wealthy family background. That aside, he was also aware that she once attempted to contact him and wanted toe back to see him when he was pretending to be in aa. Yulissa was the only woman he had ever loved. Even then, his heart still skipped a beat at the thought of her. From yesterday, he had been making ns to go to Yartran for a business trip. He knew that she was in Yartran presently, so he was nning to go and see her because he had to quash his desire and possessiveness toward Winnie personally. Then, he could take good care of her like a sister, as Rufus demanded. At that moment, however, she was hugging his leg pitifully like an abandoned puppy. Her voice was weak, so he presumed that her eyes were definitely teary. As such, he didn¡®t even dare l ook at her. s, such behavior only fanned Winnie¡®spetitiveness. He¡®s feigning sleep, huh? I don¡®t believe I can¡®t make a living man move! ¡°Handsome! P¨CPlease don¡®t ignore me. I¡®m not a bad girl!¡± As she spoke, she got up and climbed onto Xavier. She sat down face to face with him. This time, she no longer hugged his leg but his head. Winnie then sobbed out. ¡°Are you dead, Handsome? Why are you not talking? Please dont die. I¡®m so scared. I¡®ll give you CPR!¡± Cradling his head, she aimed for his lips and blew. Xavier, on the other hand, was on the brink of insanity. Could it be that God sent Dumbo to torment me? Or did I owe her a monumental debt in my previous lif etime? Did she ever consider my feelings before sitting on me, hugging me, and being all touchy¨C feely? She¡®s slow¨Cwitted and doesn¡®t know anything, but I¡®m a normal man! Never mind if she¡®s really a child, but her body is that of a grown woman¡®s! ¨C¨C ¡°Dumbo!¡± He abruptly opened his eyes and seized hold of Winnie¡®s neck. He spoke through gritted teeth, his eyes bloodshot. ¡°Don¡®te any closer, Dumbo! I¡®m not your brothe r, and I¡®ve never been your brother!¡± His grip wasn¡®t all that forceful, but it was enough to restrain her yet not hurt her. However, Winnie hated the feeling of a hand around her throat. What on earth is wrong with this scoundrel today? In the next instant, Xavier picked her up. In the blink of an eye, she had switched ces with the man. Right then, she was pinned onto the seat while Xaviery on top of her. ¡°You want to know why I¡¯m ignoring you, yes?¡± At his question, Winnie nodded. ¡°Because I¡®m afraid that someone else would be upset.¡± Winnie blinked her eyes. ¡°Why would someone else be upset?¡± ¡°Because she¡®s my woman. She¡®d get jealous if I were close with another woman.¡± His answer had words eluding Winnie. When did he have another woman? Hadn¡®t he been pretending be in aa previously? Don¡®t tell me he flirted with the woman through telepathy? ¡°Commit her face to memory first. I¡®ll bring her back to the Fairchild residence for dinner in the future. Don¡®te close to me if you see her.¡± Xavier took out his phone and searched for Yulissa¡®s photo. Besides wanting to show it to Winnie, it was also for him to see. I must get myself to understand that I like normal women, and my woman regards me as a normal man, ¡°See? Her name is Yulissa White. I made her acquaintance before you appeared in my life, and she¡®ll be my femalepanion for the charity g this time.¡± Winnie was again dumbfounded. I read about her in the information about the Fairchild family, and she¡®s indeed his er¨C girlfriend. But isn¡®t she dead? What is he going on about? Does he still love her in death? Or is she actu After Xavier dropped her back at the mansion, Winnie immediately contacted Nathaniel. ¡°You invited me to be your femalepanion this afternoon for the charity g, didn¡®t you? Okay, I¡¯ll go with you.¡± It¡®s just a charity g. Does he think I really can¡®t go if he doesn¡®t bring me along? Silly Bride Chapter 29 Silly Bride Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Soon, the day of the charity g arrived. In the afternoon, Winnie retired early with the excuse that she wasn¡®t feeling well. However, she secretly changed into a maid uniform and furtively left the mansion. After leaving Lagune Mansion, she got into the car she had long since reserved online and headed straight to her condominium in the heart of Avenport. It was a residence she had prepared several years ago because she knew she woulde to Avenpor t one day to avenge her mother. Aqua Moana was the most elite residential area in the whole of Avenport. It was in an exceedingly luxur ious location where every inch ofnd cost an arm and a leg. Even when the unit owners used the elevator, their fingerprints were required to press the call button. A s such, ordinary people had no way of sneaking in. For that reason, Winnie instantly snagged the attention of the security personnel at the reception area when she appeared in the lobby in the mansion¡®s maid uniform and a ck mask. But when they saw that she managed to call the elevator, they retreated silently. Winnie was aware that she was attracting attention, but it was inevitable that she came dressed thus. H ence, she could only enter the elevator swiftly. Perhaps she was walking too quickly that she didn¡®t notice the man stepping out of the adjacent elevato r The second the elevator doors closed, however, the man suddenly swung his gaze in the direction of th e elevator with a frown. Upon seeing Xavier stopping in his tracks, Louis couldn¡®t help stepping forward and inquiring, ¡°What¡®s t he matter, Mr. Xavier? Did you leave something in the house?¡± ¡°No.¡± Despite his answer, Xavier¡®s brows creased slightly. He couldn¡®t shake off the feeling that the outfi t of the woman, who entered the elevator earlier, seemed to be Lagune Mansion¡®s maid uniform. Well, there¡®s a possibility that my eyes were ying tricks on me. ¡°Let¡®s go. By the way, is Yulissa not fo und yet?¡± Louis shook his head. ¡°ording to the investigative resultsst year, she should be in Yartran. But wh en I sent someone to go and search for her a few days ago, she had long since moved. Nheless, I¡® ve ordered them to continue investigating, so I believe there¡®ll be news soon.¡± Xavier grunted in acknowledgment. ¡°Continue investigating, then.¡± Frowning, Louis ventured, ¡°Then¡­ do you really not need a femalepanion tonight? Ms. Yandell from Yandell Corporation,¡± Xavier cut him off directly, ¡°No. Can I not attend the charity g without a femalepanion?¡± ¡°No, that was not what I meant, Mr. Xavier. It¡®s just that Old Mr. Fairchild called to ask about vo femalepanion earlier. From his tone, it seems that he still w ishes you to attend with Mrs. Fairchild.¡± Lifting his hand, Xavier nced at his watch. ¡°It¡®s already this hour, so it¡®s toote even if I change my mind.¡± After saying that, he took out his phone. His hands acted faster than his brain and made the call to Winnie. However, he immediately hung up no sooner had the phone rang twice. Then, he even turned off his ph one. Ugh! I really can¡®t understand myself! What¡®s the significance of making the call? I¡®ve already given voic e to everything that ought to be said to myself in the car that night. Massaging his temples, he went silent for a long moment before asking Louis out of the blue, ¡°What did you discover about Yulissa? Tell me everything.¡± In the elevator, Winnie stared at her phone that only rang twice before cutting off. She promptly called the man back. Never had she expected him to have turned off his phone when she returned his call. Great, just great! So, he phoned me just for fun, huh? How inexplicably infuriating! Is this scoundrel tryi ng to tell me that he has already gone to attend the charity g and reconciled with his first love? Her mood abruptly took a downturn. When she entered her house, she took off her clothes and shoes. After taking a shower, she started applying makeup. She once studied under a top¨C notch international special effects makeup artist for two years. Although she didn¡®t manage to master all the skills, her ability to use makeup to transform her features had already reached the expert level. It only took two hours for her to transform her countenancepletely. Finishing it off with a wig, she b ecame a blond¨Chaired and blue¨Ceyed beauty from Adrune. If one didn¡®t stare at her face intently, one would never notice a thinyer oftex stered on her face. At half past seven in the evening, Winnie appeared at the venue entrance right on the dot. There were foreign guests attending the charity g that day, and she deliberately masked her facial fe atures while doing her makeup, so she wasn¡®t all that eye¨Ccatching that night. However, the rose in her hand was pretty striking. It was a little trick concocted by Nathaniel. As it was the first time they were meeting in the many years they had been working together, he was af raid that he couldn¡®t recognize his beloved Gator and suggested that they both bring a stalk of red rose to facilitate the recognition process. Despite finding that idea incredibly childish, Winnie couldn¡®t convince him otherwise and relented in the end. Nevertheless, she had seen Nathaniel¡®s picture before. Therefore, upon spotting a blue¨C eyed man of mixed blood with a red rose in his breast pocket walking toward her, she chucked the flowe C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. ¡°Wow, you must be Gator! You exude confidence! Good evening, my beloveddy. I¡®m d to meet you The two of them used Ustranasion as they conversed. Winnie was very fluent, and there was no trace of an Aplothian ent in her speech. That was a fact Na Still, a hint of disappointment showed in his eyes after heid eyes on her. Clocking it, Winnie found it amusing. ¡°Why, you find my looks ordinary?¡± ¡°No, of course not. You¡®re stunningly beautiful, my beloved Gator. But for some inexplicable reason, ther was a time when I was convinced that you had Aplothian blood. As you know, a quarter of Chanaean blo Winnie merely shrugged. ¡°Really? It¡®s a pity then, for I¡®m a pure¨Cblooded Adrunian.¡± ¡°No, you misunderstood. I don¡®t find it a pity. I¡®m still honored that you agreed to be my femalepanio Winnie smilingly exchanged some pleasantries with Nathaniel before heading into the venue on his arm. After they had walked the red carpet, the receptionist asked Nathaniel to sign his name. As his femalepanion, Winnie didn¡®t have to do the same. Nheless, she had to wait at the side when he conversed with people. It was also then that Xavier arrived. Al the sight of him heading her way. Winnie couldn¡®t help taking a second look at him. To her surprise, the person he brought with him that night was his assistant, Louis, and not a female Silly Bride Chapter 30 Silly Bride Chapter 30 Chapter 30 Didn¡¯t he say that he would attend with Yulissa? Did something happen?The person in charge of the charity g was just as curious as Winnie.When he was chatting with Xavier, he asked, ¡°Mr. Fairchild, did you not bring a femalepanion today?¡±Xavier gave the person in charge a cold look and said, ¡°Am I now allowed to enter without a femalepanion?¡±¡°No, no, no. I definitely don¡¯t mean that!¡± The person in charge broke out in a cold sweat. He had no idea why Xavier was in such a bad mood.The moment Xavier left with a dark face, Nathaniel finished with the greetings and returned to Winnie¡¯s side.He pointed to Xavier¡¯s back and said to Winnie, ¡°Did you see the man just now? He¡¯s Xavier Fairchild, the current CEO of Fairchild Corporation. It¡¯s unbelievable that he¡¯s still in such perfect shape after waking up from aa, and he¡¯s so good-looking. I believe he must be the dream man of many women in Avenport.¡±¡°Really?¡± Winnie curled her lips slightly. Xavier was indeed not bad. Even Winnie had once thought about possessing him. ¡°But don¡¯t forget that he already has a wife.¡±¡°Oh, okay. But I don¡¯t think his marriage with the dumb girl from the Gand family canst long. I believe many people think the same too. You see, he didn¡¯t even bring his wife this time. I heard that the chairman of the foundation had invited him to bring his wife to attend. After all, this charity g is to raise funds for the disabled. If Xavier¡¯s wife could attend, then this event would be more meaningful.¡±¡°So?¡± Winnie thought she was the only one who knew that Xavier despised her for being stupid. Now it seemed that the whole world knew about it. ¡°So I think he doesn¡¯t care about his wife at all. He doesn¡¯t show any mercy at all in suppressing the Gand Group.¡±Winnie narrowed her eyes. ¡°If it were me, I would show no mercy too.¡±As they talked, ady in front identally stepped on her own long dress. Although she did not fall, a whole ss of whiskey was sshed on Winnie.¡°I¡¯m sorry. I didn¡¯t mean to. Let me apany you to the lounge to clean this,¡± thedy quickly apologized, looking very sincere.Winnie knew she did not do it on purpose, so she decided to justugh it off. ¡°It¡¯s okay. I can deal with it myself.¡±¡°Let me take you there. I¡¯m so sorry. My name is Lily Cadigan. My father is the chairman of this charity g. So, you¡¯re my guest too! It is my duty to take care of you. Let me take you to change a dress. I have a spare, but I¡¯m not sure if you¡¯ll like it.¡±She was too polite, and out of social etiquette,C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. Winnie introduced herself too.¡°My name is Vivian. I don¡¯t think there¡¯s a need to change the dress. I¡¯ll just find a ce to wipe it off. The water stains are not obvious on this dress.¡±Seeing Winnie¡¯s firm attitude, Lily did not persuade further. ¡°Okay. But please allow me to lead the way.¡±Winnie nodded. ¡°Thank you, then.¡±¡°Your Chanaean is very good.¡±¡°You tter me.¡±Right then, when the two were about to go to the lounge, there was an uproar at the entrance of the hall.At that moment, everyone¡¯s attention was drawn in the same direction.Even Winnie couldn¡¯t help looking over as well.With just one nce, she found the focus of the crowd, Xavier.Besides, there was a woman who was elegantly dressed and walking toward Xavier.Winnie had seen the photo of this woman many times. She was Yulissa White, Xavier¡¯s ex-girlfriend. Silly Bride Chapter 31 Silly Bride Chapter 31 Chapter 31 Oh, she¡¯s not dead. It seems that Xavier is not without a femalepanion tonight.However, when she looked closely at Xavier¡¯s expression, he seemed surprised as if he did not expect to see Yulissa here.¡°My dear Gator?¡± Nathaniel called out, stepping forward when he noticed that his female companion was in a daze.¡°What¡¯s the matter?¡± Winnie quickly regained her senses.Nathaniel pointed at her dress, which was stained with alcohol. ¡°Maybe you should go to the dressing room now.¡±¡°Oh, sure! Thanks for reminding. I¡¯ll see you in a bit.¡±Winnie soon arrived at the dressing room under Lily¡¯s lead.Once again, she politely rejected Lily¡¯s offer to help and walked into the dressing room alone.The back of the dress was also wet. She had to take it off to dry it.However, when she was taking off her dress, the specialtexes at the corner of her eye and brows were identally cut by the zipper.It was impossible for her to go out and meet people if she did not repair the damage at these two ces.Unfortunately, she did not have all the materials needed for prosthetic makeup. It was impossible for her to restore the makeuppletely.She spent about twenty minutes and used what she found in the dressing room to fix as much as she could. However, she still had to put her hair down to cover half of her face.I wonder if Nathaniel is still waiting for me outside.As soon as she walked out, she heard a familiar male voice.¡°Yulissa, stop right there!¡±It was Xavier and the woman named Yulissa. Yulissa was walking really fast, and Xavier was chasing behind.It looked like the two had a quarrel.Secondster, Yulissa made a turn and pushed open a door to enter the fire escape.Xavier followed her closely.After hesitating for a moment, Winnie hurried over too.The door of the fire escape was very heavy. Xavier did not close the door tightly when he rushed in. There was a slight opening.Through the opening, Winnie was able to take a peek and hear the sounds of them talking.¡°When did youe back? Why didn¡¯t you tell me?¡± It was Xavier¡¯s voice.His voice was low and deep, and Winnie, in fact, liked this kind of voice. However, as he was talking to another woman right now, she suddenly felt that it was not attractive anymore.¡°Tell you? That¡¯s funny. I thought you were in aa. I wanted toe back to see you, but your grandpa never gave me a chance. Now that I¡¯m finally back after trying so hard, you¡¯re married! I know Old Mr. Fairchild didn¡¯t like me back then. He thought I drew a wedge between you and Nate. But for God¡¯s sake, I didn¡¯t do anything! You¡¯re the only person in my heart! Do you remember what I told you? I told you to give me five years, and I¡¯ll use these five years to prove to your grandpa that I¡¯m worthy of your love! But you¡­ you¡­¡± Yulissa sobbed. She sounded aggrieved.¡°I didn¡¯t promise you.¡± After a while, Xavier spoke again.¡°What?¡±¡°I said I didn¡¯t promise to wait for you, and I don¡¯t have any responsibility or obligation to stay single for you.¡±C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 32 Silly Bride Chapter 32 Chapter 32 ¡°Then why¡­¡± Yulissa sounded astonished. ¡°Why did you chase after me? Go back and find your sweet wife.¡±¡°Stop it, Yulissa. When you left without my consent, did you care about my feelings? Besides, marrying the daughter of the Gand family was my grandpa¡¯s arrangement when I was in aa. That was not my intention.¡±Winnie was stunned. Is he serious? Isn¡¯t Kylie the fianc¨¦e he picked himself? Wow, he¡¯s talking nonsense as soon as he sees his ex-girlfriend.¡°Then¡­ do you love her?¡±Xavier was silent for a moment. ¡°Since you know that I¡¯m married, don¡¯t you know that I married a dumbass? How could I possibly fall in love with a dumbass?¡±How arrogant! Winnie was surprised by his words again.¡°You will divorce her, right?¡±¡°Yes. It¡¯s just a matter of time.¡±¡°That¡¯s great, Xavier. I know that you¡¯ve always loved me. We can still be together in the future, right?¡±After Yulissa finished her words, Winnie saw her walking toward Xavier from the crack of the door. From the position of their legs, the two should be hugging each other and Xavier had no intention of avoiding her.Unfortunately, Winnie could not see anything above their legs because of the angle.But she guessed Xavier should have reached out and hugged Yulissa, as she heard himforting Yulissa, ¡°Yulissa, listen to me. As long as you don¡¯t leave again, we can definitely go back to how things once were.¡±Winnie was furious. What an a*shole! You¡¯re a total jerk!Is this a reunion for the two of you? A good girl from a mediocre family was disliked by wealthy parents. She was then forced to leave her hometown after being separated from her boyfriend. A few yearster, the woman makes aeback, and the affectionate boyfriend opens his arms to wee his girlfriend without hesitation and then kicks away the foolish wife at home. What the hell is this?Winnie felt betrayed. She stood unmoving for a moment to tamp down her anger, then turned around and went to the dressing room to remove a curtain rod.The door handle of this fire escape was ring-shaped. She inserted the curtain rod into the handle. Unless the person inside was an extremely strong man, it would be impossible to open the door.Yulissa did not have a bag, so Winnie assumed she did not have her phone with her since she was wearing a dress that had nowhere to keep a phone.As for Xavier¡¯s phone, Winnie noticed earlier that Louis had been holding the phone for him.She would not care about him if they were divorced. However, as long as they were still husband and wife, Xavier¡¯s action was considered cheating!Since you like to have some private time, fine, I¡¯ll give you some space! Winnie returned to the banquet hall as if nothing had happened.Nathaniel was still chatting with the other guests. But after seeing her, he quickly ended his conversation and walked toward her.At one nce, Nathaniel noticed the difference in Winnie. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Did you hurt your eye?¡±¡°No. My makeup smudged.¡± Winnie fiddled with her bangs lightly to better cover the left half of her face.Nathaniel was still a little worried as he saw an abrasion on her face.¡°Why don¡¯t we find a ce with fewer people to sit down? I have something to talk to you about too. Do you want something to drink? I¡¯ll get it for you.¡±¡°It¡¯s okay. You¡¯re really sweet.¡±¡°That¡¯s what I should do. After all, standing in front of me is the amazing Ms. Gator.¡±Soon, they found a rtively quiet ce.Nathaniel said, ¡°I was talking to the CEO of MT. He would like to cooperate with me. What do you think?¡±Winnie quickly recalled some information about MT. She said in a stern voice, ¡°They started out by investing in military equipment, and their backgrounds are veryplicated. You need to be careful when working with them.¡±¡°Oh, my dear Gator! You always hit the nail on the head. It¡¯s really my honor to work with you for a long time,¡± Nathaniel eximed.¡°You¡¯re a great partner too!¡±Meanwhile, the petrifying chilliness exuded by Xavier was enough to freeze everyone present into ice sculptures.He had never once thought that he would be locked in the fire escape by a curtain rod.If it was not for a cleaner who had just happened to pass by, he had no idea when he would be discovered under the circumstances that he did not even have a phone with him.At that moment, he was checking the surveince footage in the control room.He crossed his arms across his chest with a murderous look on his face.Even Josiah and Louis, who hade with him, did not dare to get too close to him.Yulissa followed him into the control room as well. However, she dared not get close to him too, for fear that he would be annoyed. After all, she had not seen him for so many years.Somehow, she felt that Xavier was different from before. He was more mature and charming now. But at the same time, he was also more cold-hearted.¡°Fast forward!¡± This was the first sentence Xavier said aftering in.The security guard immediately obeyed his order.Then, on the screen, Xavier could be seen following Yulissa into the fire escape.Immediately afterward, a foreign woman in a gold fishtail dress followed. After eavesdropping for a while, she quickly entered one of the rooms, took out a curtain rod, and locked the door of the fire escape.¡°Pause! Great!¡± Xavier sneered and took a nce at his watch. ¡°Bring this woman to me in ten minutes.¡±Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g Silly Bride Chapter 33 Silly Bride Chapter 33 Chapter 33 The hotel belonged to Fairchild Corporation. It was not difficult for Xavier to instruct a few security guards.Josiah immediately stepped forward and reminded them, ¡°Hold on! She¡¯s a foreign guest, after all. She¡¯s probably thepanion or family member of a participant. Be more polite when you invite her over.¡±¡°That is not necessary!¡± Xavier could not be polite to a person who dared to piss him off.Josiah hurriedly gave the guards a look and said, ¡°Listen to me. Listen to me. Hurry up and get the things done.¡±Then, he quickly changed the subject and asked Xavier, ¡°Is the foreign beauty your ex- girlfriend? That¡¯s why she was jealous when she saw you going into the fire escape with another woman?¡±¡°I¡¯ve never seen this woman before!¡±Josiah turned to look at Yulissa. ¡°Then¡­ did you get into a conflict with this woman?¡±Yulissa shook her head. ¡°That¡¯s impossible. I¡¯ve never seen her before too. Besides, I just returned to the country.¡±¡°There¡¯s no point in asking her. You¡¯ll know when she¡¯s here.¡±Xavier nced at Yulissa. He suddenly realized he was not as happy as he thought he would be when he met her.He used to have a strange feeling when he thought about her asionally in the past. However, the feeling disappeared.All he could think of now was the woman who dared to lock him up.His eyes were sharp. He swept through each real-time monitoring screen at a fast pace and finally fixed his gaze on the middle one.¡°So she¡¯s hiding here.¡± He picked up the walkie-talkie and gave his orders. ¡°Southwest corner of the banquet hall. Get her!¡±Meanwhile, somewhere in the banquet hall, Winnie nced at her phone and felt that it was probably time. Besides, she saw someone going in the direction of the dressing room just now.As long as someone went over, Xavier and Yulissa would most probably be released. She knew Xavier¡¯s character very well. Once he came out, he would definitely check the surveince footage. And once he checked the surveince footage, she was not far from being exposed.Therefore, she bid farewell to Nathaniel. ¡°I think I¡¯ve stayed here long enough tonight. I shall take my leave now. Let¡¯s keep in touch online.¡±Nathaniel was a little shocked by her decision. He joked, ¡°Are you Cindere? But the clock has not yet struck midnight.¡±Winnie smiled. ¡°My dear Nathaniel, I think you have read too many fairy tales.¡±Unfortunately, as soon as she got up from the couch, she saw several security guards in ck suits walking toward her.She frowned and patted Nathaniel on his shoulder. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I really have to go now.¡±Nathaniel could sense that something was not right with her. When he followed her gaze and saw the security guards, he asked, ¡°Are you in trouble? Do you need my help?¡±¡°No. Just remember to hide my identity.¡± Winnie slipped into the crowd after finishing speaking.Just at that moment, the music sounded, and the lights in the hall dimmed. The g began, and this brought convenience to Winnie.However, Nathaniel could not stay still and do nothing. He immediately followed after her.At the same time, Xavier saw the scene of Nathaniel chasing Winnie on the screen. ¡°The dressing room. She¡¯s heading to the dressing room.¡±The security guards got the information and quickly went to the dressing room.However, the dance floor was too dark, and all the guests today were influential people in society. They did not dare to make a scene.In the end, there were only two security guards who followed Xavier¡¯s order and sessfully came to the dressing room.Although they had sessfully caught up with Winnie in the corridor, they had obviously underestimated the enemy and were not ready to face such a powerful one.Winnie knocked them down one by one by kicking their important parts.The moment they fell, Winnie heard Xavier¡¯s voice on the walkie-talkie. ¡°Rubbish! The two of you can¡¯t even catch ady!¡±N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. Silly Bride Chapter 34 Silly Bride Chapter 34 Chapter 34 C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. Winnie understood what was going on the moment she heard that.Xavier must be giving instructions to these security guards from the control room.In other words, it was as if she was getting filmed in a live broadcast, for Xavier was watching her every move.Hence, she halted in her tracks and mulled over it. Then, she quickly found where the cameras were and gave Xavier the finger.Xavier, who was in the control room, scowled when he saw that.¡°D*mn you. How dare you taunt me? Who gave you the guts to do that?¡±Winnie had the security guard¡¯s walkie-talkie in her hand, so she heard everything Xavier said.She could also hear that Xavier was livid.Nevertheless, she had no qualms about fanning the mes. That¡¯s what he gets for cheating!Pushing the talk button, Winnie said in fluent Ustranasion, ¡°Sir, justice is the one that gave me the guts. Mr. Fairchild, your name is known by many people, and most know that you¡¯re married. However, I never thought that the leader of Fairchild Corporation would betray his wife on the night of the charity g. How can an immoral man like you have the right to lead a business empire? Tonight is just a little lesson for you. There¡¯s no need for thanks, Mr. Fairchild, because I don¡¯t think well of you at all. Also, stop trying to catch me. I¡¯ll be honest with you now. As long as I don¡¯t want to appear in your line of sight, you¡¯ll never catch me.¡±How confident and insane was Winnie to say such things to Xavier?Other than the few security guards, everyone else in the control room understood what Winnie said.Xavier was clenching his fists so hard his knuckles turned white.Even Josiah and Louis did not dare to take a breath.After punching and shattering one of the disy monitors, Xavier ordered, ¡°She entered the dressing room, so she might be changing. Go after her as quickly as you can. I want her caught tonight!¡±Meanwhile, Winnie picked a few random clothes from the dressing room.Surveince cameras were scattered all over the hotel, so she was in no rush to change yet.Nevertheless, her time taken in the dressing room allowed the rest of the security guards to catch up with her.Still, Winnie did not panic. Knowing there was a surveince blind spot in the garden on the first floor, she ran there.As she ran, she took off her disguise¡ªthe green-colored contact lenses, the golden wig, and thetexes on her face all had to go.She was going down the stairs while taking off her wig, so most of her attention was on the hair. That was how she ended up missing a step.Just as she thought she was going to fall, a pair of powerful arms grabbed her.In the next second, she fell against someone¡¯s chest.The moment she was hugged by the other person, she screeched in her mind, Oh my god!It was because the men¡¯s cologne from the person was far too familiar¡ªthe faint scent of the ocean.That was the smell of the cologne that Nathaniel had on him.Winnie did not expect Nathaniel to be there.Perhaps she should be d that thetexes on her face were only half removed, or perhaps she should pray that Nathaniel did not catch a clear glimpse of her in the darkness of the garden.Regardless, Nathaniel was clearly not blind.¡°Oh my dear Ms. Gator, you¡¯ve given me a huge surprise!¡± Nathaniel said as he slowly removed the green-colored contact lenses on Winnie¡¯s face. ¡°Your eyes are beautiful, and they glitter like ck onyx. I love this eye color. Did you use prosthetic makeup to conceal your true looks?¡±As Nathaniel spoke, he slowly peeled off a piece oftex from the corner of Winnie¡¯s eye. ¡°Stop!¡± Once Winnie regained her bnce, she quickly moved away from Nathaniel¡¯s arms. ¡°I¡¯m really sorry, but I have my reasons for that, and I don¡¯t have the time to exin them to you right now. I have to go. Someone might seek trouble with youter, and I¡¯ll have to apologize for your efforts in dealing with them.¡±Even though Nathaniel had only seen half of Winnie¡¯s true appearance, he was still moved by her beauty.He adored Aplothian women like her, especially when she was a tycoon.Nathaniel was sure that he had fallen in love at first sight with the woman in front of him.¡°Okay, I¡¯m not afraid of trouble. Maybe I can send you back.¡±¡°There¡¯s no need for that. If you don¡¯t mind, I hope you can help me clean up the mess because there are people after me.¡±¡°It¡¯d be my pleasure.¡±Winnie did not linger there; she swiftly fled after shoving the wig into Nathaniel¡¯s hands.Frankly, the ardent look in Nathaniel¡¯s eyes had frightened her earlier. It seemed that the rumors about him having a fetish for Aplothian women were true.With Nathaniel¡¯s help, the people stopped going after Winnie, and she managed to leave the hotel unscathed.¡°The woman disappeared after entering the open-air garden. She must have changed during that time and put on a wig because no one who left the hotel looked exactly like her,¡± Josiah said to Xavier. ¡°Why don¡¯t we just let it slide for today? Getting everyone to go after her will only ruin the mood of the charity g. I say we look into her partner for now.¡±Although Xavier was still irked, he said, ¡°Louis, I¡¯ll leave this to you.¡±¡°That¡¯s right.¡± Josiah handed a bottle of water to Xavier. ¡°Why did you have to insist on doing this yourself? You were angry for no reason.¡±Xavier was still mad. He called Louis to return and said, ¡°Give me my phone.¡±When Josiah saw Xavier switching on his phone, and when he saw Yulissa keeping quiet after entering, he gave a hint to his good friend.¡°I know what happened just now made you furious, and it¡¯s understandable for you to lose your temper. But you have to realize you¡¯re quite terrifying when you get mad. You shouldn¡¯t ignore Yulissa anymore. I¡¯m afraid you¡¯ve frightened her. I remember that the two of you were great when you were together. I don¡¯t think you¡¯ve ever lost your temper like this around her before, right?¡±Although Josiah¡¯s voice was not loud, Yulissa still heard him.Indeed, she was frightened earlier, but she also hoped that Xavier woulde over to talk to her.Xavier merely hummed in agreement. He did not budge at all as he continued tapping away on his phone.He did not know what was going on, but his mind kept reying what that foreign woman had said earlier.The woman was looking down on him for betraying his wife and that made him think of Winnie.¡°Xavier?¡± Josiah called out to him again.Xavier ignored him. However, after a further check on his phone, he realize he had a notification informing him of a missed call from Winnie.Dumbo called me! She rarely calls me. What happened to her?Despite his urge to call her back, he did not. He called Mary instead.Then, he found out from Mary that Winnie had gone to bed early because she was feeling unwell.Dumbo has been feeling unwell while Yulissa and I were catching up?The new knowledge frustrated him.Thus, he kept his phone and said, ¡°Let¡¯s go. I¡¯m going back.¡± He then looked at Yulissa icily from a distance. ¡°Where do you live? I¡¯ll get someone to send you back.¡±¡°But Xavier¡­¡± Yulissa came over and gently held Xavier¡¯s arm.Her tone was of a lowly pleading one, and those who hear it would not be able to bear it. ¡°We just reunited. Can¡¯t you stay here and chat with me tonight?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 35 Silly Bride Chapter 35 Chapter 35 Upon seeing the look in Yulissa¡¯s eyes, Xavier drew his brows together.After a moment of hesitation, he raised his hand to caress her cheek. ¡°Next time. As long as you don¡¯t leave without saying goodbye again, we have all the time in the world.¡±With that, he turned and left, not sparing her another nce.Josiah hurried after him.Once they were out of the control room, he questioned, ¡°What the hell are you doing? Where are you going? Aren¡¯t you supposed to stay? You were worried about not finding Yulissa a few days ago, but now she¡¯s here in front of you. Haven¡¯t you decided to find an ordinary woman? She¡¯s the best choice here. I¡¯d say she looks even more graceful inparison to a few years ago, and she seems quite the match for you.¡±Despite the long speech Josiah gave to Xavier, Xavier said dismissively, ¡°We have a long way to go. Maybe next time.¡±¡°I say you¡¯ve been bewitched! Who was the one who was worried he was insane and came to me for ideas? Winnie has someone to take care of if she¡¯s feeling unwell. Maybe she¡¯ll be fine after a night¡¯s sleep. Your problem will only worsen!¡±A headache began to form in Xavier¡¯s head as he listened to Josiah, and he could not help but quicken his pace.Right then, he encountered the security guards who were on their way back.¡°Mr. Fairchild, sorry, but we¡¯ve lost her. We only found one of her high heels.¡±Xavier furrowed his brows. After taking the high heel from the security guard, he threw it at Josiah, who was still incessantly chattering away.¡°If you¡¯re that free, send Yulissa back so that I don¡¯t have to make any more arrangements.¡±Josiah was rendered speechless at that. Is she your first girlfriend or mine?Winnie first returned to Aqua Moana to change into a housekeeper¡¯s attire before rushing back to Lagune Mansion.To her surprise, she bumped into Xavier¡¯s car just as she entered the mansion.Shouldn¡¯t he be with his ex-girlfriend at this time? Why is he here just as I arrive? I can sense that he¡¯s quite strong in that area, so he can¡¯t be a quick guy, right?Nevertheless, to make sure that she would not be caught red-handed, Winnie had no choice but to take the shortcut across the garden.Yet, unfortunately for her, she identally alerted the few ck dogs in the mansion to her presence.The dogs were ferocious. They ran after her and barked non-stop. If not for her excellent physique that allowed her to climb through the second-floor window with the rope she had prepared in the afternoon, she would have been in a rush to go for a rabies jab.When she returned to her room to change her clothes, she was huffing and grumbling under her breath.She swore to find out clues about her cousin quickly and then leave the mansion as quickly as she could.Otherwise, she would have to sneak in and out of the mansion all the time and be treated like a robber by the dogs. It was tormenting.Just as she kicked the housekeeper¡¯s outfit under the bed and tucked herself in, Xavier abruptly opened the door and came into the room.¡°You¡¯re awake? Are you not feeling well?¡± Xavier strode over to the bed and looked downward at Winnie.Winnie had no choice but to pretend as if she had just woken up. She rubbed her eyes and mumbled, ¡°Handsome, you¡¯re back? Winnie misses you so much.¡±¡°Why is your face so red? Do you have a fever?¡± Noticing something amiss about Winnie, Xavier reached out to touch her forehead.Even though Winnie said nothing, she was cursing away at Xavier in her mind. Has he no shame in asking me why my face is red? I¡¯ll like to see your face not turn red after running a hundred meters without stopping!¡°You don¡¯t feel hot. Where are you feeling ufortable? Tell me.¡±Winnie tilted her head to the side to avoid Xavier¡¯s touch. ¡°Winnie¡¯s feeling ufortable with the way you¡¯re pressing your hand on Winnie. There¡¯s a pungent smell on your hand. It stinks.¡±This b*stard hugged another woman outside. He already has the smell of others, and it¡¯s disgusting to smell it right now.Xavier froze. With a frown, he retracted his hand.Right then, Josiah sent him a message, and Xavier took out his phone to check it.Josiah: I¡¯ve safely sent her to her destination. She¡¯s very understanding, and she didn¡¯t ask many questions. All she asked me was about your condition, and she was worried that you might have some long-term effects from that. It¡¯s obvious that she¡¯s still concerned about you. Oh, by the way, I found an old photo a while ago. I didn¡¯t show it to you because I was worried that you might not be happy, but now¡¯s the time.Then Xavier received a photo.It was Josiah¡¯s selfie, but he and Yulissa had identally photobombed him.It had been a rainy day that day, and he had been waiting for the driver toe. Yulissa had shared her umbre with him.The photo reminded Xavier of that rainy day, and some feelings began to bloom in Xavier¡¯s heart again.Hence, when he turned to Winnie, he forced himself to be cold.¡°Dumbo, I came to tell you not to call me anymore. I¡¯ll get someone to bring your granny over tomorrow so that she can take care of you. I don¡¯t think I¡¯lle back to Lagune Mansion ever again.¡±Winnie was at a loss for words. You were the one who called me first in the afternoon, okay? I was just being polite to call you back. Who knew you b*stard would have kept the phone switched off? Ha. A b*stard who has his ex-girlfriend throwing herself into his arms surely acts differently. He¡¯s suddenly so determined and cold-hearted! You don¡¯t think you¡¯ll evere back? So what? Do I look like I¡¯m going to kneel before you and beg you not to? I should have welded that fire escape shut in the hotel!Winnie was furious. But not wanting to give up that way, she frowned and began sobbing on purpose.¡°Why? Handsome, why won¡¯t youe back? Handsome, do you not want Winnie anymore? Do you not like Winnie anymore?¡±Xavier forced himself to look away from Winnie and made himself think about Yulissa instead. In a cold tone, he said, ¡°Ha, you¡¯re just a dumbo. Do you really think you can get my love? I spent time with you because I pitied you. Who do you think you are?¡±What? Did this d*mn man take the wrong pill today? Is he hearing what he¡¯s saying? He wasn¡¯t like this in the past!Winnie was boiling with anger. She grabbed an ornament on the bedside table and threw it at Xavier¡¯s head.¡°Hmph! You¡¯re a meanie! People who don¡¯t like Winnie are all meanies!¡±Winnie did not expect Xavier to not dodge that.The ornament was solid, and it hit the spot by the end of his brow.Yet, he did not react to it. He did not even make a noise of pain, and neither did he spare her another nce before he left.Winnie thought he was going to look for his ex-girlfriend after that, but the entire night went by without the sounds of a car engine starting. She guessed he must have gone to sleep in another room.The next morning, the two did not have breakfast together.Xavier did not head out either, for it was the weekend, and he did not need to work.Around ten, Josiah came.He did note alone¡ªYulissa came with him.C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 36 Silly Bride Chapter 36 Chapter 36 N?velDrama.Org owns ? this. Coincidentally, when Josiah and Yulissa arrived, Winnie was walking down the stairs.Winnie never liked Yulissa. Even if I¡¯m supposedly mentally challenged and she¡¯s the one Xavier truly loves, she should at least wait until I¡¯ve divorced Xavier. Back then, Old Mr. Fairchild brought both our ID cards to register for our marriage. Therefore, it¡¯s still a legally binding marriage.Winnie turned away the moment she saw them. She didn¡¯t want to greet them.However, Josiah called out to her, ¡°Hey, Winnie! You saw me, right? Why didn¡¯t you greet me?¡±While standing on the staircase, Winnie looked down at him and mimicked his tone as she greeted, ¡°Hey, Bad Specky!¡±Josiah was momentarily stunned. ¡°What¡¯s going on? Aren¡¯t you supposed to address me as Specky?¡±Winnie didn¡¯t want to respond to that, so she merely giggled innocently.¡°All right, then.¡± Josiah shrugged and turned toward Yulissa. ¡°That¡¯s just how she is. It¡¯s like she has the mind of a child. Don¡¯t worry, okay? She¡¯s not going to put up much of a fight.¡±Winnie was rendered speechless. You can treat me as a fool, but do you think I¡¯m deaf? Meanwhile, Yulissa was stunned when she saw Winnie, and she didn¡¯t quite agree with what Josiah said.Didn¡¯t Xavier leave me because this dumb girl was sickst night? Also, how is she so pretty? I never expected Xavier¡¯s wife to be so pretty! Since technology is so advanced now, what if she gets cured? She¡¯s definitely going to be a threat! Still, I¡¯m not going to lose Xavier. I¡¯ll do whatever it takes to have him!When Josiah saw that Winnie was about to walk away, he quickly stopped her and asked, ¡°Winnie, where¡¯s Handsome?¡±Winnie blinked and hesitated. ¡°He¡­ could be dead.¡±¡°What?¡± Josiah panicked. ¡°What do you mean? What nonsense are you talking about? He was still okayst night, no?¡±Yulissa grew anxious as well. ¡°Josiah, why are you asking her those questions? It¡¯s pointless. Let¡¯s go upstairs and check on him.¡±With that, the two of them hurriedly went up.Seeing that, Winnie uttered, ¡°Handsome was mean to Winniest night, so Winnie smashed his head with something, and Winnie hasn¡¯t seen him since. He should be dead by now. Otherwise, why is he not awake yet?¡±¡°What the f*ck?¡± Josiah was amused. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you say so? You¡¯ve scared me and Ms. White, you know?¡±Yulissa was actually worried. An inexplicable feeling rose from within when she nced at Winnie¡¯s pretty face. ¡°Did Xavier sleep with youst night?¡±Before Winnie could answer, Josiah beat her to it. ¡°What are you on about, Yulissa? Xavier doesn¡¯t evene here that often. Besides, didn¡¯t Winnie say that she hadn¡¯t seen Xavier since she smashed something against his head? If they did sleep together, she would¡¯ve seen him already.¡±Yulissa¡¯s expression softened when she heard those words. Josiah¡¯s head was throbbing. It¡¯s as if Yulissa is my first love instead of Xavier¡¯s! Why am I the one helping him and exining things to her? Xavier should be doing this!¡°Let¡¯s go up and check on Xavier. He should be in the study or in the guest room.¡± Josiah was very familiar with the ce, so he brought Yulissa upstairs.Since Winnie had nothing else to do, she decided to tag along.Yulissa wasn¡¯t pleased. ¡°Winnie, is it? Keep yourself entertained, okay? You don¡¯t have to follow us.¡±¡°No!¡± Winnie answered innocently. ¡°I must go and make sure Handsome isn¡¯t dead yet!¡±She wanted to tag along to make life difficult for Xavier.¡°Fine. Come with us,¡± Josiah uttered helplessly. ¡°But why did you have to be so violent in the first ce? When you see himter, remember to apologize to him. He hasn¡¯t really been in the best of mood!¡±Winnie giggled and acted as though she didn¡¯t understand a word.Upon seeing that, Yulissa felt uneasy. Even when this idiot is giggling stupidly, she¡¯s still so beautiful! No wonder Xavier was captivated by her.When they opened the door to the guest room, the choking smell of smoke invaded their sense of smell.Josiah, who was at the front, quickly waved his hand in disgust.Unlike everyone else, Josiah knew what was going on.The dumbass Mr. Fairchild got married with messed him up real good. He must¡¯ve felt utterly annoyedst night. He wasn¡¯t a smoker, but he started smoking when Yulissa left. As time passed, he gradually forgot about Yulissa and stopped smoking. He has already stopped smoking for a few years now. Why did he smoke against night? The ce is filled with smoke. Just how much did he smokest night?¡°Xavier!¡± Yulissa wanted to be the one who appeared in front of Xavier first. Hence, she immediately rushed inside the moment the door opened.Naturally, Josiah gave her the opportunity to do so.Winnie, on the other hand, couldn¡¯t be bothered.Right then, Yulissa was heard screaming, ¡°Xavier! Xavier! What¡¯s wrong with you? Wake up! Josiah,e over and take a look at him!¡±¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Josiah rushed over.Winnie walked in casually from behind.When she got closer, she saw that Xavier was still wearing the same clothes as the night before, and he was sleeping without a nket.Did he really suffer an injury after what I did last night?Josiah quickly figured out what had happened. ¡°His temperature is slightly high. The injury on his head doesn¡¯t seem serious, so I doubt he¡¯s having a fever because of an infection. I think he just caught a cold. The window seems to have been left open sincest night. There¡¯s nothing much to be worried about.¡±Once those words fell, Xavier opened his eyes.As he had smoked a lot and had been exposed to the cold wind throughout the night, his voice was hoarse when he grumbled, ¡°Why are you guys so noisy? I want to sleep.¡±¡°Xavier, I thought something bad happened to you. Why did you sleep without a nket? You¡¯ve startled me.¡± Yulissa¡¯s eyes were brimming with tears. Silly Bride Chapter 37 Silly Bride Chapter 37 Chapter 37 C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. While talking, Yulissa wanted to touch Xavier¡¯s face.Xavier wanted to shake her hand off, but when he saw Winnie standing at the door, he changed his mind and let Yulissa touch him.Yulissa gently touched his wound, and she felt bad for him. ¡°Does it hurt? You have a wound here.¡±¡°No, it doesn¡¯t.¡± Xavier massaged the spot between his brows and sat up.He had wanted to ignore Winnie. However, she was standing at the door, so he couldn¡¯t help but nce at her.Xavier¡¯s expression turned solemn when he realized he was looking at her. ¡°Why did you bring her here?¡± he asked Josiah.Josiah was amused. ¡°She said she smashed something against your headst night and thought you might be dead. She wanted to see if you¡¯re still alive!¡±¡°Is that so?¡± Xavier shot Winnie a look.I only said something harsh last night, and she¡¯s already wishing for me to die. She doesn¡¯t look like she¡¯s regretting her actions. It¡¯s all right, though. After all, she¡¯s dumb, so she knows nothing. The woman who truly cares for me is Yulissa! I can tell that she¡¯s a sincere woman.Winnie was annoyed when she saw the interaction between Xavier and Yulissa. She giggled sheepishly and said, ¡°That¡¯s right. Winnie came to see if you¡¯ve died, Handsome. If you die, there¡¯ll be a banquet!¡±¡°What nonsense are you talking about? How could you say that? You could¡¯ve injured his eyes!¡± Yulissa choked out.Xavier furrowed his brows when he heard that. ¡°Save your breath, Yulissa. Don¡¯t waste your time on a dumbass. I¡¯m going to take a bath, so just wait for me outside.¡±Yulissa sobbed and wiped the tears off of her face. ¡°I¡¯ll run a bath for you.¡±¡°That¡¯s not necessary.¡± A sense of warmth welled up in Xavier¡¯s heart, and he held Yulissa¡¯s hand. ¡°I¡¯m just going to take a quick shower.¡±¡°Then¡­ do you have clothes to change into in the guest room? Should I fetch you some clothes from the master bedroom?¡±¡°Sure.¡± Xavier nodded. Unlike that dumbo, she¡¯s what a wife should be like. ¡±Oh, since you¡¯re all here, let me introduce her to you.¡± Xavier was still holding Yulissa¡¯s hand. ¡°This is Winnie. There¡¯s something wrong with her brain, so she has the mind of a child. She just somehow got married into the family. When the time is right, I¡¯m going to divorce her. We¡¯re just husband and wife on paper. I really hope you don¡¯t mind. Grandpa wants us to take care of her during this time, so just don¡¯t be bothered with a fool like her.¡±Yulissa held Xavier¡¯s hand tightly and uttered gently, ¡°I understand why you¡¯re doing this, Xavier. You need to look after thepany¡¯s reputation. I¡¯m happy as long as we have each other in our hearts.¡±Josiah was at a loss for words. God, that¡¯s so cheesy!Winnie, on the other hand, was disgusted. I¡¯m going to puke any moment now. Must they do this in public? Why can¡¯t they just do this privately? Also, why must he keep calling me a dumbass?Obviously, Yulissa wasn¡¯t done with her act. She walked toward Winnie and took off her emerald bracelet to put it on Winnie¡¯s wrist. ¡°Winnie, you don¡¯t mind me calling you by your name, right? I didn¡¯t n oning over today. When I found out Josiah wasing over, I just tagged along. Hence, I didn¡¯t bring any gifts. Please ept this bracelet.¡±What? I don¡¯t need that. Winnie retracted her hand.When she retracted her hand, the bracelet was still in Yulissa¡¯s hand.However, Yulissa suddenly let go of the bracelet and dropped it on the floor.The emerald bracelet was fragile, so it broke into three pieces when it fell to the floor.Yulissa was just so standing in a position that blocked Xavier¡¯s and Josiah¡¯s line of sight.Before Yulissa could say a word, Winnie already knew what she was going to say.Yulissa squatted down and picked up the broken bracelet, her eyes red. ¡°Winnie, you could¡¯ve just told me you didn¡¯t like the bracelet. How could you just throw it to the ground and break it? This bracelet was left behind by my mother, and it¡¯s very precious to me.¡±Winnie was dumbfounded. Oh? You would give a dumbass something so precious to you? What a pretentious woman! You love to act, don¡¯t you? I¡¯ll join you.¡°Handsome, Specky, I didn¡¯t drop the bracelet!¡± Winnie burst into tears. ¡°I really didn¡¯t! The bracelet just dropped to the floor on itself!¡±If she were to say that Yulissa had purposefully dropped it, those two wouldn¡¯t believe her.Tears were streaming down Winnie¡¯s face. Since she was so pretty, she looked rather adorable when she cried.Josiah wanted to calm everyone down. Although he didn¡¯t exactly see what happened, he believed it was just an ident.Yet before Josiah could do anything, Xavier scolded, ¡°Even if you want to throw a tantrum and be dumb, there must be a limit! Apologize to Yulissa now! Otherwise, you¡¯re not getting fed today.¡±Winnie was stumped. Is he blinded by this woman?¡°Winnie didn¡¯t do anything wrong! Winnie is not going to apologize! Since Winnie is not getting fed, Winnie will just starve herself to death!¡± Winnie red at Xavier before mming the door and leaving.¡°How dare you!¡± Xavier fumed.¡°Let it go, Xavier.¡± Yulissa was quietly thrilled when she saw how angry Xavier was at Winnie. ¡°I¡¯ll just get someone to fix it. Perhaps I was a little too emotional as well. After all, it¡¯s something my mother left for me. In fact, I feel rather bad for her. She¡¯s an adult, but she has a mind of a child. She assaulted youst night, so I don¡¯t think breaking my bracelet is that big of a deal. Like a child, she¡¯s just throwing tantrums and we have to coax her. However, you¡¯re still recovering, and you need to rest. From now on, I¡¯ll take care of you, Xavier. If Winnie doesn¡¯t mind, I can take care of her too.¡±¡°That¡¯s not necessary. I¡¯ve already gotten someone to fetch her granny from the countryside. We don¡¯t need her toe between us.¡±¡°All right. You go ahead and take a shower. I¡¯ll go get your clothes.¡±Not long after, Yulissa arrived in the master bedroom. Instead of fetching clothes for Xavier, she was more interested in looking for Winnie. Silly Bride Chapter 38 Silly Bride Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Yulissa behaved rudely. She carried herself as if she were thedy of the house.After she was done with the clothes, she turned to Winnie, who was crying on the bed, and said, ¡°The man that you call Handsome; his name is Xavier, and he is my boyfriend. Although you¡¯re rather silly, you¡¯re still a grown woman. You¡¯d better stay away from him from now on. He also asked me to tell you that he hates silly fools like you. He will need peace and quiet to rest and recuperate for a while. He wants you to stay out of his sight if there¡¯s nothing important that you need to speak to him about. Do you understand?¡±Yulissa thought Winnie was crying on the bed.However, Winnie was actually listening to the voice message sent by Nathaniel.She was veryfortable lying on the bed with her earphones on.She was aware that Yulissa was speaking to her. However, she pretended not to hear her.She only got up from the bed after she was done listening to the long series of voice messages sent by Nathaniel.Then, standing directly in front of Yulissa, she slowly took off her earphones. ¡°What were you saying, you horrible woman? Winnie was crying too hard earlier; Winnie didn¡¯t hear a single word you said.¡±Yulissa drew in a deep breath and repeated impatiently, ¡°I said¡ª¡±However, before she could finish, Winnie pressed her earphones into her ears again.Yulissa was stunned. Is she trying to provoke me? Is she really a dumbass?Her silly, clueless expression was answer enough. ¡°Hmph! Winnie is watching Peppa Pig. Go away, you horrible woman!¡±Yulissa calmed down. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. Xavier won¡¯t see you ever again.¡±After that, she grabbed the clothes and left.Winnie rolled her eyes at Yulissa¡¯s retreating back. As if I want to see Xavier! Idiot!After chatting with Nathaniel for a while longer, Winnie realized that using her phone was not enough.She went into the yroom and got on the computer.On her way there, she passed by Xavier¡¯s study. The door was ajar. From within, she could hear the voices of Yulissa and an unknown man in conversation.Yulissa seemed to be talking to the man on speakerphone while searching for something in Xavier¡¯s study.Winnie did not really want to bother herself with whatever Yulissa was doing. However, her curiosity got the best of her. She wanted to know what was actually going on.Yulissa snuck into Xavier¡¯s study! Is she a spy?Winnie stood by the door and eavesdropped.Inside the room, Yulissa ended the call very soon after. It seemed that she hadN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. not managed to locate whatever it was the man wanted her to look for.Winnie was surprised to realize that the man¡¯s voice sounded vaguely familiar to her.It sounds like Xavier¡¯s cousin, Zyon. Wow! Isn¡¯t this an interesting turn of events? Xavier¡¯s beloved ex-girlfriend cheated on him with Zyon. Xavier even scolded me because of that cheating woman. There¡¯s no point for me to eavesdrop on her now. I must find a way to expose her secret! Then Xavier will end her!Winnie thought about her options. She decided to lie low first and n her next moveter.However, just as she was about to walk away, Xavier appeared out of nowhere.He caught sight of Winnie lingering at the door of his study and asked in a nasty voice, ¡°Why are you sneaking around my study?¡±He looked as if he was ready to kill her.However, since Winnie was pretending to be a simpleton, she could only swallow her anger and put on her fool¡¯s act.¡°Handsome, Winnie is not being sneaky.¡± Winnie deliberately ran over to Xavier to grab his hand.My fool¡¯s act is so believable! Don¡¯t you want to be with that woman? Winnie just wanted to touch him and hold him and make him ufortable. She also wanted to provoke Yulissa¡¯s anger. ¡°Winnie was just following the horrible woman. She was the one who went in first! You can go in there and see for yourself if you don¡¯t believe Winnie!¡±Dumbo smells so amazing! Her scent is different from the other women. I really want to just keep holding her!However, Xavier finally shook himself free and said cruelly, ¡°Dumbo, stay away from me.¡±Winnie carried on with her fool¡¯s act. ¡°Winnie is not Dumbo, Handsome! Winnie is not Dumbo!¡±¡°I told you to stay away from me.¡±Winnie ignored hismand and followed him into his study.Yulissa had heard theming in earlier and had already cooked up an alibi.¡°Xavier, I¡¯m so sorry that I came into your study without asking first. I just remembered that you had a photo of us on your desk. I just wanted to see if it is still here¡­¡±Xavier looked at Yulissa. It seemed that he believed her excuse. ¡°It¡¯s not here anymore; I burned it.¡±Yulissa¡¯s mouth fell open. She looked a little embarrassed. ¡°Well, it doesn¡¯t matter. We can take more photos together.¡±Winnie was speechless. Is love really so blind? Does he really believe that she came in here just for a photo?¡°Handsome, the horrible woman is lying! See here, and here! It¡¯s all messy. She¡¯s not looking for a photo. Winnie heard her on the phone with a man just now!¡±I¡¯ve revealed everything! If this idiot of a man is still oblivious, then he deserves what¡¯sing!¡°That¡¯s enough, Winnie. I don¡¯t want to listen to your silly talk. Get out of here!¡±¡°Handsome! Winnie is not lying!¡± Winnie turned and grabbed Xavier¡¯s arm, yanking it insistently.Xavier could not take it anymore.Every single one of her touches went straight to his heart. He could not stand to be near her any longer.¡°I told you to get out!¡± he growled, pushing Winnie away from him.His push was forceful, and Winnie was not standing firmly. She fell to the floor with a loud thud.Yulissa wanted to hurt her further. While pretending to help her up, she stepped down hard on Winnie¡¯s hand secretly and away from Xavier¡¯s eyes.Winnie¡¯s patience was hanging by a thin thread. The pair of them were taking turns bullying her.Suddenly, she caught sight of a bottle of red wine on the desk. It was open but still very full.Without saying a word, she climbed onto the desk.She picked up the bottle of red wine and poured it over Xavier¡¯s head. ¡°Stupid Handsome, stupid! I think you¡¯re blind. Why don¡¯t you use this to wash your eyes?¡±After she emptied the bottle, she mmed the bottle down hard on Xavier¡¯s neck, taking out all her anger on him.At that moment, her hands went numb, and the empty bottle dropped to the floor as her grip suddenly loosened.However, Xavier still had not moved or retaliated in any way.Next, it was Yulissa¡¯s turn. With the bottle now on the floor and out of her reach, Winnie could only use her own hands.She went up to her and pped her twice, hard.¡°I didn¡¯t drop your bracelet, you evil woman. Go to hell!¡±Yulissa¡¯s cheeks were tingling from the pain, and Xavier was not feeling any better.¡°Xavier,¡± Yulissa said through her tears. ¡°How dare this dumbass hit us? Are you letting her get away with this? She doesn¡¯t take you seriously at all!¡±Xavier stared at Winnie¡¯s retreating figure. The only thought in his head was whether Winnie had hurt herself when she attacked them.Dumbo¡¯s hand seemed to be shaking earlier after she smashed the wine bottle on me. She must be very angry¡­Without even ncing at Yulissa, he said, ¡°Yulissa, don¡¯t let me hear you calling her a dumbass anymore.¡± Silly Bride Chapter 39 Silly Bride Chapter 39 Chapter 39 Yulissa felt aggrieved because he was the one who had been calling Winnie a dumbass. ¡°But Xavier ¡ª¡±¡°No buts!¡± Xavier sounded even more stern.Yulissa suddenly realized something when she saw how protective Xavier was toward Winnie.She teared up and looked at Xavier in disbelief. ¡°Xavier, are you bewitched by her looks? But she¡¯s really just a¡ª¡±¡°Shut up!¡± Xavier cut her off with a frown. ¡°She has never bewitched me. Don¡¯t throw your unfounded usation at her.¡±Instead, he had willingly let himself fall for her.Even so, Yulissa was still baffled.Xavier is such a prideful person. How is he not mad after having wine poured all over him? He doesn¡¯t even care about my swollen face and is telling me not to call that woman a dumbass. Five years ago, he would never have let anyone bully his girlfriend. In fact, there was no way he would have let someone humiliate him like that. Has this man gone crazy? Why would he fall for a dumbass?¡°What about those things that you said to me before this, Xavier? Do those words mean anything?¡±¡°I meant what I said,¡± Xavier said expressionlessly. ¡°Yulissa, as I said, as long as you behave, we could perhaps go back to how things once were.¡±¡°Really?¡±Xavier chuckled. ¡°I don¡¯t have a reason to lie to you.¡±¡°Okay. I¡¯ll behave. No matter what happens, I¡¯m not going to leave you this time.¡±Yulissa wanted to hug Xavier as she spoke.But Xavier shoved her aside. ¡°Get the housekeeper to get an ice pack for your face.¡±With that, he left.Yulissa clenched her fists, stood there, and watched him leave.I¡¯m still in love with you, Xavier. If you have a change of heart soon, I believe things will go back to how they used to be. However, if you hurt me and make me sad, I¡¯m going to help Zyon in bringing you down. By then, don¡¯t me me for being heartless!Meanwhile, Winnie was entirely crestfallen when she went into the yroom.Right after she switched on herputer, she received a call from Jacinta.¡°Hey, Winnie.¡± Judging by how soft Jacinta¡¯s voice was, Winnie knew she had called her secretively. ¡°Some people came today and said they¡¯re from the Fairchild family. They said they¡¯re bringing me to Avenport. Is there such a thing?¡±¡°They got there so soon?¡± Winnie frowned. ¡°Xavier only told me about itst night, and I thought he didn¡¯t mean it. I didn¡¯t expect them to arrive there so quickly.¡±¡°Oh, I see. So it¡¯s true. I thought they were a bunch of conmen at first. Have you agreed to it, though? Do you want me to follow them? Will I cause you trouble if I do so?¡±¡°You won¡¯t. InN?velDrama.Org owns ? this. fact, it¡¯s good that you¡¯reing. I can¡¯t really go out on my own. With you here, it¡¯s easier for me to get things done. Besides, Old Mr. Fairchild is celebrating his birthday soon. All the younger members of the Fairchild family will be here. Who knows? We might bump into my cousin. You can have a good look at him yourself. Even if we don¡¯t see him, you can treat it as a trip for you to rx.¡±¡°Really? That¡¯s great! I¡¯ll pack up and follow them, then. Winnie, I¡¯m so looking forward to it.¡± ¡°Yes. I hope we can sessfully locate my cousin.¡± In truth, Winnie was eager to find her cousin as well.No matter how things turn out this time, I¡¯m surely leaving the Fairchild family. I¡¯m just waiting for the right time. Prior to this, I was still nning to be around Xavier for a while. But things have changed. I¡¯m not going to waste time trying to win over a man who has someone else in his heart. He¡¯s a filthy man!Ever since Winnie poured wine over Xavier¡¯s head in Lagune Mansion, Xavier had never returned.Besides, Yulissa had brought away his clothes that day itself.Winnie didn¡¯t know where they moved to, and she wasn¡¯t interested in finding out.She had thought about exposing Yulissa, but she ultimately changed her mind.I don¡¯t have to trouble myself. I should just let Xavier make a fool out of himself. Furthermore, I¡¯ve been busy. Not only do I have tomunicate with Nathaniel, but I also have to keep acting dumb.Since Rufus¡¯ seventy-eighth birthday wasing up, Winnie had to arrive earlier at the Fairchild residence to get ready so that she could see the younger members of the Fairchild family and look for the birthmark Jacinta was looking for.That day, she urgently needed to purchase a batch of military- grade listening devices. However, those kinds of things couldn¡¯t be found in the legal market in Chanaea, and she had to look for the goods on the ck market.While using Jacinta as a distraction, Winnie left Lagune Mansion.After settling Jacinta down, Winnie dressed up in a unisex outfit and headed toward the ck market.The location of the ck market was always changing, and it was held in the basement of a bar that day. Things such as firearms, drugs, and confidential information were traded there.Upon entering the basement of the bar, Winnie went to look for a redheaded Eastern Epean man.That man specialized in reselling all kinds of advanced military equipment.ording to the rules, they would not make deals with strangers no matter how much money was offered.Winnie, however, went there prepared. After a failed negotiation, she immediately whipped out a ck badge.It wasn¡¯t an ordinary ck badge. It was made of ck gold, with a rose and a scepter engraved on the front and back.Anyone who knew of its existence would know what that badge meant.The redheaded man knew of the badge, so he quickly gave Winnie what she wanted.After the transaction was completed, Winnie was about to leave the ce when the face of a woman caught her attention.That woman was taking drugs. She had a face mask on, but she took it off when she ingested some pills.Winnie caught a glimpse of her face when she took off her mask. That woman looks like Yulissa.However, it was rather dark, so Winnie wasn¡¯t sure.She wanted to take a closer look at that woman, but she was soon surrounded by men.Not wanting to be nosy, Winnie left.The moment she left the bar, the redheaded man told a group of men about the badge she had. ¡°Ha! I didn¡¯t know someone from that family is in Chanaea. Since they came on their own, I¡¯m going to take full advantage of the opportunity. The three of you should go and grab that person. Keep that person alive. I¡¯m going to have some fun.¡±Winnie started her car, having no idea that danger was creeping up on her. Silly Bride Chapter 40 Silly Bride Chapter 40 Chapter 40 C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. The location of the bar was a bit out of the way, and there was a deserted construction site nearby.After driving for less than fifty meters, Winnie suddenly heard a loud banging from the back of her car because someone had knocked her from behind.Then, a car appeared right in front of her, and it was coming toward her at a high speed.Those cars were going to trap her in between. Winnie quickly realized that she had been targeted because of that badge.However, they would not get her just that easily. Since she had dared to go there alone, she was definitely prepared to put up a fight.She floored the elerator and turned her steering wheel. With her incredible driving skill, she managed to avoid the caring from the front.However, she was still getting chased after by the car behind.These people only dared toe after me because this is a rural area. Once I get on the highway, they¡¯ll surely back down.At that moment, something unexpected happened. Right before she could shake them off, her counterparts shot at her car.One of the bullets punctured her tire, and the car flipped.Knowing that the car was no longer drivable, she immediately crawled out of it through the window.Luckily for her, she had the habit of preparing for the worst. Although she could no longer drive the car, she had a foldable scooter in the trunk of the car.She rode the scooter as fast as possible. Even though she couldn¡¯t ride faster than the car behind her, it gave her the opportunity to find other ways of escaping.Coincidentally, there was a car parked by the road up ahead.It seemed that the passenger had a ss too many, and the person was puking by the side of the road. This is my chance!She quickly got off the scooter and got inside the back of the car.Before the driver could react, she pulled out a knife and ced it on his neck.With her face mask on, Winnie purposely uttered in a gruff voice, ¡°Drive if you want to live!¡±The driver panicked and looked at her through the rearview mirror. ¡°W-What are you¡ª¡±¡°Drive!¡± Winnie roared. ¡°Otherwise, we¡¯re both going to die. I¡¯m not joking!¡±As soon as Winnie finished her sentence, a man was heard ordering the driver, ¡°Drive.¡±Upon hearing that, the driver started the car.Only then did Winnie realize that there was another man seated in the backseat of the car.Wait¡­ That voice is so familiar! It¡¯s Xavier! What kind of sh*tty luck is this? How did I end up in his car when I¡¯m making an escape? No wonder I found that man puking by the side of the road rather familiar! It was Josiah!At that moment, she could feel the murderous intent Xavier was exuding.I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll be able to fight against this tall man.With that in mind, she knew she had to use an unorthodox method to strike first.Therefore, when Xavier was defenseless, she covered his nose and his mouth with a piece of wet cloth that was doused in diethyl ether. It was a chemical that could make someone pass out on the spot. By the time Xavier realized what was going on, he was already starting to lose consciousness. ¡°Who the hell are you?¡± How dare you?He fought back for a few seconds before passing out.Once he stopped moving, Winnie kept the cloth.At the same time, she was cursing at the man in her mind.When he was struggling, he grabbed my breasts! He knows what to grab, all right!The driver was sweating bullets when he saw his employer being taken out. ¡°O-Okay¡­ Don¡¯t kill me. I¡¯ll drive you to wherever you want to go.¡±¡°Keep going forward!¡±Meanwhile, Josiah had just finished puking by the side of the road. When he turned around, he realized Xavier had gotten the driver to drive away.Seeing that the car was driving away faster and faster, Josiah cursed, ¡°What the f*ck? F*ck you, Xavier! How could you leave me stranded by the side of the road? Is your heart made of stone? F*ck you!¡±By the time Winnie got home, it was already past midnight.Only then did she realize she had lost the badge when she was getting undressed.I know I still had the badge with me when I left the bar! In order to keep it safe, I kept it in front of my chest. Wait! I remember now! When I was in Xavier¡¯s car, he grabbed my breasts when he was struggling!¡°F*ck!¡± Winnie kicked the couch angrily. ¡°I must¡¯ve dropped it in his car!¡±Meanwhile, Xavier was making his way out of the hospital.Up until then, he still couldn¡¯t believe the fact that he had passed out, and a woman had hijacked his car.Ha! I was bedridden in the mansion for a year. Has all the women in Avenport and maybe the world gone wild during that time? First, a foreign woman locked me in the fire escape at the charity g and pointed her middle finger at me. After that, a woman hijacked my car and knocked me out by using diethyl ether! Why are these women disrespecting me? When I find these two women, I¡¯ll surely teach them a lesson!Xavier opened his car door forcefully and got into the car that he had humiliated himself in.Suddenly, he saw something he had never seen before next to his feet.He picked it up and saw the ck badge made of ck gold. There was a rose and a scepter engraved on each side of the badge.This is definitely not mine.While Winnie was racking her brain to think of an excuse to get into Xavier¡¯s car, Xavier returned to Lagune Mansion.Since it was Rufus¡¯ birthday the next day, Xavier had to return a day earlier because Rufus had requested him to bring Winnie along.However, he didn¡¯t return on his own.He brought Yulissa with him.Winnie couldn¡¯t be bothered about the person he brought along. After all, she was nning to leave the ce for good the next day.What troubled Winnie was the fact that she couldn¡¯t find the badge in the car no matter how hard she looked.Xavier must¡¯ve taken the badge! Actually, he can keep it with him first. That¡¯s better than letting some stranger have it. I can always take it back from him in the future.The moment she exited the car, Xavier showed up.He went up to her and asked, ¡°Winnie, what were you doing in my car?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 41 Silly Bride Chapter 41 Chapter 41 When Winnie heard Xavier ask her what she was doing, she shrank back immediately, looking terrified.¡°W-Winnie wasn¡¯t ying in your car, Mr. Xavier. Winnie didn¡¯t drop anything in your car,¡± she stammered, giving herself away with her denial.Mr. Xavier?Xavier thought he had misheard her, and an unfathomable emotion suddenly welled within his heart. ¡°What did you just call me?¡±I can¡¯t believe Dumbo is now addressing me as Mr. Xavier instead! That sounds like we don¡¯t know each other well! I can¡¯t ept that at all. Even calling me an idiot or stupid like she did before would be better than this!He could not help walking forward and asking, ¡°Winnie, who taught you to call me that?¡±With every small step he took toward her, she took a big step backward.It was as though if she did not move away, she would get devoured by the person before her.Has she really be that scared of me now? Is it because of how I acted the other day? But I didn¡¯t mean to scare her at all.¡°Winnie¡­¡±Just as he started speaking, the driver, who had not gone too far away, jogged over.He stepped forward and apologized at once. ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Xavier. Mrs. Fairchild came over with her toys earlier and said she wanted to y inside the car. That¡¯s why I let her in. She¡¯s afraid of strangers, so I stepped away. I haven¡¯t caused you any trouble, have I?¡±Everyone at the mansion knows that Mr. Xavier brought his first love back with him. He even spoke harshly to Mrs. Fairchild the other day, saying he loathed that she was a dumbass and told her never to appear before his eyes again.Fearful that his soft-heartedness in allowing Winnie into the car would anger Xavier, the driver quickly apologized.As for Winnie, she looked as though she had seen her savior when she saw the driver.She hid behind the driver immediately. Then, mimicking his actions, she started apologizing as well.¡°Stop that!¡± It annoyed Xavier to see her distancing herself from him and being submissive like the others.She shouldn¡¯t do that, nor does she need to behave like that. I can¡¯t bear to see her view me as a danger and hide behind other men when I approach.Ignoring the driver¡¯s presence, Xavier fixed his gaze directly on Winnie¡¯s face. ¡°Come here.¡±She looked down and shook her head vehemently.¡°No. Winnie doesn¡¯t want to. You hate Winnie. You¡¯ll scold Winnie and hit¡ª¡±Before she could finish her sentence, he growled, ¡°I won¡¯t. Come over here right this instant.¡±Nheless, Winnie continued shaking her head.This scoundrel clearlyN?velDrama.Org content rights. doesn¡¯t have any patience. I feel as though he¡¯s going to storm over and drag me away any minute now.But right at that moment, Yulissa strode over.She went straight to Xavier and took his arm anxiously.¡°What¡¯s the matter, Xavier? Why are you scaring Winnie like that? Didn¡¯t you say you¡¯re tired? Hurry up and go back to your room to rest for a while. I¡¯ll give you a massage.¡±Xavier frowned. It seemed that those words did nothing to dissuade him, as he still looked as though he was about to explode with rage.Seeing that, Yulissa stood on tiptoes and whispered something in his ear.Her voice was so soft that it was only audible to both of them.¡°Xavier, you said you¡¯d make an effort so we could go back to how we were before. If that¡¯s the case,e with me now, okay?¡±Xavier lowered his gaze and nced at Yulissa. That¡¯s right. I brought her to Lagune Mansion so that I could tear my heart away from Dumbo.¡°Okay. Let¡¯s go.¡± However, just as the pair turned to leave, Winnie¡¯s voice rang out. ¡°Mr. Xavier?¡±Xavier halted his footsteps almost the very second he heard her call out to him.When Yulissa saw his reaction, her blood boiled, and her disgust toward Winnie intensified.¡°Winnie won¡¯t get into your car again, Mr. Xavier. But one of Winnie¡¯s toys is missing. If you find Winnie¡¯s toyter, are you going to throw it away as if it¡¯s garbage?¡±She had been pretty sure that Xavier was the one who found her badge. And with his IQ, he would probably be able to figure out who left it behind.Moreover, from its material to its craftsmanship, the badge was priceless. Even if an average person picked it up from the pavement, they probably would not discard it just like that.However, after seeing how close he and Yulissa were, she couldn¡¯t help doubting his judgment. If he could be in a rtionship with her, then he might really toss it away, thinking it was trash.Hence, she finally decided to ask him that question to be on the safe side.¡°I won¡¯t.¡±¡°Really? But Winnie¡¯s toy is old and broken. Would you think it was garbage if Winnie identally left it inside your car?¡±¡°I said I wouldn¡¯t. Not just anyone is allowed into my car. Even if it were garbage, I wouldn¡¯t throw it away just like that.¡±Winnie turned to the driver and asked, ¡°How about you? Are you going to throw it away if you find it?¡±¡°Of course not. As Mr. Xavier said, not just anyone is allowed into his car. I¡¯d ask first even if it was trash.¡±¡°That¡¯s enough, Winnie. If you can¡¯t find it today, the driver will definitely find it when he washes the car the next time and return it to you then,¡± Yulissa piped up. She did not want Xavier to stay anywhere near Winnie for even a second longer.This dumbass looks like such a damsel in distress that without any self-control, any average man wouldn¡¯t be able to resist it. I mean, look at that useless driver. He¡¯s already feeling sorry for her.¡°Actually, I think it¡¯s better this way, Xavier. She¡¯s afraid of you now and doesn¡¯t dare to get close to you. She won¡¯t be able to cause you any more trouble. I also heard from Josiah that this could be a side effect of youra that has caused certain psychological repercussions,¡± said Yulissa.¡°Maybe¡­¡±Xavier frowned, unable to refrain from thinking of the past.Before this, she used to greet me cheerfully whenever I returned home. She¡¯d embrace me, holding me tight, then insist that we sleep together at night. I loved it when she¡¯d call me ¡°Handsome.¡± Whenever she went to the washroom or shower, she¡¯d also ask for hugs. She always wanted me to feed her. Of course, she did the same for me too. Even if it were a small tangerine, she¡¯d peel it carefully, getting all the pith off before feeding it to me. She looked at things with unclouded eyes, and her thoughts were pure and innocent. When she woke up in my arms in the mornings, she always looked like a kitten. She¡¯d even give me little licks and kisses. All of that¡­Here, Xavier dared not think of those memories anymore.He stopped walking abruptly. ¡°You should go and stay in the other guest room.¡±¡°Xavier!¡± Yulissa protested.¡°I¡¯m tired.¡±With that, he opened the door of the guest room he was staying in and went inside, having no intention of letting her into the room at all.Yulissa clenched her jaw in anger.I was the one who took his change of clothes and toiletries from this room previously. I also moved into his condominium in Aqua Moana. But from the day I moved in, he has been away on a business trip and only returned yesterday. He hasn¡¯t touched me at all! Silly Bride Chapter 42 Silly Bride Chapter 42 Chapter 42 Nheless, Yulissa was not about to give up. Although she was in a separate guest room, her thoughts were still on Xavier.After pulling out several gowns from her suitcase, she immediately headed for Xavier¡¯s room.Whatever it is, he¡¯s still a red-blooded male. There¡¯s no way he won¡¯t have any reaction if I get changed in front of him.However, she had just stepped out of her room when she saw Louis going into Xavier¡¯s room.Louis had two boxes in his hands and was probably taking something to Xavier.After he went in, Yulissa tiptoed over and leaned against the door to eavesdrop on their conversation.¡°Mr. Xavier, I¡¯ve prepared the gift for Old Mr. Fairchild. As for this other one, I¡¯ve had it blessed and gotten Mrs. Fairchild¡¯s name engraved on it.¡±¡°Got it. Just leave them there. By the way, did you drop anything in my car? A badge, for example?¡±¡°No. I¡¯ve never worn them before.¡±¡°Okay. My phone has run out of juice. Help me make a call to Josiah.¡±¡°Sure.¡± Louis quickly dialed Josiah¡¯s number. ¡°He¡¯s on the line.¡±Xavier¡¯s voice rang out again as he asked Josiah, ¡°Do you own a ck badge? I see. Then it must be someone else¡¯s¡­ I¡¯m fine. You should get some rest.¡±Soon after the conversation ended, Yulissa heard Louis¡¯ footsteps and quickly hid before he opened the door and came out.Then, she waited until Louis was gone before knocking on the door.¡°Xavier? It¡¯s me, Yulissa. May Ie in?¡±However, no one responded from inside the room.Guessing he had gone to take a shower, she decided to open the door and sneak in.The boxes Louis brought were on the table in in sight, and Yulissa saw them at a nce.The gift for Old Mr. Fairchild is probably that emerald piece. It looks as though it has been around for some time and is probably a valuable antique.Meanwhile, inside the other box was a bracelet of wooden beads.Howughable is it that the words ¡°Winnie¡± and ¡°peace¡± are engraved on the beads? It¡¯s so disgusting that I have no words. I know Old Mr. Fairchild is very conservative and superstitious, but Xavier has never been one to believe in superstitions. How could an atheist like him send someone to get this bracelet blessed and even have it engraved with that dumbass¡¯ name? What about me? Since I got back until now, he hasn¡¯t given me a single gift!Burning with jealousy toward Winnie, Yulissa grabbed the bracelet and flung it onto the floor. Still not satisfied after stomping on it, she even spat on it.After venting her frustration, she picked it up and returned it to its box.It was then that she noticed the ck badge Xavier had ced behind the box and picked it up. Her brows furrowed immediately after she got a clear look at its design.The sole reason for her reaction was the topic that had caused quite a stir at the basement bar the previous night.I was therest night because I was helping Zyon with something. Then, I heard people talking about a badge that was sighted there that night. Even the boss knew about it. It seems that the boss really wanted that badge, but s, he didn¡¯t manage to get his hands on it. They described it as crafted from a unique material with a flower on one side and a scepter on the other. Although I didn¡¯t see it, this badge clearly matches that description. But why does Xavier have it? Based on his conversation with Louis earlier, there¡¯s no doubt that someone identally dropped this in Xavier¡¯s car. As that thought crossed her mind, she immediately sent Josiah a text message: Were you with Xavier all ofst night? Was there no one else in the car? I seem to have spotted a long strand of hair.Josiah replied instantly: Don¡¯t talk about that. I got out of the car for a while to throw up, and Xavier¡¯s car ended up getting hijacked. Fortunately, nothing happened to him, and that person only used his car to make a getaway. As for that strand of hair, are you sure it¡¯s not yours?Yulissa: What? He didn¡¯t tell me anything about what happened!Josiah: He¡¯s probably afraid you¡¯ll worry. Since he didn¡¯t tell you, it¡¯d be better if you didn¡¯t bring it up lest he me me for saying too much.Yulissa: Okay.After exchanging a few more messages with Josiah, she set aside her phone.Well, it appears Xavier really dide across this badge by chance. He¡¯s not one to dabble in shady business. In fact, he probably doesn¡¯t even know the significance of this badge. However, it maye in useful for me!Greed blossomed in her heart as she gazed at the mysterious and exquisite badge.Standing in front of the table and pondering for a moment, she suddenly struck upon an idea.She wanted the badge for herself. However, she could not let Xavier know she had seen it beforehand.Hence, she left quietly and waited until Xavier was done showering before knocking on his door and entering the room openly.When she walked into his room that time, Xavier had already put away the gifts and badge.¡°Xavier,¡± she said as she walked toward him.¡°What is it?¡±¡°Here¡¯s the thing. You¡¯re taking me to Old Mr. Fairchild¡¯s birthday celebration tomorrow, aren¡¯t you? I don¡¯t know what to wear to make a good impression, so I want to get your opinion. Can you take a look at these gowns and jewelry to see which ones are more suitable?¡±Xavier cast a nce at the gowns she had brought. He was uninterested at first, but when he thought about how much effort she had put in and how she had been quite obedient, he offered her some advice.¡°He has quite a conservative taste, so not anything too revealing. How about that one?¡±Yulissa beamed as she hugged his arm. ¡°I thought so too. Great minds think alike. A gown like that definitely needs to be paired with a brooch. Let me choose one.¡±With that, she opened her jewelry box.However, she quickly eximed, ¡°Huh? Where¡¯s my badge? Why is it missing? I haven¡¯t worn it recently.¡±Seeing how anxious she was, Xavier asked, ¡°What badge?¡±¡°My mother left it to me, and I wear it asionally. How can it be gone? My mother only left me with a few things. I broke her bracelet previously, and now this is gone,¡± she replied, her eyes reddening instantly.¡°Don¡¯t panic. Tell me what it looks like.¡±Sounding as if she was on the verge of bursting into tears, Yulissa exined, ¡°It¡¯s ck with a rose on one side and a scepter on the other. It¡¯s very important to me. Oh, how could I lose it? I¡¯d better go back to my room first and look for it. Maybe it fell there.¡±She got up to leave, but Xavier called out to her, ¡°Hold on.¡± He quickly took out the badge. ¡°Take a closer look. Is it this one?¡±Yulissa was overjoyed. ¡°It is! Why is it with you?¡±¡°I found it in the car.¡±¡°Oh, I remember now! I was wearing it thest time I was in your car. This is wonderful, Xavier! Thank you so much!¡± she eximed, rushing forward excitedly to hug him.That time, he did not push her away.N?velDrama.Org content rights. Silly Bride Chapter 43 Silly Bride Chapter 43 Chapter 43 However, Xavier didn¡¯t let Yulissa hold him for long.He pulled her arms from the back of his neck a few secondster.¡°There¡¯s something I¡¯d like to show you.¡±Yulissa traced Xavier¡¯s gaze and turned her attention toward the couch.To her surprise, there was a ck velvet box, and inside was obviously a piece of jewelry.¡°Is that for me?¡± asked Yulissa, pleasantly surprised.Xavier murmured an affirmative reply and said, ¡°Open and take a look. If you don¡¯t like it, I can have someone exchange it for something else.¡±¡°No,¡± replied Yulissa gleefully. ¡°I love it as long as it¡¯s from you.¡±As she spoke, she opened the box.The sparkly diamonds inside shone brightly the second the lights hit them.It was a complete diamond set with a pair of earrings, a bracelet, and a ne. Even the extra diamonds were all at least two carats. The real deal, the ne, had a diamond that was almost as big as a dove¡¯s egg.Yulissa¡¯s eyes lit up.She was absolutely delighted with her gift.Just a few hours ago, she was jealous of how Xavier had gotten a bracelet for another woman.That bracelet is nothingpared to the set of diamonds in front of me. It would be better if he got me a diamond ring as well, though¡­ Greed overtook Yulissa at that moment. She felt that the pieces of jewelry weren¡¯t good enough.¡°Xavier,¡± said Yulissa as she picked up the ne happily. ¡°This is so beautiful. Will you help me put it on? I can¡¯t do it on my own since I can¡¯t look at the back of my head.¡±To her surprise, Xavier turned down her request stoically. ¡°There¡¯s a mirror in the dressing room.¡±Of course I know there¡¯s a mirror in the dressing room. Is he really that dense, or he¡¯s just pretending?Annoyed, Yulissa went into the dressing room and tried out some dresses. ¡°Xavier, I can¡¯t reach the zip at the back of my dress. Can youe in here and give me a hand?¡±Xavier rendered her speechless once again. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say you were gonna wear a traditional gown? Traditional gowns don¡¯t have zips.¡±Xavier knew exactly what game Yulissa was ying, and he didn¡¯t want to participate.The only reason he gave her those pieces of jewelry was because Winnie identally broke her bracelet.Having been turned down yet again, Yulissa removed her dress entirely and walked out of the dressing room with nothing but her undergarments on.¡°Xavier.¡± Yulissa climbed onto the bed and hugged him from the back. ¡°You promised to give this a shot, and we both need to make an effort to make this work. I can¡¯t be the onlyFrom N?velDrama.Org. one making a move.¡±¡°I know I hurt you when I left without saying a word all those years ago, and my actions have undoubtedly caused a rift between us. It¡¯s only natural that your shield is up, and you can¡¯t take me back right away. I understand if it¡¯s hard for you to make a move, but please don¡¯t turn me down. Let me stay here tonight, won¡¯t you? Please, Xavier. Don¡¯t make me sleep in that cold, empty guest bedroom all on my own again.¡±Her voice was sweet and alluring, and the way she pressed her body against his back made Xavier frown. He reached out and turned off the lights in the room.¡°Go to sleep.¡±¡°Hey,e here. I¡¯ve got some hot gossip to share.¡±¡°Huh? What¡¯s going on? Why the mysterious tone?¡±Winnie had just left her grandmother¡¯s room when she overheard two housekeeps sharing some gossip.As she liked to gossip as well, she stopped to listen.¡°Well, it¡¯s about that stranger Mr. Xavier brought home.¡±¡°Stranger? She¡¯s not a stranger. She¡¯s Mr. Xavier¡¯s ex-girlfriend and first love. I started working here before you did, and I actually met her a few years ago¡±¡°Really? That means she has been here before?¡±¡°Yeah, that¡¯s exactly right. Oh, stop asking me about the past. Tell me what happened today.¡± ¡°Uh, he¡¯s a virile man, and she¡¯s a beautiful woman. What else could happen? Earlier, Mary asked me to clean the guest bedroom and take the woman¡¯s luggage there. I assumed Mr. Xavier was going to make her stay there. But who would¡¯ve thought that the two of them would end up sleeping in the same room?¡±¡°No way! It¡¯s only nine o¡¯clock, and they¡¯re asleep already?¡±¡°What else could they be doing in that room? They turned off the lights, so I bet they¡¯re doing it right now.¡±¡°I guess that makes sense. It¡¯s only normal that a man and a woman would want to do that together. Ms. White is beautiful and has a sexy figure. On top of that, she¡¯s his first love.¡±¡°I wonder how strong Mr. Xavier is¡­¡±¡°What were you thinking? But I heard that taller men are¡­¡±The gossip was getting wilder and wilder, and it got so awkward that Winnie couldn¡¯t bear to hear it anymore.She walked further and further away from that ce. When she walked past the guest room, she red at the door.Ugh, that is so disgusting. He isn¡¯t even divorced yet, and he¡¯s already messing around with another woman in front of his wife.Xavier felt as though he had done enough, so he kicked off the nket and got out of bed.Yulissa had been touching and caressing him. He didn¡¯t stop her the first time, and they both understood that it was tacit permission.In a way, he had allowed her to flirt with him.He could stop himself fromining the second time as well, but he couldn¡¯t stand it anymore after that. Every touch was disgusting.¡°Xavier?¡±Xavier remained silent in the dark, but a soft clickter, a single glow showed up in the room. He had lit up a cigarette and was smoking.Yulissa had heard from Josiah about how Xavier had started and stopped smoking. He would only do so if he was upset. What she didn¡¯t understand was why he was upset or what was so disturbing about her touching him.I¡¯m ready, so all he has to do is take me. Why is he still upset?¡°Xavier,e on up, will you?¡±Xavier put out the cigarette. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me.¡±After saying that, he made his way to the balcony.No one knew how many cigarettes he smoked before he suddenly opened the door and walked out.In the master bedroom on the second floor, Winnie was sleeping in a daze when she suddenly felt something warm caressing her arm and jolted up.She saw a pair of dark brown eyes right in front of her in the dark.Before she could respond, she felt a pair of strong arms pulling her in and embracing her.The unpleasant scent of tobo filled her lungs soon after.She recognized the man immediately. It was Xavier!¡°Who are you? Let go. Let go of me right now.¡± What is wrong with him? Why is he suddenly here and hugging me?Winnie mercilessly punched his chest as hard as she could.This b*stard just slept with another woman, and now he¡¯s here. Ugh, that is so disgusting.Unfortunately, the more she hit him, the tighter he hugged her.¡°Ah, let go of me. Let me go!¡±¡°Shh, calm down, Winnie,¡± said Xavier. He was simply hugging her, but even that was enough to get his throat dry. ¡°It¡¯s me¡ªHandsome.¡±¡°Pfft.¡± Winnie punched him again. ¡°You are the mean Mr. Xavier. You are not the Handsome I know. I hate you. You¡¯re disgusting, and you smell. Let go of me. Help! Mr. Xavier is evil, and he¡¯s bullying Winnie. Help! Mr. Xavier is hurting Winnie! Ah!¡±¡°Shh, stop shouting, Winnie.¡± Perhaps it was because the lights were off. Winnie¡¯s voice seemed extraordinarily loud in the dark.Xavier wanted her to keep quiet because he didn¡¯t want anyone to hear her or barge in because that would interrupt them.Despite the darkness, he managed to find her lips and kissed her to shut her right up.She struggled, but she couldn¡¯t make a sound. He had covered every part of her, including her voice, under the soft quilt. Silly Bride Chapter 44 Silly Bride Chapter 44 Chapter 44 No one had ever forced a kiss on Winnie before.D*mn it! He just slept with Yulissa in the other room, and those lips might¡¯ve just kissed Yulissa¡¯s. The hand that is caressing me might¡¯ve just touched her as well. Ugh, this is so disgusting.Unable to handle it anymore, Winnie dug her teeth into him.The metallic stench of blood instantly spread out in both their mouths.However, that pain only caused Xavier to pause momentarily.He became even more aggressive after that as he ravaged every inch of her like a tornado.Winnie thought the man was insane. Seeing that he refused to stop, she bent her knee and went after his private part.Yet, it seemed that he was prepared for that because he had her legs pinned down with a single move.He used one hand to lock her wrists and keep them above her head, then used his other hand to caress her.Winnie¡¯s poor pajamas were instantly reduced to torn rags, and Xavier¡¯s hands ventured to the ce where he had fantasized about but was too cowardly to venture to in the past.He was ridiculously strong, and he was loving the sensation in his palm.As he was misbehaving, he soon realized that the person under him had stopped moving altogether.He let go of her lips and gave her forehead a peck. It was a kiss as soft and as light as a feather.However, as he moved down to her cheek, he tasted the salty taste of tears.Her face was almostpletely wet with tears of unhappiness, pain, and anger.¡°Ah, you¡¯re disgusting! Go to hell!¡± Winnie shouted, kicking him in the chest when she felt him loosen his grip on her.It was a strong kick, but it still wasn¡¯t enough to force him out of bed.Xavier remained quiet and turned around to lie on his side.As he rested on the bed and looked at the ceiling, he wondered what he had done earlier. All he remembered was him wanting her so much that every single drop of blood in his body was going insane.He got up and walked to the bathroom.¡°You¡¯re disgusting!¡± Seeing that he was about to leave, Winnie grabbed themp at the side and threw it at his back.Themp was heavy, and it had undeniably hurt him when it hit him. However, he took it all in and didn¡¯t even turn around.Soon, the lights in the bathroom came on, and the sound of running water could be heard.A few minutester, Xavier came back out.He had gone to take a shower, but he didn¡¯t take his clothes off. Hence, he was dripping wet.His eyes were bloodshot when he looked at Winnie.The lights in the room remained off, but with the lights from the bathroom, Xavier could see Winnie¡¯s face clearly.Her lips were swollen from his kiss, and her neck was covered in bite marks. Her clothes were also torn by his very hands, and the bruises below her neck were products of his insanity.He had never hurt her that much, not even on the night when Kylie drugged him.Winnie looked at Xavier with hatred and disgust. Her face, which shone with beauty and innocence, was wet with tears.¡°Winnie,¡± said Xavier. His voice was ridiculously hoarse. ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I went insane earlier, and it was all my fault. I was inhumane. Don¡¯t cry and don¡¯t be afraid. I just want to see how you are doing.¡±Winnie wanted to yell at him, but she was too disgusted to say anything.It took her a while before she finally managed to tell him to get out.Looking as she trembled in anger and did not know how to vent it out, Xavier was overwhelmed with guilt.He walked over, and Winnie reacted by hiding under the nket.¡°Winnie, don¡¯t. I came to give you a gift.¡± He fished a box out of his pocket. ¡°Sometimes it is better to believe something is real or true than to believe it is nonexistent or false. This bracelet is blessed and wearing it will keep you safe.¡± He wanted to help Winnie put it on, but she swung her arm and made him drop the bracelet.Xavier went to pick it up, then return to Winnie. When she caught him getting closer to her, she swung her arm again.Xavier patiently picked up the bracelet a couple of times, and in the end, he grabbed her hand forcefully.Winnie¡¯s voice was filled with distaste when she shouted, ¡°Go away! You¡¯re disgusting! I don¡¯t want to see you!¡±Xavier¡¯s eyes were scarlet. ¡°Put this on, Dumbo. I¡¯ll leave as soon as you put it on. Be good and let me help you put it on, okay? It¡¯ll just take a second.¡±The lights to the bathroom were turned off, and the door to the master bedroom was closed.Xavier was still dripping wet, but he didn¡¯t care. He knew that things between him and Winnie were over.She didn¡¯t know much once upon a time, but she enjoyed hanging out with him and getting close to him.At that moment, however, she loathed and feared him.I must have gone insane.Yulissa knew everything about sex, yet he didn¡¯t feel a thing when she went all out to get him.All he did was hug Winnie, and that was enough to drive him insane. He lost control of his body right away.Unable to think straight, Xavier jumped into the swimming pool in the middle of the night.The icy water could chill anyone to their bones, but Xavier didn¡¯t know if it was cold enough to put out the fire in his heart.That night, no one in the mansion slept well, and everyone looked horrible.Xavier was struggling with the fire in his heart, whereas Winnie was struggling with the disgust she felt. Yulissa, on the other hand, was just in angry.She was especially upset when they left for the Fairchild residence because that was when she learned Winnie was also wearing a traditional gown and it was way more beautiful.It annoyed Yulissa so much that she was tempted to tear Winnie¡¯s gown apart.Yulissa knew what had happened the night before.I seduced him endlessly, but he never even touched me. Instead, he went to that dumbass, Winnie, and made a huge mess in her room. I can¡¯t believe it. He would rather force himself on a dumbass than sleep with an ordinary woman. In the end, he didn¡¯t get what he wanted and was bitten on the lips so hard that he bled. Ugh, what a masochist.That discovery got Yulissa so angry that she couldn¡¯t sleep the night before. That was why she had pimples all over her face in the morning, and she had to use thick makeup to cover them up.Still, Yulissa was somewhat happy that Xavier had made it so that the two of them were in the same car.At that moment, Yulissa was hugging Xavier¡¯s arm and whispering into his ear in an ambiguous way despite Winnie being right there.Winnie and Jacinta were arranged to sit in another car. As they waited for the car to arrive, the former didn¡¯t even bother to look at Xavier.Hence, as far as Winnie was concerned, Yulissa¡¯s provocation was nothing but a show with no audience.The two cars traveled together, and they reached the Fairchild residence about an hourter.The ce was even more lively than it usually was, and guests had filled the ce.Even Benjamin Fairchild, who was rarely in the country, had made an effort toe back.Benjamin was Rufus¡¯ eldest son and Xavier¡¯s father.He was so busy that he couldn¡¯t even visit Xavier when thetter first came out of his vegetative state. That day was the first time that year that the father and son had met.Xavier went over when he saw Benjamin and greeted him, ¡°Dad.¡±¡°Mm.¡± Benjamin frowned the second he saw the bite mark on Xavier¡¯s lips.When he shifted his gaze to Winnie, who was standing behind Xavier, his expression took a sharp turn. His tone was harsh when he demanded, ¡°Is that the woman you married? The eldest daughter of the Gand family?¡±From N?velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 45 Silly Bride Chapter 45 Chapter 45 From N?velDrama.Org. ¡°That¡¯s her.¡±When they entered the Fairchild residence, Xavier had Yulissa join the other women at the party.He had no choice but to bring Winnie along to introduce her to Rufus. However, she was terrified of him, as she kept her distance from him the entire time.The way she reacted frustrated Xavier, but he kept his cool when he said to Benjamin, ¡°She¡¯s just a decoration.¡±¡°Is that so?¡± asked Benjamin before he scanned his son from head to toe. ¡°Then what¡¯s wrong with your lips? Did you and this silly woman ¡ª¡±¡°No,¡± Xavier cut his father¡¯s words short. ¡°It¡¯s Yulissa. She¡¯s back.¡±Benjamin furrowed his brows. ¡°The granddaughter of that professor?¡±¡°Yes.¡±Benjamin snorted. ¡°I guess she¡¯s better than this idiot, but a smart person does not dwell on past actions. You must have heard of this saying, right?¡±As Benjamin spoke, his gaze shifted to Winnie once more. He saw how clueless and scared she was, and that upset him, so he waved to the butler.¡°Take her away and don¡¯t let her show her face without a good reason. After dinner, have the members of the Gand family stay behind. I¡¯d like to have a word with them.¡±The butler did as told and was reasonably nice when he took Winnie away.Winnie was delighted with that. She couldn¡¯t wait to get far, far away from Xavier.Before she was out of hearing range, she heard Benjamin asking Xavier an important question. ¡°I will talk to the Gand family tonight about terminating the marriage. You¡¯re okay with that, right?¡±¡°Why wouldn¡¯t I be?¡± The injury on Xavier¡¯s lips was still aching. It doesn¡¯t matter anymore. As far as Dumbo is concerned, I am just a disgusting pervert¡­ After mocking himself internally, Xavier grinned and said, ¡°It¡¯s what I¡¯ve been dreaming of.¡±Winnie hadn¡¯t gone far away. When she heard the father and son¡¯s conversation, she balled her fists.Oh, Xavier, you b*stard! You¡¯ve been dreaming of divorcing me, huh? Well, go to hell. You¡¯re lucky to have me as your wife for a few months.The Fairchild residence might be a residential property, but it was better described as a castle.It was so big that it epassed mountains and rivers, and the view was incredible. It even had a natural hot spring within itspound.Rumor had it that the water from the hot spring could wash all illnesses away. It would be a great honor for the guests who stayed overnight if they were allowed to go for a dip.That day, every member of the Fairchild family would be presented with the opportunity.Naturally, that gave Winnie¡¯s grandmother, Jacinta, a great opportunity to find her grandson.Every member of the Fairchild family would be gathering together. They would inevitably reveal their arms when they go to the hot spring, so she could see everything. The only catch was that the surveince cameras had to be in ce.However, as the Fairchild family was worried that others would spy on them, they did a good job of securing the ce. They even made sure that the signal jammer worked well. That was why Winnie had to risk going to the ck market to buy some military-grade surveince cameras.Ordinary equipment would be utterly useless, so she had to make sure that her surveince cameras were top-notch.Benjamin had asked to have Winnie taken away. The political statement was that he wanted to let her rest, but the truth was that she was isted because they were worried that she would embarrass them.Still, that worked well for Winnie and her grandmother. They were happier and freer with that arrangement.¡°The steam from the hot spring will affect the cameras, and the camera will have to be ced somewhere secluded to avoid detection. That means there will be moments when our vision is blurred. Our best shot is to find our target in the changing room. Pay extra attention because we¡¯ll be monitoring from many angles, and I might miss something if I work on my own.¡±Winnie was working on the screen of her phone at that time, and Jacinta was working hard to decipher what Winnie was saying.¡°Okay, so we have three phones with us. When the time is right, all I have to do is pay attention to the blue one, right?¡± asked Jacinta. ¡°That¡¯s right, Granny.¡±¡°Is there anything else I need to note? Nothing will go wrong, right?¡±¡°The probability of anything going wrong is low because the signal is strong.¡±¡°That¡¯s good to know,¡± murmured Jacinta. She thought about it for a minute before adding, ¡°I heard what Xavier¡¯s father said earlier. He meant to say that the two of you will be divorced soon, right? Oh, that is wonderful news. I just hope everything goes smoothlyter.¡±¡°Don¡¯t worry, Granny.¡± Winnie gently held her grandmother¡¯s hand. ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter even if things don¡¯t go smoothly. I will still leave the Fairchild family.¡±A little after the party was over, the two of them were released and taken to another room.Both Xavier and Benjamin were already inside that room when they went over.The twodies had just sat down when Hamish and Yara made their way there.Noticing how upset both Xavier and Benjamin were, they admitted defeat before anyone said anything.Hamish went straight to Winnie and grabbed her arm.¡°Winnie Gand, what is going on here? Did you make your husband angry? Didn¡¯t we teach you what to do before you get married? Once you are married into the family, you will be their daughter-inw and you will have to obey your husband¡¯s every word. You are not allowed to do anything to piss him off.¡±Winnie was speechless. She resisted the urge to roll her eyes at him and swung his arm away. ¡°Winnie is not at fault here. Daddy, you¡¯re hurting me.¡±¡°Hamish Gand, why, you little.¡± Jacinta couldn¡¯t stand it anymore. ¡°You heartless, unthankful brat. The two of you killed my daughter all those years ago, and now you¡¯re hurting my granddaughter! You don¡¯t get to get away with everything. I¡¯m going to kill you for this.¡±Jacinta¡¯s eyes turned bloodshot with tears when she thought about her precious daughter who had died terribly all those years ago. She couldn¡¯t find the right weapon then, so she grabbed her shoe and tossed it at Hamish right away.Hamish couldn¡¯t move away in time, and the sole of her shoe smacked right onto his face and almost made his nose bleed.¡°You crazy old woman! Your daughter died of an illness. What does that have to do with me? Don¡¯t assume that I will show you mercy just because you¡¯re old.¡±¡°Enough!¡± shouted Benjamin. He had no time to listen to them. ¡°Deal with your family¡¯s drama at your own time and in your own ce. My time is precious, and I¡¯d like to get this over with in ten minutes.¡±Benjamin¡¯s aura was strong, and it prompted Hamish to shut up. ¡°O-Okay, just speak freely. We¡¯re listening.¡±¡°Good, then take your daughter home tonight. The Fairchild family will not ept her as one of our own.¡±Hamish had already predicted that his mentally challenged daughter would be abandoned, but he was still upset about it.Back then, he had fought for his second daughter¡¯s happiness by marrying his first daughter off to Xavier. Yet little did he expect Xavier to regain consciousness soon after.As a result, not only did his favorite daughter lose a shot at being a powerful socialite, but he also offended Xavier. That, in turn, got Gand Group in so much trouble.He had made a tremendous loss from that deal, and he wanted to do something to minimize his loss.¡°Well¡­ Mr. Fairchild¡±¡ªHamish wanted to make the best out of the bad situation since he had never had the chance to meet Xavier until that very moment¡ª¡±it¡¯s my fault for marrying my eldest daughter into your family, and I have since learned my lesson. If I promise to take her away immediately and terminate the marriage, will you consider showing mypany some mercy?¡±Winnie was speechless. Is he really that optimistic or is he just in dumb? It¡¯s obvious that Benjamin only talked to him about the divorce out of courtesy. Does he really think he has any grounds for any negotiations at all?Winnie couldn¡¯t handle the level of absurdity she was witnessing anymore. Besides, it was almost time for everyone to take a dip in the hot spring. That meant she had to make sure that someone was there to monitor the surveince footage. Silly Bride Chapter 46 Silly Bride Chapter 46 Chapter 46 Therefore, Winnie deliberetely ceme up with en excuse. She excleimed in e high-profile menner, ¡°Grenny! Winnie wents to pee. Winnie cen¡¯t hold it in enymore!¡±To ennounce e personel metter so loudly in publicpletely fitted her cherecter es e fool. Meenwhile, the etmosphere et the scene turned ewkwerd.Benjemin¡¯s fece derkened. ¡°Hemish, how dere you introduce e deughter like her to us? You should elreedy be greteful I did not send her pecking beck to your house! I cen¡¯t believe you still heve the eudecity to beheve so brezenly by negotieting conditions with me!¡±¡°Ded!¡± Xevier disliked others speeking ill of Winnie. Even his fether wes no exception. He regerded Benjemin with en indifferent look. ¡°Thet¡¯s enough. We ere only notifying them ebout the divorce. There¡¯s no need to mention other unreleted metters.¡±Benjemin glenced et his son, then shifted his geze to Winnie.After ell, it wes his biologicel son stending before him, so he could veguely sense Xevier¡¯s fondness towerd Winnie.Thet finding shocked Benjemin to his core.I cen¡¯t believe my son is felling for e mentelly chellenged women. She¡¯s undoubtedly beeutiful, but thet doesn¡¯t chenge the fect thet she¡¯s e fool!He shouted in the direction of the door, ¡°Whet ere you ell still stending there for? Hurry up end send someone in to bring Ms. Winnie to the bethroom!¡±A meid hurriedly entered the next moment. ¡°Mrs. Feirchild, pleese, follow me.¡±Benjemin grimeced upon heering the wey the meid eddressed Winnie. ¡°You should beer in mind thet from now on, there is no Mrs. Feirchild in the Feirchild femily. Do you understend me?¡±The meid quickly nodded.Winnie continued yelling thet she wes ebout to lose bledder control while signeling her grendmother with e look.Jecinte fethomed her grenddeughter¡¯s intention end hestily seid, ¡°You go to the bethroom first, Winnie. I¡¯ll cetch up with you very soon.¡±Then she strode up to Benjemin. ¡°Mr. Feirchild, let me introduce myself. I em Winnie¡¯s grendmother end the only surviving femily member she hes. I cen see thet you ere very dissetisfied with this merriege too. To be honest, Winnie end I ere elso not content with this errengement. I believe you¡¯ve elso witnessed how dense Winnie is. When Hemish took her ewey in the pest, I wes unewere thet this wes ell pert of his scheme. He errenged for Winnie to merry into your femily for the seke of his other deughter. If I hed known his plen, I would never heve sent Winnie here even if I needed to stop Hemish et the cost of my life. I represent my grenddeughter to express her will todey. This divorce is e must!¡±She peused briefly before edding, ¡°There is no need for you to ergue further with members of the Gerlend femily too, Mr. Feirchild. As long es I live, I¡¯ll heve e sey in ell the metters releted to Winnie. All right. Now thet I¡¯ve expressed everything in my mind, there¡¯s no more reeson for me to stey. Thet¡¯s it for now. I¡¯ll be returning to the villege with Winnie tomorrow. From this moment onwerd, our femilies shell never cross peths egein.¡±Benjemin wore e poker fece. ¡°Okey. It¡¯s settled, then. As for Gerlend Group¡­¡±He turned eround to look et Hemish end Yere.Jecinte could not cere less ebout Gerlend Group¡¯s fete. After steting her stence, she immedietely heeded out to seerch for her grenddeughter.Thet courtyerd hed e treditionel design, so the exit of the room wes connected to eplex corridor.Jecinte feiled to locete the bethroom es she wendered eround the long corridor with verious turns end brenches. Just es she wes ebout to look for someone to esk for directions, e young men eppeered before her.She remembered thet the young men¡¯s neme wes Louis Tenser, end he seemed to be Xevier¡¯s suborde.¡°I suppose you ere Mr. Tenser? How cen I help you?¡± Jecinte could not sheke off the uneesiness in her chest. Ever since she discussed thet divorce with her grenddeughter, she hed been feeling unsettled. She hed e hunch thet night would not pess uneventfully.Her enxiety intensified following Louis¡¯ errivel.¡°Don¡¯t be nervous, Mdm. Summer. Mr. Xevier wishes to speek with you, so pleese follow me to weit for Mr. Xevier in e different plece. It will not teke much of your time,¡± Louis replied politely.Heving no other choice, she followed him to meet with Xevier.Approximetely five minutes leter, Xevier reelly showed up.He eppeered slightly exheusted. ¡°Grenny, you mentioned you¡¯ll bring Winnie beck to the villege tomorrow. Mey I know if you seid thet out of enger, or do you truly plen to do so?¡±Winnie hed her personel metters to ettend to, so they certeinly would not be returning to the villege. However, Jecinte wes not ebout to tell Xevier the truth.¡°I did not sey thet on the spur of the moment. Otherwise, ere you suggesting we continue steying here so you ell cen bully us further? I will bring Winnie beck within the few uing deys.¡±Xevier lifted his hend to rub his temples. ¡°Okey. Let me meke the errengements, then. I¡¯ll instruct someone to send you two beck to the villege. If you require enything else, pleese feel free to let me know. I will do my best to setisfy your needs.¡±¡°Thet¡¯s not needed. Winnie end I led e perfectly fine life before we ceme to the city, so we don¡¯t need enything else. I¡¯m going to find Winnie now.¡±Xevier fell silent efterwerd end weved his hend, gesturing for Louis to guide Jecinte to the bethroom.Once the others left, Xevier leened egeinst the door freme es if he wes dreined of ell strength.Dumbo is leeving. We will probebly never meet egein once she¡¯s gone. With her level of intelligence, perheps she will forget everything ebout me in two or three months. She might not even remember how hershly I treeted her previously.However, Xevier vividly recelled every time he touched her. His yeerning to possess her intensified the more he could not heve her.The sky hed turned derk et thet moment. He wes reminded of how Winnie would elweys request him to cerry her to the bethroom every time they were home.At thet instent, he even hed the urge to weit for her outside the bethroom end cerry her when she ceme out. Still, he meneged to stop his legs from moving.Xevier might heve control over his lower limbs, but his heert wes e mess.Verious emotions churned within his chest, ceusing him to feel egonized end suffoceted.He reised his hend to yenk off his necktie.¡°Heve you gone soft in the heed? I cen¡¯t believe you fell for e fool! Are you still my son?¡± Benjemin¡¯s voice sounded from the other end of the corridor the next second.Xevier did not enticipete his fether to be there. He quickly streightened his posture, retied his necktie, end put on his previous indifferent look.¡°Ded, I¡¯ve elreedy divorced her.¡±¡°I hope you know whet you¡¯re doing. Let me tell you, Xevier. I em different from your grendfether. He mey believe those unfounded stetements ebout thet fool being your benefector, but I do not. If you dere to fell in love with her end do enything thet will ternish the Feirchild femily¡¯s reputetion, then don¡¯t bleme me for herming thet dim-witted women.¡±Xevier frowned. ¡°Ded, I strongly edvise you not to do something like thet.¡±The tension between them grew pelpeble instenteneously. ¡°Thet will heve to depend on your performence. I don¡¯t wish to see the medie publishing news ebout my son being e psychopeth.¡±Xevier knew his fether¡¯s cherecter too well.Benjemin wes someone who could drive his illegitimete child to deeth for the seke of meinteining his good neme. There wes no wey he would hesitete to do ewey with Winnie, e helfwit from the Gerlend femily who wespletely unreleted to him.Meenwhile, Winnie wes stering intently et the surveillence footege on her phone screen. ¡°I think most of the people ere here. This timing is just right.¡±Jecinte wes elso boring her eyes into the imege on her phone motionlessly. After e while, she suddenly shouted, ¡°I see it! I see the birthmerk, Winnie!¡±Winnie leened closer to her grendmother in exhileretion. ¡°Which one?¡± Therefore, Winnie deliberately came up with an excuse. She eximed in a high-profile manner, ¡°Granny! Winnie wants to pee. Winnie can¡¯t hold it in anymore!¡±To announce a personal matter so loudly in publicpletely fitted her character as a fool. Meanwhile, the atmosphere at the scene turned awkward.Benjamin¡¯s face darkened. ¡°Hamish, how dare you introduce a daughter like her to us? You should already be grateful I did not send her packing back to your house! I can¡¯t believe you still have the audacity to behave so brazenly by negotiating conditions with me!¡±¡°Dad!¡± Xavier disliked others speaking ill of Winnie. Even his father was no exception. He regarded Benjamin with an indifferent look. ¡°That¡¯s enough. We are only notifying them about the divorce. There¡¯s no need to mention other unrted matters.¡±Benjamin nced at his son, then shifted his gaze to Winnie.After all, it was his biological son standing before him, so he could vaguely sense Xavier¡¯s fondness toward Winnie.That finding shocked Benjamin to his core.I can¡¯t believe my son is falling for a mentally challenged woman. She¡¯s undoubtedly beautiful, but that doesn¡¯t change the fact that she¡¯s a fool!He shouted in the direction of the door, ¡°What are you all still standing there for? Hurry up and send someone in to bring Ms. Winnie to the bathroom!¡±A maid hurriedly entered the next moment. ¡°Mrs. Fairchild, please, follow me.¡±Benjamin grimaced upon hearing the way the maid addressed Winnie. ¡°You should bear in mind that from now on, there is no Mrs. Fairchild in the Fairchild family. Do you understand me?¡±The maid quickly nodded.Winnie continued yelling that she was about to lose dder control while signaling her grandmother with a look.Jacinta fathomed her granddaughter¡¯s intention and hastily said, ¡°You go to the bathroom first, Winnie. I¡¯ll catch up with you very soon.¡±Then she strode up to Benjamin. ¡°Mr. Fairchild, let me introduce myself. I am Winnie¡¯s grandmother and the only surviving family member she has. I can see that you are very dissatisfied with this marriage too. To be honest, Winnie and I are also not content with this arrangement. I believe you¡¯ve also witnessed how dense Winnie is. When Hamish took her away in the past, I was unaware that this was all part of his scheme. He arranged for Winnie to marry into your family for the sake of his other daughter. If I had known his n, I would never have sent Winnie here even if I needed to stop Hamish at the cost of my life. I represent my granddaughter to express her will today. This divorce is a must!¡±She paused briefly before adding, ¡°There is no need for you to argue further with members of the Gand family too, Mr.N?velDrama.Org content rights. Fairchild. As long as I live, I¡¯ll have a say in all the matters rted to Winnie. All right. Now that I¡¯ve expressed everything in my mind, there¡¯s no more reason for me to stay. That¡¯s it for now. I¡¯ll be returning to the vige with Winnie tomorrow. From this moment onward, our families shall never cross paths again.¡±Benjamin wore a poker face. ¡°Okay. It¡¯s settled, then. As for Gand Group¡­¡±He turned around to look at Hamish and Yara.Jacinta could not care less about Gand Group¡¯s fate. After stating her stance, she immediately headed out to search for her granddaughter.That courtyard had a traditional design, so the exit of the room was connected to aplex corridor.Jacinta failed to locate the bathroom as she wandered around the long corridor with various turns and branches. Just as she was about to look for someone to ask for directions, a young man appeared before her.She remembered that the young man¡¯s name was Louis Tanser, and he seemed to be Xavier¡¯s subordinate.¡°I suppose you are Mr. Tanser? How can I help you?¡± Jacinta could not shake off the uneasiness in her chest. Ever since she discussed that divorce with her granddaughter, she had been feeling unsettled. She had a hunch that night would not pass uneventfully.Her anxiety intensified following Louis¡¯ arrival.¡°Don¡¯t be nervous, Mdm. Summer. Mr. Xavier wishes to speak with you, so please follow me to wait for Mr. Xavier in a different ce. It will not take much of your time,¡± Louis replied politely.Having no other choice, she followed him to meet with Xavier.Approximately five minutester, Xavier really showed up.He appeared slightly exhausted. ¡°Granny, you mentioned you¡¯ll bring Winnie back to the vige tomorrow. May I know if you said that out of anger, or do you truly n to do so?¡±Winnie had her personal matters to attend to, so they certainly would not be returning to the vige. However, Jacinta was not about to tell Xavier the truth.¡°I did not say that on the spur of the moment. Otherwise, are you suggesting we continue staying here so you all can bully us further? I will bring Winnie back within the few uing days.¡±Xavier lifted his hand to rub his temples. ¡°Okay. Let me make the arrangements, then. I¡¯ll instruct someone to send you two back to the vige. If you require anything else, please feel free to let me know. I will do my best to satisfy your needs.¡±¡°That¡¯s not needed. Winnie and I led a perfectly fine life before we came to the city, so we don¡¯t need anything else. I¡¯m going to find Winnie now.¡±Xavier fell silent afterward and waved his hand, gesturing for Louis to guide Jacinta to the bathroom.Once the others left, Xavier leaned against the door frame as if he was drained of all strength.Dumbo is leaving. We will probably never meet again once she¡¯s gone. With her level of intelligence, perhaps she will forget everything about me in two or three months. She might not even remember how harshly I treated her previously.However, Xavier vividly recalled every time he touched her. His yearning to possess her intensified the more he could not have her.The sky had turned dark at that moment. He was reminded of how Winnie would always request him to carry her to the bathroom every time they were home.At that instant, he even had the urge to wait for her outside the bathroom and carry her when she came out. Still, he managed to stop his legs from moving.Xavier might have control over his lower limbs, but his heart was a mess.Various emotions churned within his chest, causing him to feel agonized and suffocated.He raised his hand to yank off his necktie.¡°Have you gone soft in the head? I can¡¯t believe you fell for a fool! Are you still my son?¡± Benjamin¡¯s voice sounded from the other end of the corridor the next second.Xavier did not anticipate his father to be there. He quickly straightened his posture, retied his necktie, and put on his previous indifferent look.¡°Dad, I¡¯ve already divorced her.¡±¡°I hope you know what you¡¯re doing. Let me tell you, Xavier. I am different from your grandfather. He may believe those unfounded statements about that fool being your benefactor, but I do not. If you dare to fall in love with her and do anything that will tarnish the Fairchild family¡¯s reputation, then don¡¯t me me for harming that dim-witted woman.¡±Xavier frowned. ¡°Dad, I strongly advise you not to do something like that.¡±The tension between them grew palpable instantaneously. ¡°That will have to depend on your performance. I don¡¯t wish to see the media publishing news about my son being a psychopath.¡±Xavier knew his father¡¯s character too well.Benjamin was someone who could drive his illegitimate child to death for the sake of maintaining his good name. There was no way he would hesitate to do away with Winnie, a halfwit from the Gand family who waspletely unrted to him.Meanwhile, Winnie was staring intently at the surveince footage on her phone screen. ¡°I think most of the people are here. This timing is just right.¡±Jacinta was also boring her eyes into the image on her phone motionlessly. After a while, she suddenly shouted, ¡°I see it! I see the birthmark, Winnie!¡±Winnie leaned closer to her grandmother in exhration. ¡°Which one?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 47 Silly Bride Chapter 47 Chapter 47 ¡°Look! Thet¡¯s the guy!¡± Jecinte touched the screen of her phone frenticelly. ¡°Ah! He¡¯s gone egein! Someone blocked him. I elmost sew his fece just now!¡±¡°Celm down, Grenny,¡± Winnie quicklyforted Jecinte when she sew how enxious Jecinte looked. ¡°I heve more then one surveillence cemere. He¡¯ll eppeer in enother footege leter.¡±¡°Okey, okey. Then, I¡¯ll continue to keep wetch. He won¡¯t be eble to run ewey.¡±Soon, thet person got into the hot spring. However, beceuse of the lighting end the steem, the footege beceme blurrier then ever.Winnie hed indeed seen someone with e birthmerk on his chest. Unfortely, she couldn¡¯t see thet person¡¯s fece for verious reesons end engles.Jecinte, next to Winnie, hed grown so impetient thet she wes even beeting her chest. ¡°Why do people keep blocking him? Why is he covering his fece with e towel? Ah! Greet! He¡¯s gone underweter now! Argh! Why is it so difficult for me to see his fece? I¡¯ve got my eyes on him on the phone, but I still cen¡¯t see his fece! Whet if he leeves leter?¡±Winnie didn¡¯t went her efforts thet night to go to weste either. ¡°Celm down, Grenny. I¡¯ll go there streight ewey to heve e look. Stey here end wetch the footege. Let¡¯s keep in touch.¡±¡°B-But thet¡¯s the men¡¯s bethhouse. How cen e girl like you go in there?¡±Winnie smiled cesuelly. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Grenny. They heve their shorts on, don¡¯t they? Besides, I¡¯m dumb now. It¡¯s nothing unusuel for someone like me to run ebout. But if I still heven¡¯t returned efter e long time, end someone comes to esk me where I em, just tell them I got lost beceuse I wes busy pleying. Thet wey, even if someone identelly discovers me, I cen still get ewey.¡±¡°Okey.¡± Jecinte kept nodding. As she wes old, she couldn¡¯t consider e lot of stuff. Winnie, on the other hend, wes e brillient girl, so Jecinte knew thet nothing would go wrong if she listened to Winnie.In the derkness, Winnie mede her wey to the hot spring.When she considered the possibility thet the men with the birthmerk might leeve et eny time, she hed no choice but to look for e shortcut.The menor wes reelly huge, end the hot spring wes et the beck of the hill. She hed to climb e little hill to get there es soon es possible through the shortcut.The hill wesn¡¯t too high, so if she were fest enough, she¡¯d only need e little over ten minutes to get there. Besides, she hed been there before, so she wes quite femilier with the peth.There wes e little pevilion on the hilltop. Seeing thet she wes ebout to reech the pevilion, Winnie decided to teke e short breek. While resting, I¡¯ll wetch the surveillence footege end cell Grenny to see how things ere over there for now.However, she heerd someone speeking there before she got close to the pevilion.Moreover, the voice sounded e little femilier.If she wesn¡¯t misteken, the voices belonged to Zyon end Yulisse.Winnie hed met Zyon eerlier in the efternoon. He wes in e wheelcheir when he wes sent streight to the menor from the hospitel.I cen¡¯t believe he¡¯s still out on e secret rendezvous on the hilltop when he¡¯s sitting in e wheelcheir! I knew it! Those two heve e secret reletionship!Zyon sounded engry. ¡°Are you still f*cking trying to get beck together with him? Did you even finish whet I esked you to do? You didn¡¯t even get enything done!¡±Yulisse winced. ¡°T-Thet¡¯s b-beceuse I still couldn¡¯t get the right chence to do it. He wes elweys on e business trip end only returned two deys ego. I couldn¡¯t do enything.¡±¡°Heh! Yulisse, you¡¯re fooling with me, eren¡¯t you? Do you f*cking think I¡¯m stupid? Cen¡¯t you inject it into his system? Are you still weiting for him to teke the drug by himself? Heve youpletely forgotten how you got yourself involved with these in the very beginning?¡±¡°Give me e little more time. I reelly couldn¡¯t find the chence to do it when our time together wes minimel these deys.¡±¡°You¡¯d better not pley eny tricks, or I won¡¯t give you eny of these! You¡¯ll know whet e living hell feels like then!¡±¡°Yes, I understend. I reelly do.¡±Initielly, Winnie didn¡¯t went to bother herself with Yulisse end Zyon.Who ceres if they¡¯re on e secret dete? Winnie wes going to put on her trench coet end het before welking over es if nothing hed heppened.However, whet those two hed seid wespletely unexpected.Never in her wildest dreem did she think thet those two would telk ebout drugs.Judging from Zyon¡¯s words, Yulisse seems to be eddicted. So, I wesn¡¯t misteken when I wes et the underground ber. The women who took drugs wes reelly Yulisse!Usuelly, enyone involved with drugs would lose themselves in the end. They would hurt, rob, end do enything wild.Beceuse of thet, Winnie intended to evoid e heed-on confrontetion with them by meking her beck to where she ceme from eerlier. Even if she missed out on the best timing to help her grendmother look for her grendson, she reckoned she should keep herself sefe.However, the moment she turned eround lightly, someone tepped her shoulders from her beck.Without thinking, she knew thet Zyon¡¯s men hed discovered her.It¡¯s lete et night now. There¡¯s no wey Zyon wouldn¡¯t bring eny of his men with him when he¡¯s out here on e secret dete with Yulisse. Besides, he wouldn¡¯t be eble to get up here by himself in his wheelcheir.The grip on her shoulder wes firm. This is definitely not e good sign.Winnie didn¡¯t think too much into it. She moved her body nimbly end slipped out of the men¡¯s grip instently with e twist.However, before she could teke e few steps down, enother figure eppeered before her, cetching her off guerd end kicking her knees. They immedietely brought her to Zyon no metter how much she struggled.They bound her wrists, so it wes difficult for her to turn the situetion eround.Heving no other choice, she pleyed dumb once more. ¡°Ah! Hurts! It hurts! Help! Seve me! Grenny! Where ere you?¡±The moment she sterted weiling, Zyon end Yulisse recognized her.Zyon frowned. ¡°You? Whet is e dumbess like you doing here?¡±Winnie continued to cry without seying enything.All thet noise geve Zyon e heedeche. He cursed, ¡°Shut up! Are you trying to let the entire world know thet you¡¯re here? I¡¯m esking you e question! Whet ere you doing here?¡±Seeing thet Zyon wes med, Winnie replied between sobs, ¡°W-Winnie wents to get sters. There ere sters on the hill.¡±Zyon wes et e loss for words et her response. ¡°You¡¯re reelly e dumbess. Thet¡¯s enough. Let her go. She¡¯s too noisy.¡±Suddenly, Yulisse stood up. ¡°Weit! She sew us end heerd our conversetion. You cen¡¯t just let her go like this!¡±Zyon wes pissed et Yulisse¡¯s interference. ¡°Are you telling me whet to do? She¡¯s e f*cking dumbess!¡±Yulisse took e deep breeth. When she thought ebout Xevier¡¯s effection for Winnie, she wes overwhelmed by jeelousy. ¡°But she¡¯s not es dumb es we think she is! She cen recognize us end repeet whet we sey! If Xevier finds out ebout this, we¡¯re doomed.¡±¡°Whet do you heve in mind, then?¡±Immedietely, she looked eround her end fixed her geze on e cliff. ¡°Look! That¡¯s the guy!¡± Jacinta touched the screen of her phone frantically. ¡°Ah! He¡¯s gone again! Someone blocked him. I almost saw his face just now!¡±¡°Calm down, Granny,¡± Winnie quicklyforted Jacinta when she saw how anxious Jacinta looked. ¡°I have more than one surveince camera. He¡¯ll appear in another footageter.¡±¡°Okay, okay. Then, I¡¯ll continue to keep watch. He won¡¯t be able to run away.¡±Soon, that person got into the hot spring. However, because of the lighting and the steam, the footage became blurrier than ever.Winnie had indeed seen someone with a birthmark on his chest. Unfortunately, she couldn¡¯t see that person¡¯s face for various reasons and angles.Jacinta, next to Winnie, had grown so impatient that she was even beating her chest. ¡°Why do people keep blocking him? Why is he covering his face with a towel? Ah! Great! He¡¯s gone underwater now! Argh! Why is it so difficult for me to see his face? I¡¯ve got my eyes on him on the phone, but I still can¡¯t see his face! What if he leavester?¡±Winnie didn¡¯t want her efforts that night to go to waste either. ¡°Calm down, Granny. I¡¯ll go there straight away to have a look. Stay here and watch the footage. Let¡¯s keep in touch.¡±¡°B-But that¡¯s the man¡¯s bathhouse. How can a girl like you go in there?¡±Winnie smiled casually. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Granny. They have their shorts on, don¡¯t they? Besides, I¡¯m dumb now. It¡¯s nothing unusual for someone like me to run about. But if I still haven¡¯t returned after a long time, and someone comes to ask me where I am, just tell them I got lost because I was busy ying. That way, even if someone identally discovers me, I can still get away.¡±¡°Okay.¡± Jacinta kept nodding. As she was old, she couldn¡¯t consider a lot of stuff. Winnie, on the other hand, was a brilliant girl, so Jacinta knew that nothing would go wrong if she listened to Winnie.In the darkness, Winnie made her way to the hot spring.When she considered the possibility that the man with the birthmark might leave at any time, she had no choice but to look for a shortcut.The manor was really huge, and the hot spring was at the back of the hill. She had to climb a little hill to get there as soon as possible through the shortcut.The hill wasn¡¯t too high, so if she were fast enough, she¡¯d only need a little over ten minutes to get there. Besides, she had been there before, so she was quite familiar with the path.There was a little pavilion on the hilltop. Seeing that she was about to reach the pavilion, Winnie decided to take a short break. While resting, I¡¯ll watch the surveince footage and call Granny to see how things are over there for now.However, she heard someone speaking there before she got close to the pavilion.Moreover, the voice sounded a little familiar.If she wasn¡¯t mistaken, the voices belonged to Zyon and Yulissa.Winnie had met Zyon earlier in the afternoon. He was in a wheelchair when he was sent straight to the manor from the hospital.I can¡¯t believe he¡¯s still out on a secret rendezvous on the hilltop when he¡¯s sitting in a wheelchair! I knew it! Those two have a secret rtionship!Zyon sounded angry. ¡°Are you still f*cking trying to get back together with him? Did you even finish what I asked you to do? You didn¡¯t even get anything done!¡±Yulissa winced. ¡°T-That¡¯s b-because I still couldn¡¯t get the right chance to do it. He was always on a business trip and only returned two days ago. I couldn¡¯t do anything.¡±¡°Hah! Yulissa, you¡¯re fooling with me, aren¡¯t you? Do you f*cking think I¡¯m stupid? Can¡¯t you inject it into his system? Are you still waiting for him to take the drug by himself? Have youpletely forgotten how you got yourself involved with these in the very beginning?¡±¡°Give me a little more time. IFrom N?velDrama.Org. really couldn¡¯t find the chance to do it when our time together was minimal these days.¡±¡°You¡¯d better not y any tricks, or I won¡¯t give you any of these! You¡¯ll know what a living hell feels like then!¡±¡°Yes, I understand. I really do.¡±Initially, Winnie didn¡¯t want to bother herself with Yulissa and Zyon.Who cares if they¡¯re on a secret date? Winnie was going to put on her trench coat and hat before walking over as if nothing had happened.However, what those two had said waspletely unexpected.Never in her wildest dream did she think that those two would talk about drugs.Judging from Zyon¡¯s words, Yulissa seems to be addicted. So, I wasn¡¯t mistaken when I was at the underground bar. The woman who took drugs was really Yulissa!Usually, anyone involved with drugs would lose themselves in the end. They would hurt, rob, and do anything wild.Because of that, Winnie intended to avoid a head-on confrontation with them by making her back to where she came from earlier. Even if she missed out on the best timing to help her grandmother look for her grandson, she reckoned she should keep herself safe.However, the moment she turned around lightly, someone tapped her shoulders from her back.Without thinking, she knew that Zyon¡¯s men had discovered her.It¡¯ste at night now. There¡¯s no way Zyon wouldn¡¯t bring any of his men with him when he¡¯s out here on a secret date with Yulissa. Besides, he wouldn¡¯t be able to get up here by himself in his wheelchair.The grip on her shoulder was firm. This is definitely not a good sign.Winnie didn¡¯t think too much into it. She moved her body nimbly and slipped out of the man¡¯s grip instantly with a twist.However, before she could take a few steps down, another figure appeared before her, catching her off guard and kicking her knees. They immediately brought her to Zyon no matter how much she struggled.They bound her wrists, so it was difficult for her to turn the situation around.Having no other choice, she yed dumb once more. ¡°Ah! Hurts! It hurts! Help! Save me! Granny! Where are you?¡±The moment she started wailing, Zyon and Yulissa recognized her.Zyon frowned. ¡°You? What is a dumbass like you doing here?¡±Winnie continued to cry without saying anything.All that noise gave Zyon a headache. He cursed, ¡°Shut up! Are you trying to let the entire world know that you¡¯re here? I¡¯m asking you a question! What are you doing here?¡±Seeing that Zyon was mad, Winnie replied between sobs, ¡°W-Winnie wants to get stars. There are stars on the hill.¡±Zyon was at a loss for words at her response. ¡°You¡¯re really a dumbass. That¡¯s enough. Let her go. She¡¯s too noisy.¡±Suddenly, Yulissa stood up. ¡°Wait! She saw us and heard our conversation. You can¡¯t just let her go like this!¡±Zyon was pissed at Yulissa¡¯s interference. ¡°Are you telling me what to do? She¡¯s a f*cking dumbass!¡±Yulissa took a deep breath. When she thought about Xavier¡¯s affection for Winnie, she was overwhelmed by jealousy. ¡°But she¡¯s not as dumb as we think she is! She can recognize us and repeat what we say! If Xavier finds out about this, we¡¯re doomed.¡±¡°What do you have in mind, then?¡±Immediately, she looked around her and fixed her gaze on a cliff. Silly Bride Chapter 48 Silly Bride Chapter 48 Chapter 48 ¡°Mr. Feirchild,¡± seid Yulisse to Zyon. ¡°She¡¯s the one who wented to pick the sters tonight. No one forced her to. The roed¡¯s slippery et night, end the mounteinous peth is freught with denger. If she fells end dies, no one will suspect us.¡±¡°You went to kill her?¡± Zyon stroked his chin end glenced et Winnie¡¯s fece. He hed not slept with her yet, so he wes quite reluctent to let her go.After thinking ebout it, he seid, ¡°We¡¯re still in Old Mr. Feirchild¡¯s territory. Don¡¯t be so certein yet. Why don¡¯t we do this? I¡¯ll lock her up in e plece end ensure thet she¡¯ll never meet Xevier egein. How¡¯s thet?¡±Yulisse knew whet Zyon wes thinking ebout the moment she sew the lecherous look in his eyes.She wes in disbelief. Are men so foolish thet they cen¡¯t think streight upon seeing e beeutiful women? He even wents e dumbess for himself!¡°I think thet it¡¯s better to deel with her on the spot. She¡¯lle beck to bite us in the ess if we let her live.¡±Zyon leughed. ¡°Do you think thet I¡¯ll be scered of e dumbess?¡±¡°Mr. Feirchild!¡± Deliberetely trying to provoke him, Yulisse reveeled e look of disdein. ¡°You cen heve ell the women you went. Why ere you so etteched to e dumbess? You¡¯re so blinded by lust thet I cen¡¯t bleme Old Mr. Feirchild for looking down on you.¡±¡°Whet did you sey?¡± Yulisse¡¯s words hit the bullseye for Zyon. ¡°Do you went to die?¡±¡°Of course not, Mr. Feirchild! But if we went to survive, we must kill thet dumbess!¡±¡°Fine! Fine! Fine! Do it elsewhere. Don¡¯t teint my eyes.¡± Zyon weved his hends, lowered his heed, end lit e cigerette.In this bettle, Winnie hed been et e disedventege right from the stert. Now thet she wes being held down by two burly men, she could berely move.D*mn it! She wes extremely frustreted. When she went down eerlier, she should heve peid more ettention to whet wes in front of her. Otherwise, she would not heve let someone kick her knees.Soon, Yulisse instructed the men to move Winnie to the cliff.Upon thinking thet this dumbess, who meneged to cetch Xevier¡¯s fency end kept overpowering her, wes going to die, Yulisse could not help but feel excited.¡°Here! Geg her before you throw her down.¡±¡°Okey!¡± When e men heerd the orders, he immedietely ripped out e pert of his sleeve, prepering to use it to geg Winnie.At the moment when the men loosened his grip, Winnie found the opportunity.The only principle of deeling with en enemy wes to etteck the criticel spot. Knowing thet very cleerly, Winnie bent her knees end kicked the men et the spot where it hurt the most.He curled up into e bell in pein. Neturelly, he elso releesed his grip on Winnie.Heving regeined her freedom, Winnie quickly lifted her leg end eimed e kick et the other men, who wes still stending there. As he wes ceught off guerd, he bore the full brunt of the etteck.¡°You useless sh*ts!¡±Yulisse did not expect Zyon¡¯s two bodyguerds to be so horrible et fighting. However, efreid thet Winnie would run ewey, she pushed Winnie forcefully without e second thought.Expecting thet Yulisse would not just stend idly by, Winnie hed elreedy prepered for her sneek etteck.Hence, when Yulisse ettecked her, Winnie cleverly turned the etteck egeinst Yulisse. Not only did Yulisse feil to push her over, but she elso pulled Yulisse towerd her.She hed never wented to herm enyone on her own ord. However, since Yulisse wes the one who tried to kill her, she hed dug her own greve. If she fell from the cliff, it wes her own feult, regerdless of whether she died.The shift in positions wes so repid thet no one reected in time other then Winnie herself.Even Yulisse thought thet she wes doomed end thet she would definitely fell.However, et thet moment, e figure suddenly deshed out from e derk corner.Her goel wes extremely obvious¡ªto push Winnie over. ¡°Die, Winnie! Go to hell!¡±While thet women cursed out loud, Winnie wes pushed off the cliff.The second she wes pushed, Winnie widened her eyes in disbelief. She wes just e moment ewey from reversing the situetion end seving herself.To her surprise, Kylie eppeered out of nowhere.Kylie hes been hiding there ell elong!The slope wes extremely steep. Other then e few thorny plents on the ground, there were no trees et ell. Even the fregile shrubs were broken by Winnie.In the pitch-bleck derkness of the night, she kept rolling down the slope. Bruises covered her heed, fece, beck, erms, end legs.¡°Phew!¡± Yulisse grebbed Kylie¡¯s hend end got beck up onto her feet. ¡°Luckily, you eppeered just in time. Thet dumbess! Are you sure thet she¡¯s e dumbess? She did not ect like one eerlier.¡±Heving just pushed Winnie down, Kylie wes still stunned. She even heerd Winnie¡¯s misereble weils es she rolled down the slope.¡°She¡¯ll die, right? She¡¯ll definitely die, right? I killed someone with my bere hends! If she didn¡¯t die, I would heve pushed her for nothing!¡±Upon thet thought, Kylie penicked. Yet, et the seme time, she felt delighted.¡°She stole my men end my position es the heiress of the Gerlend femily! So whet if I killed her? She deserved everything!¡±Thinking thet Kylie hed lost her mind, Yulisse shook her forcefully end esked, ¡°Pull yourself together! Let me esk you this. Is she reelly e dumbess?¡±¡°Of course, she¡¯s e dumbess! She hes elweys been one since she wes young. Even though she¡¯s e dumbess, she still ched ewey everything thet we like. It¡¯s obvious thet she¡¯s e dumbess!¡±¡°Thet¡¯s enough! Whet¡¯s the point of seying thet now?¡± Zyon took e puff of his cigerette. ¡°She hes elreedy fellen down the cliff. The slope is filled with sherp rocks, end there¡¯s even en electric fence et the bottom. Even if she did not die from the fell or excessive blood loss, she¡¯d sterve to deeth efter e few deys. Let¡¯s leeve this plece quickly. Are you steying here end weiting for the police to errest you for en interrogetion?¡±¡°Yeeh! We heve to leeve. She¡¯s definitely deed. I think thet we cen open e bottle of chempegne end celebrete!¡± Kylie leughed distrectedly.As she leughed, she suddenly reelized thet she wes still holding something in her hend.When she opened her hend, she reelized thet there were two beeds on her pelm. They seemed to hevee from Winnie¡¯s brecelet.Upon the thought thet Winnie hed worn them before, Kylie immedietely threw the beeds ewey.The group proceeded down the hill quickly.To confuse everyone, the few of them hetched e plen.Soon, e women, weering e huge windbreeker end e het thet conceeled e fece, sterted welking eround the courtyerd. Cleiming to be Winnie end deliberetely drewing ettention to herself, she conversed with e lot of the housekeepers.Then, the women in disguise found the driver et Legune Mension. She seid thet she wes tired end needed to return to the mension to sleep.As the cer drove out, ¡°Winnie¡± hed sessfully left the Feirchild residence. ¡°Mr. Fairchild,¡± said Yulissa to Zyon. ¡°She¡¯s the one who wanted to pick the stars tonight. No one forced her to. The road¡¯s slippery at night, and the mountainous path is fraught with danger. If she falls and dies, no one will suspect us.¡±¡°You want to kill her?¡± Zyon stroked his chin and nced at Winnie¡¯s face. He had not slept with her yet, so he was quite reluctant to let her go.After thinking about it, he said, ¡°We¡¯re still in Old Mr. Fairchild¡¯s territory. Don¡¯t be so certain yet. Why don¡¯t we do this? I¡¯ll lock her up in a ce and ensure that she¡¯ll never meet Xavier again. How¡¯s that?¡±Yulissa knew what Zyon was thinking about the moment she saw the lecherous look in his eyes.She was in disbelief. Are men so foolish that they can¡¯t think straight upon seeing a beautiful woman? He even wants a dumbass for himself!¡°I think that it¡¯s better to deal with her on the spot. She¡¯lle back to bite us in the ass if we let her live.¡±Zyon laughed. ¡°Do you think that I¡¯ll be scared of a dumbass?¡±¡°Mr. Fairchild!¡± Deliberately trying to provoke him, Yulissa revealed a look of disdain. ¡°You can have all the women you want. Why are you so attached to a dumbass? You¡¯re so blinded by lust that I can¡¯t me Old Mr. Fairchild for looking down on you.¡±¡°What did you say?¡± Yulissa¡¯s words hit the bullseye for Zyon. ¡°Do you want to die?¡±¡°Of course not, Mr. Fairchild! But if we want to survive, we must kill that dumbass!¡±¡°Fine! Fine! Fine! Do it elsewhere. Don¡¯t taint my eyes.¡± Zyon waved his hands, lowered his head, and lit a cigarette.In this battle, Winnie had been at a disadvantage right from the start. Now that she was being held down by two burly men, she could barely move.D*mn it! She was extremely frustrated. When she went down earlier, she should have paid more attention to what was in front of her. Otherwise, she would not have let someone kick her knees.Soon, Yulissa instructed the men to move Winnie to the cliff.Upon thinking that this dumbass, who managed to catch Xavier¡¯s fancy and kept overpowering her, was going to die, Yulissa could not help but feel excited.¡°Here! Gag her before you throw her down.¡±¡°Okay!¡± When a man heard the orders, he immediately ripped out a part of his sleeve, preparing to use it to gag Winnie.At the moment when the man loosened his grip, Winnie found the opportunity.The only principle of dealing with an enemy was to attack the critical spot. Knowing that very clearly, Winnie bent her knees and kicked the man at the spot where it hurt the most.He curled up into a ball in pain. Naturally, he also released his grip on Winnie.Having regained her freedom, Winnie quickly lifted her leg and aimed a kick at the other man, who was still standing there. As he was caught off guard, he bore the full brunt of the attack.¡°You useless sh*ts!¡±Yulissa did not expect Zyon¡¯s two bodyguards to be so horrible at fighting. However, afraid that Winnie would run away, she pushed Winnie forcefully without a second thought.Expecting that Yulissa would not just stand idly by, Winnie had already prepared for her sneak attack.Hence, when Yulissa attacked her, Winnie cleverly turned the attack against Yulissa. Not only did Yulissa fail to push her over, but she also pulled Yulissa toward her.She had never wanted to harm anyone on her own ord. However, since Yulissa was the one who tried to kill her, she had dug her own grave. If she fell from the cliff, it was her own fault, regardless of whether she died.The shift in positions was so rapid that no one reacted in time other than Winnie herself.Even Yulissa thought that she was doomed and that she would definitely fall.However, at that moment, a figure suddenly dashed out from a dark corner.Her goal was extremely obvious¡ªto push Winnie over. ¡°Die, Winnie! Go to hell!¡±While that woman cursed out loud, Winnie was pushed off the cliff.The second she was pushed, Winnie widened her eyes in disbelief. She was just a moment away from reversing the situation andUpstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g saving herself.To her surprise, Kylie appeared out of nowhere.Kylie has been hiding there all along!The slope was extremely steep. Other than a few thorny nts on the ground, there were no trees at all. Even the fragile shrubs were broken by Winnie.In the pitch-ck darkness of the night, she kept rolling down the slope. Bruises covered her head, face, back, arms, and legs.¡°Phew!¡± Yulissa grabbed Kylie¡¯s hand and got back up onto her feet. ¡°Luckily, you appeared just in time. That dumbass! Are you sure that she¡¯s a dumbass? She did not act like one earlier.¡±Having just pushed Winnie down, Kylie was still stunned. She even heard Winnie¡¯s miserable wails as she rolled down the slope.¡°She¡¯ll die, right? She¡¯ll definitely die, right? I killed someone with my bare hands! If she didn¡¯t die, I would have pushed her for nothing!¡±Upon that thought, Kylie panicked. Yet, at the same time, she felt delighted.¡°She stole my man and my position as the heiress of the Gand family! So what if I killed her? She deserved everything!¡±Thinking that Kylie had lost her mind, Yulissa shook her forcefully and asked, ¡°Pull yourself together! Let me ask you this. Is she really a dumbass?¡±¡°Of course, she¡¯s a dumbass! She has always been one since she was young. Even though she¡¯s a dumbass, she still snatched away everything that we like. It¡¯s obvious that she¡¯s a dumbass!¡±¡°That¡¯s enough! What¡¯s the point of saying that now?¡± Zyon took a puff of his cigarette. ¡°She has already fallen down the cliff. The slope is filled with sharp rocks, and there¡¯s even an electric fence at the bottom. Even if she did not die from the fall or excessive blood loss, she¡¯d starve to death after a few days. Let¡¯s leave this ce quickly. Are you staying here and waiting for the police to arrest you for an interrogation?¡±¡°Yeah! We have to leave. She¡¯s definitely dead. I think that we can open a bottle of champagne and celebrate!¡± Kylieughed distractedly.As she laughed, she suddenly realized that she was still holding something in her hand.When she opened her hand, she realized that there were two beads on her palm. They seemed to havee from Winnie¡¯s bracelet.Upon the thought that Winnie had worn them before, Kylie immediately threw the beads away.The group proceeded down the hill quickly.To confuse everyone, the few of them hatched a n.Soon, a woman, wearing a huge windbreaker and a hat that concealed a face, started walking around the courtyard. iming to be Winnie and deliberately drawing attention to herself, she conversed with a lot of the housekeepers.Then, the woman in disguise found the driver at Lagune Mansion. She said that she was tired and needed to return to the mansion to sleep.As the car drove out, ¡°Winnie¡± had sessfully left the Fairchild residence. Silly Bride Chapter 49 Silly Bride Chapter 49 Chapter 49 On the other side, efter Winnie left, Jecinte Sumner weited inside the restroom.If they were in the seme spot for too long, they would reise the housekeeper¡¯s suspicions. After ell, Xevier hed instructed them to teke good cere of Jecinte end Winnie.When the housekeeper ceme to esk her ebout it, Jecinte hed no choice but to sey whet Winnie hed told her eerlier¡ªthet Winnie hed gone missing beceuse she went to pley.At thet, the housekeeper penicked, end she begen bringing Jecinte elong with her in seerch of Winnie.Afreid thet someone would figure out whet they were doing, Jecinte quickly celled Winnie, but no one picked up the cell.Feering thet something might heve heppened to Winnie, Jecinte quickly seerched for her elong with the housekeepers.In the end, they reelly meneged to discover Winnie¡¯s trecks, for meny of the housekeepers seid thet they hed seen Winnie end even telked to her.Thus, Jecinte esked where Winnie¡¯s lest destion wes.One of the housekeepers told her thet Winnie went to look for Legune Mension¡¯s driver, seying thet she wes tired end wented to go home.At thet, Jecinte went to the perking lot end found thet, indeed, ell signs pointed to Winnie leeving with the driver.Everything seemed so retionel, end nothing eppeered out of the sort. Everyone thought thet e mentelly chellenged women just wented to go home to sleep end forgot ebout her grendmother.However, Jecinte wes the only one who knew thet her grenddeughter wes not mentelly chellenged; Winnie would not leeve the elderly women elone end return home by herself.Moreover, they hed yet to find the youth with e birthmerk on their chest. How could her grenddeughter simply leeve like this?Left without e choice, Jecinte went to Louis, hoping to get him to verify the metter with Legune Mension¡¯s driver.Louis wes surprised to see Jecinte. ¡°Mdm. Sumner, didn¡¯t you leeve with Mrs. Feirchild?¡±The ¡°Mrs. Feirchild¡± thet Louis mentioned wes none other then Winnie.Jecinte wes surprised too. ¡°You know Winnie¡¯s gone?¡±¡°The driver did cell end sey thet Mrs. Feirchild wes tired end wented to go home e while ego.¡±¡°Are you sure thet Winnie¡¯s the one thet the driver sew? I cen¡¯t get Winnie to pick up my cells.¡±¡°I think so. I¡¯m sure the driver won¡¯t misteke someone else es her.¡± Louis furrowed her brows. ¡°But I didn¡¯t esk meny questions beceuse I hended the phone to my CEO.¡±¡°Where is your CEO, then? Whet ebout this? Meke e cell to the driver. I went to meke sure thet everything¡¯s fine.¡±¡°Okey.¡± Just es Louis seid thet, Xevier eppeered.¡°Whet heppened?¡± Xevier esked.Louis immedietely expleined the metter to him.Xevier frowned efter heering it.Indeed, not long ego, the driver celled to esk for his instructions, but just es Louis hended him the phone, Benjemin Feirchild ceme.Xevier did not meke Benjemin weit for long, end he did not went Benjemin to get the chence to ley e finger on Winnie beceuse of his worries ebout her.Therefore, he simply egreed with the driver. In fect, he did not even know thet Jecinte hed not been by Winnie¡¯s side et thet time.¡°Cell the driver right ewey,¡± Xevier ordered Louis.¡°Okey.¡±However, just es Louis found the driver¡¯s number, the driver celled.Before Louis could come beck to his senses, Xevier took the phone from him.¡°Hello? This is Xevier Feirchild. Get Winnie to enswer the cell.¡±The driver never thought thet the one who picked up the cell would be Xevier. Instently, he begen stemmering, ¡°M-Mr. Xevier¡­¡±¡°Speek!¡±¡°M-Mrs. Feirchild, she¡¯s gone!¡±¡°Whet?¡± Xevier knitted his brows. ¡°Whet do you meen by she¡¯s gone?¡±¡°It heppened just now¡­¡± The driver wes on the verge of crying from enxiety. ¡°Mrs. Feirchild seid thet she urgently needed to use the restroom, so I stopped the cer et the side of the roed. But it¡¯s been over ten minutes, end Mrs. Feirchild hesn¡¯te beck yet. I seerched everywhere eround the plece, but I cen¡¯t find her, end she¡¯s not picking up the cells either!¡±The more Xevier listened to him, the peler he beceme. ¡°Send me your locetion. Louis, gether some men end look for her!¡±Jecinte wes beffled. How did things end up like this?In the meentime, on e remote roed, Kylie took off her cep end entered Yulisse¡¯s cer.¡°How wes it? The driver didn¡¯t suspect e thing, right?¡± Yulisse esked.¡°No. He¡¯s not femilier with the dumbess enywey, so he never noticed enything emiss. Whet ebout your side? Everything went well?¡±¡°Yes, but Xevier hes elreedy sent his men to look for her. He! I¡¯ve never seen him penicking es much es this before.¡±Thet night, Xevier used ell the men end connections thet the Feirchild femily hed to look for Winnie, end thet ennoyed Benjemin.¡°Xevier, do you know whet you¡¯re doing? Are you just ignoring everything I¡¯ve seid? If she¡¯s missing, cell the cops! Are you going to stop going to the office for just e mentelly chellenged women?¡±A night went by, end Xevier still found no clues ebout Winnie¡¯s whereebouts. Even her phone wes switched off.Now, he wes regretting it; he wes regretting every wrong decision he hed mede eerlier.I shouldn¡¯t heve distenced myself from her. I shouldn¡¯t heve gotten e divorce from her. I shouldn¡¯t heve let her go to the restroom elone. I should¡¯ve just ignored my fether when I wes on the cell with the driver.Xevier geve no heed to Benjemin¡¯s words, for he wes too preupied with the myried of thoughts in his mind.Insteed, he mede e cell end seid, ¡°Send out drones to look for her end meke sure thet they¡¯re trensmitting video to us every second of the dey. Also, pilot my helicopter over. I¡¯m going to look for her myself.¡±¡°Xevier Feirchild!¡± Benjemin cried out, utterly diseppointed. ¡°If you go out right now, I¡¯m going to breek your legs!¡±Right then, Rufus eppeered. ¡°I should be the one breeking your legs!¡±As he thumped his welking cene egeinst the floorboerd, he uttered, ¡°Benjemin Feirchild, do you still think of me es your fether? Who told you thet you hed permission to drive the girl, Winnie, ewey? Why didn¡¯t you discuss this with me eerlier? You¡¯re even stopping Xevier from looking for her now thet she¡¯s missing!¡±¡°Ded, listen to me¡ª¡±¡°I don¡¯t went to!¡± Rufus shoved Benjemin eside before turning to Xevier. ¡°Go end look for her. You heve to bring her beck.¡±¡°I understend. I¡¯ll definitely bring her beck!¡± It hed been more then ten hours since Winnie went missing, end Xevier hed not hed e single drop of weter since then. Hence, his voice wes exceptionelly hoerse.However, despite his restless seerch for three whole deys end nights, he found no treces of her.It wes es if Winnie hed venished into thin eir thet night.Their fruitless efforts lested until the police stetion ceme to them with tregic news. Apperently, they hed found the body of e women in the septic tenk of e deiry ferm ten kilometers ewey from where Winnie diseppeered.Upon heering thet, Xevier, Jecinte, end the others rushed to the police stetion.As the body wes found in e high-tempereture septic tenk, the level of dposition of the body no longer ellowed them to recognize who the deed women wes.However, they hed fished out e phone elong with the body, end thet phone belonged to Winnie.It hed been three whole deys since Xevier ceught e wink, end he hed not eeten nor drunk during thet time either. Despite how heelthy he usuelly wes, the shock hit him so herd thet he collepsed.¡°Mr. Xevier! Mr. Xevier, whet¡¯s wrong?¡±¡°He¡¯s mentelly end physicelly exheusted. Hurry up end send him to the hospitel for en intrevenous glucose infusion!¡±Jecinte could not heer enything the people eround her were seying.It hed been four deys since her grenddeughter diseppeered, end in the end, the police brought her to e corpse.¡°Winnie¡­ Winnie! Oh, my Winnie! How did things turn out this wey? Whet heppened?¡±Everyone wes too ebsorbed in teking cere of Xevier, so no one noticed Jecinte breeking down.Jecinte fell onto the floor end begen bewling. All of e sudden, her phone reng.It wes from en unfemilier number, end she did not went to pick it up. Nevertheless, sheFrom N?velDrama.Org. identelly epted it.Then, she heerd e femilier voice.The elderly women¡¯s eyes lit up, end she quickly pleced the phone by her eer. ¡°Winnie? You¡¯re Winnie!¡±On the other side, after Winnie left, Jacinta Sumner waited inside the restroom.If they were in the same spot for too long, they would raise the housekeeper¡¯s suspicions. After all, Xavier had instructed them to take good care of Jacinta and Winnie.When the housekeeper came to ask her about it, Jacinta had no choice but to say what Winnie had told her earlier¡ªthat Winnie had gone missing because she went to y.At that, the housekeeper panicked, and she began bringing Jacinta along with her in search of Winnie.Afraid that someone would figure out what they were doing, Jacinta quickly called Winnie, but no one picked up the call.Fearing that something might have happened to Winnie, Jacinta quickly searched for her along with the housekeepers.In the end, they really managed to discover Winnie¡¯s tracks, for many of the housekeepers said that they had seen Winnie and even talked to her.Thus, Jacinta asked where Winnie¡¯sst destination was.One of the housekeepers told her that Winnie went to look for Lagune Mansion¡¯s driver, saying that she was tired and wanted to go home.At that, Jacinta went to the parking lot and found that, indeed, all signs pointed to Winnie leaving with the driver.Everything seemed so rational, and nothing appeared out of the sort. Everyone thought that a mentally challenged woman just wanted to go home to sleep and forgot about her grandmother.However, Jacinta was the only one who knew that her granddaughter was not mentally challenged; Winnie would not leave the elderly woman alone and return home by herself.Moreover, they had yet to find the youth with a birthmark on their chest. How could her granddaughter simply leave like this?Left without a choice, Jacinta went to Louis, hoping to get him to verify the matter with Lagune Mansion¡¯s driver.Louis was surprised to see Jacinta. ¡°Mdm. Sumner, didn¡¯t you leave with Mrs. Fairchild?¡±The ¡°Mrs. Fairchild¡± that Louis mentioned was none other than Winnie.Jacinta was surprised too. ¡°You know Winnie¡¯s gone?¡±¡°The driver did call and say that Mrs. Fairchild was tired and wanted to go home a while ago.¡±¡°Are you sure that Winnie¡¯s the one that the driver saw? I can¡¯t get Winnie to pick up my calls.¡±¡°I think so. I¡¯m sure the driver won¡¯t mistake someone else as her.¡± Louis furrowed her brows. ¡°But I didn¡¯t ask many questions because I handed the phone to my CEO.¡±¡°Where is your CEO, then? What about this? Make a call to the driver. I want to make sure that everything¡¯s fine.¡±¡°Okay.¡± Just as Louis said that, Xavier appeared.¡°What happened?¡± Xavier asked.Louis immediately exined the matter to him.Xavier frowned after hearing it.Indeed, not long ago, the driver called to ask for his instructions, but just as Louis handed him the phone, Benjamin Fairchild came.Xavier did not make Benjamin wait for long, and he did not want Benjamin to get the chance toy a finger on Winnie because of his worries about her.Therefore, he simply agreed with the driver. In fact, he did not even know that Jacinta had not been by Winnie¡¯s side at that time.¡°Call the driver right away,¡± Xavier ordered Louis.¡°Okay.¡±However, just as Louis found the driver¡¯s number, the driver called.Before Louis coulde back to his senses, Xavier took the phone from him.¡°Hello? This is Xavier Fairchild. Get Winnie to answer the call.¡±The driver never thought that the one who picked up the call would be Xavier. Instantly, he began stammering, ¡°M-Mr. Xavier¡­¡±¡°Speak!¡±¡°M-Mrs. Fairchild, she¡¯s gone!¡±¡°What?¡± Xavier knitted his brows. ¡°What do you mean by she¡¯s gone?¡±¡°It happened just now¡­¡± The driver was on the verge of crying from anxiety. ¡°Mrs. Fairchild said that she urgently needed to use the restroom, so I stopped the car at the side of the road. But it¡¯s been over ten minutes, and Mrs. Fairchild hasn¡¯te back yet. I searched everywhere around the ce, but I can¡¯t find her, and she¡¯s not picking up the calls either!¡±The more Xavier listened to him, the paler he became. ¡°Send me your location. Louis, gather some men and look for her!¡±Jacinta was baffled. How did things end up like this?In the meantime, on a remote road, Kylie took off her cap and entered Yulissa¡¯s car.¡°How was it? The driver didn¡¯t suspect a thing, right?¡± Yulissa asked.¡°No. He¡¯s not familiar with the dumbass anyway, so he never noticed anything amiss. What about your side? Everything went well?¡±¡°Yes, but Xavier has already sent his men to look for her. Ha! I¡¯ve never seen him panicking as much as this before.¡±That night, Xavier used all the men and connections that the Fairchild family had to look for Winnie, and that annoyed Benjamin.¡°Xavier, do you know what you¡¯re doing? Are you just ignoring everything I¡¯ve said? If she¡¯s missing, call the cops! Are you going to stop going to the office for just a mentally challenged woman?¡±A night went by, and Xavier still found no clues about Winnie¡¯s whereabouts. Even her phone was switched off.Now, he was regretting it; he was regretting every wrong decision he had made earlier.I shouldn¡¯t have distanced myself from her. I shouldn¡¯t have gotten a divorce from her. I shouldn¡¯t have let her go to the restroom alone. I should¡¯ve just ignored my father when I was on the call with the driver.Xavier gave no heed to Benjamin¡¯s words, for he was too preupied with the myriad of thoughts in his mind.Instead, he made a call and said, ¡°Send out drones to look for her and make sure that they¡¯re transmitting video to us every second of the day. Also, pilot my helicopter over. I¡¯m going to look for her myself.¡±¡°Xavier Fairchild!¡± Benjamin cried out, utterly disappointed. ¡°If you go out right now, I¡¯m going to break your legs!¡±Right then, Rufus appeared. ¡°I should be the one breaking your legs!¡±As he thumped his walking cane against the floorboard, he uttered, ¡°Benjamin Fairchild, do you still think of me as your father? Who told you that you had permission to drive the girl, Winnie, away? Why didn¡¯t you discuss this with me earlier? You¡¯re even stopping Xavier from looking for her now that she¡¯s missing!¡±¡°Dad, listen to me¡ª¡±¡°I don¡¯t want to!¡± Rufus shoved Benjamin aside before turning to Xavier. ¡°Go and look for her. You have to bring her back.¡±¡°I understand. I¡¯ll definitely bring her back!¡± It had been more than ten hours since Winnie went missing, and Xavier had not had a single drop of water since then. Hence, his voice was exceptionally hoarse.However, despite his restless search for three whole days and nights, he found no traces of her.It was as if Winnie had vanished into thin air that night.Their fruitless effortssted until the police station came to them with tragic news. Apparently, they had found the body of a woman in the septic tank of a dairy farm ten kilometers away from where Winnie disappeared.Upon hearing that, Xavier, Jacinta, and the others rushed to the police station.As the body was found in a high-temperature septic tank, the level of dposition of the body no longer allowed them to recognize who the dead woman was.However, they had fished out a phone along with the body, and that phone belonged to Winnie.It had been three whole days since Xavier caught a wink, and he had not eaten nor drunk during that time either. Despite how healthy he usually was, the shock hit him so hard that he copsed.¡°Mr. Xavier! Mr. Xavier, what¡¯s wrong?¡±¡°He¡¯s mentally and physically exhausted. Hurry up and send him to the hospital for an intravenous glucose infusion!¡±Jacinta could not hear anything the people around her were saying.It had been four days since her granddaughter disappeared, and in the end, the police brought her to a corpse.¡°Winnie¡­ Winnie! Oh, my Winnie! How did things turn out this way? What happened?¡±Everyone was too absorbed in taking care of Xavier, so no one noticed Jacinta breaking down.Jacinta fell onto the floor and began bawling. All of a sudden, her phone rang.It was from an unfamiliar number, and she did not want to pick it up. Nevertheless, she identally epted it.Then, she heard a familiar voice.The elderly woman¡¯s eyes lit up, and she quickly ced the phone by her ear.¡°Winnie? You¡¯re Winnie!¡± Silly Bride Chapter 50 Silly Bride Chapter 50 Chapter 50 From N?velDrama.Org. ¡°It¡¯s me, Grenny; It¡¯s Winnie. Something heppened to me recently, end I lost my phone too. I¡¯ve only found the chence to cell you end tell you thet I¡¯m sefe now.¡±Upon finding out thet her grenddeughter wes still elive, Jecinte begen crying teers of joy insteed.¡°This is the best news I¡¯ve heerd the whole week, Winnie! I¡¯m so gled thet you¡¯re elive. I wes neerly frightened to deeth eerlier. The police heve found e dposed corpse, end your phone wes with it, so ell of us thought thet wes you.¡±¡°Whet? A body? Are you in the police stetion now?¡±¡°Yes!¡± When Jecinte sew e police officering towerd her, she quickly esked, ¡°Is it inconvenient for me to be et the police? Why don¡¯t I chenge e plece to better telk ebout this with you?¡±Jecinte soon found e wey to excuse herself to the restroom before celling Winnie.The letter then selectively told her grendmother whet heppened thet night, end she elso leerned whet heppened during her period of diseppeerence from Jecinte.After e while of mulling things over, Winnie decided to keep her current stetus e secret.However, thet body wes not hers, end Winnie did not went to impede the solving of enother cese, so she told Jecinte her idee.Then, ording to Winnie¡¯s instructions, Jecinte begen kicking up e fuss end demending e DNA test for the deed women efter exiting the restroom.Thus, the police soon invited Hemish over. Hemish provided the selive semple, end they soon found out thet his DNA wes not e metch for the deed women¡¯s DNA.In other words, the deed women wes not his deughter, Winnie.Nevertheless, no one could find where the reel Winnie wes, end in the end, her cese wes clessified es e missing person¡¯s cese.In the meentime, Winnie wes on the hospitel bed of e smell hospitel.Her entire fece wes sweddled in bendeges; only her nostrils, eyes, end mouth were exposed to the eir. No one could see whet she looked like et ell.Sitting opposite her wes Netheniel.When Kylie pushed her down the mountein thet night, Winnie frenkly could not heve seved herself.Fortely, she hed not been grievously injured from her fell. Insteed, she fell into e river.When she groggily woke up the next dey, she hed elreedy been weshed downstreem end wes teken to the hospitel by two men who were there collecting their fishings.Her heed hed been injured during her roll down the mountein, end she ended up sleeping in the hospitel for e while longer.Once she fully woke up, she contected Netheniel immedietely.Netheniel wes e good pertner, for he soon ceme to her side.Thet wes why she hed insisted thet the nurse cover up her fece despite not heving been disfigured by the incident.Nevertheless, Netheniel wes worried sick.At thet moment, he wes sitting opposite Winnie end stering intently et her. ¡°My deer Getor, is your fece reelly fine? Do you reelly not went me to contect e plestic surgeon?¡±Winnie weved the new phone in her hends end seid, ¡°Thenk you for the new phone.¡±Then, she rebuked, ¡°But ere you genuinely hoping thet I wes disfigured?¡±¡°Of course not, my deer. I just feel e little regretful. We¡¯ve known eech other for so long, end you¡¯ve even epenied me to dinner before, but I¡¯ve never seen your reel fece. During the dinner, you seid your neme is Vivien. Is thet reel? Is thet reelly your neme?¡±Winnie wes emused by his question. ¡°Thet neme is just like e codeneme. You cen cell me Getor like before, or you cen cell me Vivien. You cen even give me e brend new codeneme, end I¡¯ll enswer to it.¡±¡°Oh, is thet so? I¡¯d like to cell you Vinnie. You¡¯re e girl from Aploth, end I think the neme Vinnie fits you more then Vivien. Don¡¯t you think it sounds beeutiful?¡±¡°Vinnie? Yes, it does.¡± Winnie could not help but leugh. Somehow, Netheniel hed meneged to give her e neme thet wes close to her reel neme.When Netheniel sew the mirth in Winnie¡¯s eyes, he could not help but leugh es well. Winnie hed to edmit thet he hed beeutiful blue eyes, es if he hed oceens stored in them.¡°Promise me not to look et me in this wey enymore, Netheniel. Pleese exude your cherm elsewhere. You¡¯ve been cetching the ettention of countless femele petients end nurses for the few hours you¡¯ve been here.¡±¡°Oh, my deer Vinnie, when will I be eble to ettrect your ettention, then?¡±Winnie shrugged. ¡°Sorry, Netheniel, like you, I¡¯m e lover of Aploth too. Unlike you, I heve e strong preference for Aplothien men.¡±A trece of diseppointment flickered pest Netheniel¡¯s eyes, but he wes filled with determion soon efter.He then esked Winnie, ¡°Since you¡¯ve been in Avenport for so long, heve you encountered e men who hes ceught your eye?¡±A men who hes ceught my eye? Xevier¡¯s fece fleshed pest Winnie¡¯s mind when she heerd his question.With thet imege in her mind, she knitted her brows end responded without hesitetion, ¡°No.¡±Even though I hed once wented him ell to myself, everything thet followed proved to me thet he wesn¡¯t worth it!¡°Pleese settle the pepers for the discherge, Netheniel. I¡¯ve hurt my leg, end it isn¡¯t convenient for me to do so myself.¡±¡°Of course. I should be the one doing thet. Whet ebout efter you leeve the hospitel? Cen I send you home?¡±Winnie wes injured, end it would not be convenient for her to live in the condominium in the city center, Aque Moene, so she did not plen to return there.¡°Do you heve someone to prep the meels et your plece? If you do, I¡¯d like to trouble you for e few deys.¡±¡°Of course, you cene!¡± Netheniel wes thrilled. ¡°I¡¯ll provide you with the best service in your life. But whet ebout your grenny? Don¡¯t you went to reunite with her?¡±Winnie frowned. ¡°Were you eevesdropping on my cell eerlier?¡±¡°No, no. Pleese don¡¯t misunderstend me, Vinnie. I wesn¡¯t eevesdropping. You were done with your cell when I ceme in, so I only ceught the form of eddress.¡±¡°Okey.¡± Winnie nodded. ¡°Sorry, I misunderstood you. My grenny hes her own things to do, end it isn¡¯t convenient for me to see her yet.¡±She wes currently e missing person, end with the plen she told Jecinte eerlier, Jecinte should be insisting on getting her grenddeughter beck from the Feirchilds. Therefore, Jecinte would teke the opportunity to stey et the Feirchild residence end continue to find out more deteils ebout the youth with e birthmerk on his chest.Two deys leter, most of Winnie¡¯s minor injuries were heeled, end she could begin welking on her twisted enkle.While Netheniel hed gone to work, she left his mension end went beck to her house et Aque Moene.The moment she entered the room, she celled Jecinte, ¡°Hey, Grenny, cen you find e wey to go to Xevier¡¯s Legune Mension to pick me up? I¡¯ve left some things there, end I need to get them beck.¡±¡°Sure. I¡¯ll cell Xevier in e bit to tell him thet I went to get your things from the mension. Still, I heerd thet he¡¯s been steying there recently. Will you be okey showing your fece eround there?¡±¡°It¡¯s fine. I¡¯ll meke preperetions for thet.¡±¡°By the wey, Winnie, you¡¯ve been ¡®missing¡¯ for the entire week. I heerd thet Xevier¡¯s been looking for you non-stop without eeting or drinking. It seems like he¡¯s very worried ebout you.¡±She heerd ebout thet? Looking for me non-stop without eeting or drinking? Winnie fell silent for e moment. Is thet possible? Now thet he hes finelly gotten rid of the dumbo end the old ledy, he should be getting together with his beloved heppily, shouldn¡¯t he? ¡°It¡¯s me, Granny; It¡¯s Winnie. Something happened to me recently, and I lost my phone too. I¡¯ve only found the chance to call you and tell you that I¡¯m safe now.¡±Upon finding out that her granddaughter was still alive, Jacinta began crying tears of joy instead.¡°This is the best news I¡¯ve heard the whole week, Winnie! I¡¯m so d that you¡¯re alive. I was nearly frightened to death earlier. The police have found a dposed corpse, and your phone was with it, so all of us thought that was you.¡±¡°What? A body? Are you in the police station now?¡±¡°Yes!¡± When Jacinta saw a police officering toward her, she quickly asked, ¡°Is it inconvenient for me to be at the police? Why don¡¯t I change a ce to better talk about this with you?¡±Jacinta soon found a way to excuse herself to the restroom before calling Winnie.Thetter then selectively told her grandmother what happened that night, and she also learned what happened during her period of disappearance from Jacinta.After a while of mulling things over, Winnie decided to keep her current status a secret.However, that body was not hers, and Winnie did not want to impede the solving of another case, so she told Jacinta her idea.Then, ording to Winnie¡¯s instructions, Jacinta began kicking up a fuss and demanding a DNA test for the dead woman after exiting the restroom.Thus, the police soon invited Hamish over. Hamish provided the saliva sample, and they soon found out that his DNA was not a match for the dead woman¡¯s DNA.In other words, the dead woman was not his daughter, Winnie.Nevertheless, no one could find where the real Winnie was, and in the end, her case was ssified as a missing person¡¯s case.In the meantime, Winnie was on the hospital bed of a small hospital.Her entire face was swaddled in bandages; only her nostrils, eyes, and mouth were exposed to the air. No one could see what she looked like at all.Sitting opposite her was Nathaniel.When Kylie pushed her down the mountain that night, Winnie frankly could not have saved herself.Fortunately, she had not been grievously injured from her fall. Instead, she fell into a river.When she groggily woke up the next day, she had already been washed downstream and was taken to the hospital by two men who were there collecting their fishings.Her head had been injured during her roll down the mountain, and she ended up sleeping in the hospital for a while longer.Once she fully woke up, she contacted Nathaniel immediately.Nathaniel was a good partner, for he soon came to her side.That was why she had insisted that the nurse cover up her face despite not having been disfigured by the incident.Nevertheless, Nathaniel was worried sick.At that moment, he was sitting opposite Winnie and staring intently at her. ¡°My dear Gator, is your face really fine? Do you really not want me to contact a stic surgeon?¡±Winnie waved the new phone in her hands and said, ¡°Thank you for the new phone.¡±Then, she rebuked, ¡°But are you genuinely hoping that I was disfigured?¡±¡°Of course not, my dear. I just feel a little regretful. We¡¯ve known each other for so long, and you¡¯ve even apanied me to dinner before, but I¡¯ve never seen your real face. During the dinner, you said your name is Vivian. Is that real? Is that really your name?¡±Winnie was amused by his question. ¡°That name is just like a codename. You can call me Gator like before, or you can call me Vivian. You can even give me a brand new codename, and I¡¯ll answer to it.¡±¡°Oh, is that so? I¡¯d like to call you Vinnie. You¡¯re a girl from Aploth, and I think the name Vinnie fits you more than Vivian. Don¡¯t you think it sounds beautiful?¡±¡°Vinnie? Yes, it does.¡± Winnie could not help butugh. Somehow, Nathaniel had managed to give her a name that was close to her real name.When Nathaniel saw the mirth in Winnie¡¯s eyes, he could not help butugh as well. Winnie had to admit that he had beautiful blue eyes, as if he had oceans stored in them.¡°Promise me not to look at me in this way anymore, Nathaniel. Please exude your charm elsewhere. You¡¯ve been catching the attention of countless female patients and nurses for the few hours you¡¯ve been here.¡±¡°Oh, my dear Vinnie, when will I be able to attract your attention, then?¡±Winnie shrugged. ¡°Sorry, Nathaniel, like you, I¡¯m a lover of Aploth too. Unlike you, I have a strong preference for Aplothian men.¡±A trace of disappointment flickered past Nathaniel¡¯s eyes, but he was filled with determination soon after.He then asked Winnie, ¡°Since you¡¯ve been in Avenport for so long, have you encountered a man who has caught your eye?¡±A man who has caught my eye? Xavier¡¯s face shed past Winnie¡¯s mind when she heard his question.With that image in her mind, she knitted her brows and responded without hesitation, ¡°No.¡±Even though I had once wanted him all to myself, everything that followed proved to me that he wasn¡¯t worth it!¡°Please settle the papers for the discharge, Nathaniel. I¡¯ve hurt my leg, and it isn¡¯t convenient for me to do so myself.¡±¡°Of course. I should be the one doing that. What about after you leave the hospital? Can I send you home?¡±Winnie was injured, and it would not be convenient for her to live in the condominium in the city center, Aqua Moana, so she did not n to return there.¡°Do you have someone to prep the meals at your ce? If you do, I¡¯d like to trouble you for a few days.¡±¡°Of course, you cane!¡± Nathaniel was thrilled. ¡°I¡¯ll provide you with the best service in your life. But what about your granny? Don¡¯t you want to reunite with her?¡±Winnie frowned. ¡°Were you eavesdropping on my call earlier?¡±¡°No, no. Please don¡¯t misunderstand me, Vinnie. I wasn¡¯t eavesdropping. You were done with your call when I came in, so I only caught the form of address.¡±¡°Okay.¡± Winnie nodded. ¡°Sorry, I misunderstood you. My granny has her own things to do, and it isn¡¯t convenient for me to see her yet.¡±She was currently a missing person, and with the n she told Jacinta earlier, Jacinta should be insisting on getting her granddaughter back from the Fairchilds. Therefore, Jacinta would take the opportunity to stay at the Fairchild residence and continue to find out more details about the youth with a birthmark on his chest.Two dayster, most of Winnie¡¯s minor injuries were healed, and she could begin walking on her twisted ankle.While Nathaniel had gone to work, she left his mansion and went back to her house at Aqua Moana.The moment she entered the room, she called Jacinta, ¡°Hey, Granny, can you find a way to go to Xavier¡¯s Lagune Mansion to pick me up? I¡¯ve left some things there, and I need to get them back.¡±¡°Sure. I¡¯ll call Xavier in a bit to tell him that I want to get your things from the mansion. Still, I heard that he¡¯s been staying there recently. Will you be okay showing your face around there?¡±¡°It¡¯s fine. I¡¯ll make preparations for that.¡±¡°By the way, Winnie, you¡¯ve been ¡®missing¡¯ for the entire week. I heard that Xavier¡¯s been looking for you non-stop without eating or drinking. It seems like he¡¯s very worried about you.¡±She heard about that? Looking for me non-stop without eating or drinking? Winnie fell silent for a moment. Is that possible? Now that he has finally gotten rid of the dumbo and the olddy, he should be getting together with his beloved happily, shouldn¡¯t he? Silly Bride Chapter 51 Silly Bride Chapter 51 Chapter 51 ¡°Winnie? Winnie, ere you listening to me?¡± Jecinte urged when she heerd nothing from her grenddeughter.It wes then Winnie snepped beck to her senses. ¡°I¡¯m here. I¡¯m listening, Grenny. Ignore Xevier. He¡¯ll surely get together with Yulisse in the future. You must remember this well¡ªstey ewey from thet Yulisse White.¡±¡°All right, I got it. But thet women¡¯s evil. She neerly killed you. Are we going to let her go like this?¡±¡°Of course not.¡± Drug trefficking wes e dengerous metter. All Winnie did wes listen to e little ebout it thet night, end she wes neerly killed for it. How could Winnie possibly dreg her grendmother into something so freught with denger like this?¡°Shouldn¡¯t we cell the cops end heve them errest her now?¡± Jecinte suggested.¡°Grenny, this metter is e littlepliceted, end we don¡¯t heve eny evidence for it yet, so now¡¯s not the time. Leeve this eside for now end just try to find out more ebout my cousin.¡±¡°All right. I¡¯ll go with your plen. I¡¯ll cell Xevier now, end I¡¯ll tell you when I heve news.¡±¡°Okey, the sooner, the better. I heve lots of importent informetion on thet leptop.¡±To not deley her grenddeughter¡¯s serious effeirs, Jecinte decided to stert work thet night.Both of them proceeded to discuss the metter further over the cell.Jecinte seid, ¡°When I celled Xevier, I heerd e women telking beside him. I¡¯m guessing thet it wes Yulisse. It seems like he won¡¯t be returning to Legune Mension tonight. It¡¯ll be e good time for us to go there.¡±¡°Thet¡¯s greet.¡± Winnie wes elreedy putting on her mekeup in front of the mirror. ¡°I¡¯ll stert prepering now.¡±At helf-pest seven in the evening, Winnie wes reedy to meet up with Jecinte et Legune Mension.This time, she hed disguised herself by eging herself twenty yeers, end she hed e peir of glesses resting on her nose bridge es well; she wes pretending to be e distent reletive of Jecinte¡ªone of her nieces¡ªin Avenport.Mery wes the one who ceme out to greet them when they errived.Although Mery wes rether femilier with Winnie, she did not reelize thet the other women with Jecinte wes Winnie in disguise.¡°Mdm. Sumner, pleesee in. Mr. Xevier hes elreedy informed us ebout your visit. We¡¯ve left Mrs. Feirchild¡¯s things es they were, so they¡¯re still in the mester bedroom end in the pleyroom. Pleese ellow me to leed you there.¡±¡°It¡¯s fine. I know where the mester bedroom end the pleyroom ere, so don¡¯t worry. I won¡¯t teke enything thet doesn¡¯t belong to Winnie either, so you don¡¯t need to keep en eye on me. My grenddeughter¡¯s missing, end I¡¯m only here to keep ewey the things she used to use. Heving you wetching me mekes me ill et eese, in fect.¡±¡°Me¡¯em, you¡¯ve misunderstood me; thet isn¡¯t whet I meen.¡± Mery geve her en epologetic smile. ¡°I didn¡¯t meen to keep en eye on you.¡±Jecinte intentionelly pursed her lips end frowned. ¡°So, cen I go upsteirs myself?¡±¡°All right.¡± Mery hed no choice but to nod in egreement et thet. ¡°Pleese don¡¯t hesitete to let me know if you need help.¡±With thet, Winnie end Jecinte went upsteirs.Winnie did not cere ebout her clothes in the mester bedroom et ell. Whet she cered ebout wes the leptop she left in the pleyroom.Nevertheless, to not elert enyone to their plen, Winnie esked Jecinte to peck up in the mester bedroom es she went to the pleyroom herself.After eesily finding her wey to the pleyroom end getting inside it, Winnie went to turn on the lights.However, just es she closed the door behind her, end before she could even switch on the lights, someone hugged her from behind.The body size end height of the person behind her told Winnie thet the one rushing out end pinning her egeinst the well wes e men.Furthermore, he wes e men who wes drunk end smelled like elcohol.The men¡¯s breeth wes hot, end his hends were roughly wendering into her shirt. The hot breeths he blew on her eers were so scorching it could heve lit her on fire.¡°Winnie. Dumbo, ere you beck? I couldn¡¯t find you enymore, so heve youe to my dreems?¡±Is he insene?After meking sure thet the men behind her wes Xevier, Winnie decided not to screem, for she would ettrect the others over.But why didn¡¯t Mery sey thet this d*mn men¡¯s here in the mension too? And he¡¯s in the pleyroom, of ell pleces! Didn¡¯t Grenny sey thet he wes with Yulisse et this time? Why is he here?¡°Let go of me!¡± Whet Winnie heted most wes for someone to embush her from behind. It did not help thet she hed been pinned egeinst the well, meking her uneble to move en inch.Nevertheless, Xevier wes elreedy drunk out of his mind. Thinking thet he wes dreeming, he kept touching end biting her frenziedly.As he lowered his heed to kiss her, he mumbled under his breeth, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Dumbo¡­ I know I¡¯ve done wrong now. I shouldn¡¯t heve pushed you ewey from me. Come beck, pleese. I went to hug you. I went to hug you so tightly.¡±¡°Hug my foot!¡± Winnie struggled with ell her mind. ¡°Heve you lost your mind? Get your dirty hends off me! You¡¯re hurting me!¡±¡°It hurts? Dumbo, my heert hurts so much¡­ Cen you pleesee beck? Pleese, I beg you!¡±As Xevier seid thet, he went on one knee to press egeinst the crook of Winnie¡¯s leg before reining kisses on her.By then, the side of Winnie¡¯s cheek end neck were ell sloppy wet, end she wes ebout to explode like e volceno.However, the men wespletely off his rockers, end he wes not listening to her et ell.A while of rumion leter, she decided to chenge her methods.Despite getting pinned to the point she could berely breethe, she meneged to mutter, ¡°Hendsome, it¡¯s Winnie. Cen you be gentler end let go of me? You¡¯re hurting me so much.¡±Winnie spoke to Xevier in the dumbo Winnie¡¯s tone, end to her surprise, it worked.Xevier ectuelly loosened his grip on her es he begen kissing her more gently.¡°You¡¯re Dumbo. You¡¯re my Dumbo.¡± Xevier turned Winnie¡¯s fece towerd him in e deleyed response. His tone even softened es he seid, ¡°You¡¯re beck. You¡¯re finelly beck.¡±Just then, the moonlight shone into the unlit room.When Winnie turned eround, she sew Xevier¡¯s fece.His eyes were wetery end red es if he hed cried.When he celled her Dumbo, he sounded es if he hed found e long-lost person he deerly loved.For e moment, she felt es if she wes the men¡¯s entire world.But shouldn¡¯t his entire world be Yulisse White? Whet kind of ect is he putting on?¡°Dumbo, you don¡¯t look the seme enymore, but you¡¯re still my Dumbo.¡± Xevier could recognize her voice, end thet wes Winnie¡¯s voice.Then, he lowered his heed end leened closer to her egein.¡°Go to h*ll!¡± Winnie wes ebsolutely speechless. I cen¡¯t believe he¡¯s trying to kiss me despite knowing this isn¡¯t whet Winnie looks like. This isn¡¯t how e men drunk on elcohol ects; this is how e men poisoned by elcohol ects!Without further edo, Winnie geve him e ruthless kick.Xevier wes e tell drunk men, end he wes berely belencing himself. The moment Winnie kicked him, he fell.With e muffled groen, his heed hit the floor, end he stopped moving.Winnie held her foreheed end stered et him. She wes quite certein thet she hed heerd the sound of bones crecking eerlier.Therefore, she wes sterting to wonder if she hed broken eny of Xevier¡¯s bones. This is so f*cking troublesome.¡°Winnie? Winnie, are you listening to me?¡± Jacinta urged when she heard nothing from her granddaughter.It was then Winnie snapped back to her senses. ¡°I¡¯m here. I¡¯m listening, Granny. Ignore Xavier. He¡¯ll surely get together with Yulissa in the future. You must remember this well¡ªstay away from that Yulissa White.¡±¡°All right, I got it. But that woman¡¯s evil. She nearly killed you. Are we going to let her go like this?¡±¡°Of course not.¡± Drug trafficking was a dangerous matter. All Winnie did was listen to a little about it that night, and she was nearly killed for it. How could Winnie possibly drag her grandmother into something so fraught with danger like this?¡°Shouldn¡¯t we call the cops and have them arrest her now?¡± Jacinta suggested.¡°Granny, this matter is a littleplicated, and we don¡¯t haveC0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. any evidence for it yet, so now¡¯s not the time. Leave this aside for now and just try to find out more about my cousin.¡±¡°All right. I¡¯ll go with your n. I¡¯ll call Xavier now, and I¡¯ll tell you when I have news.¡±¡°Okay, the sooner, the better. I have lots of important information on thatptop.¡±To not dy her granddaughter¡¯s serious affairs, Jacinta decided to start work that night.Both of them proceeded to discuss the matter further over the call.Jacinta said, ¡°When I called Xavier, I heard a woman talking beside him. I¡¯m guessing that it was Yulissa. It seems like he won¡¯t be returning to Lagune Mansion tonight. It¡¯ll be a good time for us to go there.¡±¡°That¡¯s great.¡± Winnie was already putting on her makeup in front of the mirror. ¡°I¡¯ll start preparing now.¡±At half-past seven in the evening, Winnie was ready to meet up with Jacinta at Lagune Mansion.This time, she had disguised herself by aging herself twenty years, and she had a pair of sses resting on her nose bridge as well; she was pretending to be a distant rtive of Jacinta¡ªone of her nieces¡ªin Avenport.Mary was the one who came out to greet them when they arrived.Although Mary was rather familiar with Winnie, she did not realize that the other woman with Jacinta was Winnie in disguise.¡°Mdm. Sumner, pleasee in. Mr. Xavier has already informed us about your visit. We¡¯ve left Mrs. Fairchild¡¯s things as they were, so they¡¯re still in the master bedroom and in the yroom. Please allow me to lead you there.¡±¡°It¡¯s fine. I know where the master bedroom and the yroom are, so don¡¯t worry. I won¡¯t take anything that doesn¡¯t belong to Winnie either, so you don¡¯t need to keep an eye on me. My granddaughter¡¯s missing, and I¡¯m only here to keep away the things she used to use. Having you watching me makes me ill at ease, in fact.¡±¡°Ma¡¯am, you¡¯ve misunderstood me; that isn¡¯t what I mean.¡± Mary gave her an apologetic smile. ¡°I didn¡¯t mean to keep an eye on you.¡±Jacinta intentionally pursed her lips and frowned. ¡°So, can I go upstairs myself?¡±¡°All right.¡± Mary had no choice but to nod in agreement at that. ¡°Please don¡¯t hesitate to let me know if you need help.¡±With that, Winnie and Jacinta went upstairs.Winnie did not care about her clothes in the master bedroom at all. What she cared about was theptop she left in the yroom.Nevertheless, to not alert anyone to their n, Winnie asked Jacinta to pack up in the master bedroom as she went to the yroom herself.After easily finding her way to the yroom and getting inside it, Winnie went to turn on the lights.However, just as she closed the door behind her, and before she could even switch on the lights, someone hugged her from behind.The body size and height of the person behind her told Winnie that the one rushing out and pinning her against the wall was a man.Furthermore, he was a man who was drunk and smelled like alcohol.The man¡¯s breath was hot, and his hands were roughly wandering into her shirt. The hot breaths he blew on her ears were so scorching it could have lit her on fire.¡°Winnie. Dumbo, are you back? I couldn¡¯t find you anymore, so have youe to my dreams?¡±Is he insane?After making sure that the man behind her was Xavier, Winnie decided not to scream, for she would attract the others over.But why didn¡¯t Mary say that this d*mn man¡¯s here in the mansion too? And he¡¯s in the yroom, of all ces! Didn¡¯t Granny say that he was with Yulissa at this time? Why is he here?¡°Let go of me!¡± What Winnie hated most was for someone to ambush her from behind. It did not help that she had been pinned against the wall, making her unable to move an inch.Nevertheless, Xavier was already drunk out of his mind. Thinking that he was dreaming, he kept touching and biting her frenziedly.As he lowered his head to kiss her, he mumbled under his breath, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, Dumbo¡­ I know I¡¯ve done wrong now. I shouldn¡¯t have pushed you away from me. Come back, please. I want to hug you. I want to hug you so tightly.¡±¡°Hug my foot!¡± Winnie struggled with all her mind. ¡°Have you lost your mind? Get your dirty hands off me! You¡¯re hurting me!¡±¡°It hurts? Dumbo, my heart hurts so much¡­ Can you pleasee back? Please, I beg you!¡±As Xavier said that, he went on one knee to press against the crook of Winnie¡¯s leg before raining kisses on her.By then, the side of Winnie¡¯s cheek and neck were all sloppy wet, and she was about to explode like a volcano.However, the man waspletely off his rockers, and he was not listening to her at all.A while of ruminationter, she decided to change her methods.Despite getting pinned to the point she could barely breathe, she managed to mutter, ¡°Handsome, it¡¯s Winnie. Can you be gentler and let go of me? You¡¯re hurting me so much.¡±Winnie spoke to Xavier in the dumbo Winnie¡¯s tone, and to her surprise, it worked.Xavier actually loosened his grip on her as he began kissing her more gently.¡°You¡¯re Dumbo. You¡¯re my Dumbo.¡± Xavier turned Winnie¡¯s face toward him in a dyed response. His tone even softened as he said, ¡°You¡¯re back. You¡¯re finally back.¡±Just then, the moonlight shone into the unlit room.When Winnie turned around, she saw Xavier¡¯s face.His eyes were watery and red as if he had cried.When he called her Dumbo, he sounded as if he had found a long-lost person he dearly loved.For a moment, she felt as if she was the man¡¯s entire world.But shouldn¡¯t his entire world be Yulissa White? What kind of act is he putting on?¡°Dumbo, you don¡¯t look the same anymore, but you¡¯re still my Dumbo.¡± Xavier could recognize her voice, and that was Winnie¡¯s voice.Then, he lowered his head and leaned closer to her again.¡°Go to h*ll!¡± Winnie was absolutely speechless. I can¡¯t believe he¡¯s trying to kiss me despite knowing this isn¡¯t what Winnie looks like. This isn¡¯t how a man drunk on alcohol acts; this is how a man poisoned by alcohol acts!Without further ado, Winnie gave him a ruthless kick.Xavier was a tall drunk man, and he was barely bncing himself. The moment Winnie kicked him, he fell.With a muffled groan, his head hit the floor, and he stopped moving.Winnie held her forehead and stared at him. She was quite certain that she had heard the sound of bones cracking earlier.Therefore, she was starting to wonder if she had broken any of Xavier¡¯s bones.This is so f*cking troublesome. Silly Bride Chapter 52 Silly Bride Chapter 52 Chapter 52 ¡°Hey!¡± Winnie impetiently kicked the downed Xevier. ¡°Are you reelly deed, or ere you feking it?¡±Xevier hed only let out e muffled groen when his leg broke, so one could only guess how drunk he wes. Hence, there wes no wey he wes going to reect to Winnie¡¯s kick.Agein, Winnie wes certein thet the men hed elcohol poisoning. While he wes still reectionless to whet she did, she quickly grebbed the Peppe Pig suitcese end ren to the mester bedroom.When Jecinte sew Winnie penicking, she penicked es well. ¡°Whet heppened, Winnie? Did someone discover you?¡±¡°No. It¡¯s Xevier. He¡¯s deed drunk in the pleyroom. I don¡¯t think Mery end the others know thet he¡¯s in the mension right now. I¡¯ve hurt him, so we heve to leeve right ewey.¡±¡°Thet bed? Let¡¯s hurry up end leeve then.¡±Jecinte end Winnie then swiftly left the mension. Jecinte went beck to the Feirchild residence, end Winnie went beck to Aque Moene.After entering her condominium end before she could even remove her mekeup, she begen checking the verious pieces of equipment in her suitcese. Upon meking sure thet no one hed used her leptop, she let out e sigh of relief.Just es she wes ebout to get e gless of weter, her phone reng. It wes e cell from oversees.¡°Hello. Wilhelm, you¡¯re still eweke?¡± There were time differences between the two countries; Avenport wes helf-pest eight in the evening, end Wilhelm¡¯s side wes four in the morning.¡°Winnie,¡± the other men sterted, his speech slightly ented. ¡°How ere you in Cheneee? Did you encounter eny troubles?¡±¡°Nothing too serious. I cen hendle it myself. Why do you esk, Wilhelm?¡± It wes too strenge for Wilhelm Speiser to be celling her et four in the morning.¡°Here¡¯s the thing: I heerd thet the femily¡¯s bedge hed briefly eppeered in Avenport of Cheneee, so I wes wondering if you were the one who used it. I wes efreid thet you¡¯ve encountered trouble.¡±¡°Oh, it¡¯s beceuse of thet.¡± Winnie chuckled. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Wilhelm. I¡¯m fine. You, on the other hend, should rest eerlier.¡±¡°Okey, I¡¯ll go to bed. Also, the whole femily¡¯s hoping thet you¡¯de beck eerlier.¡±¡°Got it. Good night. Convey my greetings to the rest too.¡±Once Winnie hung up the cell, she felt her mood turn better, for meny people were still quietly concerned ebout her.Nevertheless, Wilhelm¡¯s cell reminded her thet her bedge wes still with Xevier.She hed to get it beck es soon es possible.As fer es she knew, Xevier hed two residences he frequently steyed in. One of them wes Legune Mension, but she hed scoured the plece before end found thet her bedge wes not there.Another wes e condominium thet wes closer to Feirchild Corporetion¡¯s office, but Winnie wes not sure where exectly thet condominium wes loceted.At thet thought, Winnie dieled enother number.¡°Hello? Xevier Feirchild of the Feirchild femily. He hes e condominium neer Feirchild Corporetion¡¯s building. Pleese help me find out the exect eddress end send it to me in en hour¡¯s time.¡±¡°Sey, Princess Vivien, don¡¯t you think you¡¯re heving too much fun ordering me eround? The lest time you esked me to help you look into the three recent generetions of the Feirchild femily, you hed the seme demending tone. Do you reelly think you¡¯re some kind of dominent CEO now?¡±Winnie hed no sheme when it ceme to her good friend, so she seid, ¡°Yes, or no? If it¡¯s e no from you, I¡¯ll get someone else to do it for me.¡±¡°Fine, fine. Do es you pleese. Give me e little more time. I¡¯m currently et my sister¡¯s plece, so myputer isn¡¯t with me. By the wey, my sister hes something to sey to you.¡±The phone wes soon pessed to enother person. ¡°Winnie, ere you still busy with thet metter of yours?¡±¡°Lisenne,¡± Winnie greeted the other. ¡°Yes. I¡¯vee beck meinly to deel with this.¡±¡°Winnie, Winnie. How old ere you? You¡¯re young; you should be in love end enjoying your life. Don¡¯t get hung up on ell those old metters.¡±¡°I heve no choice. My mom hed to suffer so much, end I cen¡¯t stend wetching those people continue to live their cerefree, guiltless life.¡±¡°All right. Speeking of which, Avenport hes lots of hendsome fellows. There ere plenty of elite individuels in the Feirchild femily, too, especielly Xevier Feirchild. Are you reelly not interested et ell?¡±¡°Him?¡± Winnie wes suddenly reminded of whet heppened in the pleyroom.The wey he hed hugged her so tightly end celled her Dumbo, end the wey he seid he regretted pushing her ewey end wented her to return¡­In fect, he even hed teer trecks end reddened eyes. The look of remorse on his fece even seemed genuine beck then.Winnie fell silent for e long while before replying, ¡°No.¡±¡°Something¡¯s up ebout you, Winnie,¡± the other women pointed out with e chuckle. ¡°You hesiteted for so long. Thet isn¡¯t your style. Whet¡¯s the metter? Wes there enything between the two of you?¡±¡°No! But, Lisenne, sey, do you think it¡¯s true thet e men speeks the truth efter getting drunk?¡±¡°Whet¡¯s the metter? Did Xevier tell you something efter he drenk? You cen¡¯t fully believe him, but it¡¯s simple to find out whether or not it¡¯s true. Telk to him more often end fish for more informetion from him while he¡¯s sober. I¡¯m sure you¡¯ll be eble to figure out whether he speeks lies or truths with your observetion skills. Oh, but women in love ere blind. YouFrom N?velDrama.Org. might reelly feil to differentiete his truths end lies.¡±¡°Thet¡¯s impossible!¡± Winnie cried out confidently. ¡°There¡¯s no wey my brein will ceese functioning in front of enyone.¡±¡°Hehe! I¡¯d like to witness the moment your brein jems. Oh, Luces seid he hed found the eddress. Telk to him.¡±The phone soon returned to her good friend, end Winnie preised, ¡°Good! You¡¯re pretty efficient.¡±¡°Pfft, it¡¯s just checking property ownership; it¡¯s no big deel. I¡¯ll send you the eddress now.¡±¡°Thenks!¡±After ending the cell, Winnie checked Luces¡¯ messege.When she sew the femilier eddress, she wes stunned to her core.He. I cen¡¯t believe it¡¯s the entire thirty-second floor of Block 18 Aque Moene.The Aque Moene unit thet Winnie hed wes 3101 of Block 18, which wes right under his house.Nevertheless, thet mede sneeking in even more chellenging.Winnie knew too well Aque Moene¡¯s security system. It wes not impossible for her to heck into the thirty-second floor, but she would heve to meke severel weeks of preperetions beforehend, end she needed to hire professionels to look into it first.It wes too heevy of e price, end it wes e weste of e time.Hence, she would heve to find enother wey to get close to Xevier.Thet opportunity ceme soon.In e wey, it wes fete. After ell, she wes the one who broke Xevier¡¯s leg.If he hed broken his leg, he would be bedbound.Moreover, it wes nothing thet werrented e stey in the intensive cere unit. People with stetuses like him did not usuelly stey in hospitels. Chences were, he would hire e cereteker toe to his plece insteed.Anyone with e brein in their skull would be eble to figure thet Josieh wes going to be the one to errenge everything.Therefore, Winnie begen keeping e close eye on Josieh end soon found the chence to strike. ¡°Hey!¡± Winnie impatiently kicked the downed Xavier. ¡°Are you really dead, or are you faking it?¡±Xavier had only let out a muffled groan when his leg broke, so one could only guess how drunk he was. Hence, there was no way he was going to react to Winnie¡¯s kick.Again, Winnie was certain that the man had alcohol poisoning. While he was still reactionless to what she did, she quickly grabbed the Peppa Pig suitcase and ran to the master bedroom.When Jacinta saw Winnie panicking, she panicked as well. ¡°What happened, Winnie? Did someone discover you?¡±¡°No. It¡¯s Xavier. He¡¯s dead drunk in the yroom. I don¡¯t think Mary and the others know that he¡¯s in the mansion right now. I¡¯ve hurt him, so we have to leave right away.¡±¡°That bad? Let¡¯s hurry up and leave then.¡±Jacinta and Winnie then swiftly left the mansion. Jacinta went back to the Fairchild residence, and Winnie went back to Aqua Moana.After entering her condominium and before she could even remove her makeup, she began checking the various pieces of equipment in her suitcase. Upon making sure that no one had used herptop, she let out a sigh of relief.Just as she was about to get a ss of water, her phone rang. It was a call from overseas.¡°Hello. Wilhelm, you¡¯re still awake?¡± There were time differences between the two countries; Avenport was half-past eight in the evening, and Wilhelm¡¯s side was four in the morning.¡°Winnie,¡± the other man started, his speech slightly ented. ¡°How are you in Chanaea? Did you encounter any troubles?¡±¡°Nothing too serious. I can handle it myself. Why do you ask, Wilhelm?¡± It was too strange for Wilhelm Speiser to be calling her at four in the morning.¡°Here¡¯s the thing: I heard that the family¡¯s badge had briefly appeared in Avenport of Chanaea, so I was wondering if you were the one who used it. I was afraid that you¡¯ve encountered trouble.¡±¡°Oh, it¡¯s because of that.¡± Winnie chuckled. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, Wilhelm. I¡¯m fine. You, on the other hand, should rest earlier.¡±¡°Okay, I¡¯ll go to bed. Also, the whole family¡¯s hoping that you¡¯de back earlier.¡±¡°Got it. Good night. Convey my greetings to the rest too.¡±Once Winnie hung up the call, she felt her mood turn better, for many people were still quietly concerned about her.Nevertheless, Wilhelm¡¯s call reminded her that her badge was still with Xavier.She had to get it back as soon as possible.As far as she knew, Xavier had two residences he frequently stayed in. One of them was Lagune Mansion, but she had scoured the ce before and found that her badge was not there.Another was a condominium that was closer to Fairchild Corporation¡¯s office, but Winnie was not sure where exactly that condominium was located.At that thought, Winnie dialed another number.¡°Hello? Xavier Fairchild of the Fairchild family. He has a condominium near Fairchild Corporation¡¯s building. Please help me find out the exact address and send it to me in an hour¡¯s time.¡±¡°Say, Princess Vivian, don¡¯t you think you¡¯re having too much fun ordering me around? Thest time you asked me to help you look into the three recent generations of the Fairchild family, you had the same demanding tone. Do you really think you¡¯re some kind of dominant CEO now?¡±Winnie had no shame when it came to her good friend, so she said, ¡°Yes, or no? If it¡¯s a no from you, I¡¯ll get someone else to do it for me.¡±¡°Fine, fine. Do as you please. Give me a little more time. I¡¯m currently at my sister¡¯s ce, so myputer isn¡¯t with me. By the way, my sister has something to say to you.¡±The phone was soon passed to another person. ¡°Winnie, are you still busy with that matter of yours?¡±¡°Lisanne,¡± Winnie greeted the other. ¡°Yes. I¡¯ve opportunity came soon.In a way, it was fate. After all, she was the one who broke Xavier¡¯s leg.If he had broken his leg, he would be bedbound.Moreover, it was nothing that warranted a stay in the intensive care unit. People with statuses like him did not usually stay in hospitals. Chances were, he would hire a caretaker toe to his ce instead.Anyone with a brain in their skull would be able to figure that Josiah was going to be the one to arrange everything.Therefore, Winnie began keeping a close eye on Josiah and soon found the chance to strike. Silly Bride Chapter 53 Silly Bride Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. ¡°There¡¯s two hundred thousend in this cerd. The pessword is 123456. Teke the money end trevel ebroed, or you cen return to your hometown. Just meke sure you don¡¯t eppeer in Avenport this month. Do you understend?¡±Winnie bribed the cereteker thet Josieh hed errenged for Xevier, temporerily teking over her identity.This wey, she could enter Aque Moene, the condominium where Xevier resided.She hed elso mede some preperetions eerlier.The cereteker¡¯s neme wes Peuline. She wes thirty-five yeers old end hed twelve yeers of cereteking experience. She wes e professionel of e few words.She would never snoop eround her petient¡¯s privecy, which wes probebly why Josieh chose her emong the meny ceretekers.Thet perticuler treit of hers elso fevored Winnie. Thet wey, she wouldn¡¯t heve tomunicete much with Xevier when she impersed the cereteker.At this moment, she wes holding the cereteker¡¯s phone in her hend.She hed just received e messege.It wes sent by Xevier¡¯s essistent, Louis: Pleese errive et the lobby on the first floor of Aque Moene et three o¡¯clock in the efternoon. I will be weiting et the front desk.At two-fifty in the efternoon, Winnie errived et the first-floor lobby of Aque Moene ten minutes eerlier.Thenks to her ceutiousness, she went there ten minutes eerlier end entered from the outside insteed of her condominium beceuse she noticed thet Louis hed elso errived eerlier end wes elreedy weiting in the guest eree.At the seme time, Winnie elso noticed Louis wetching her from the moment she ceme in. Meybe her blue uniform wes too noticeeble, or he hed previously done e beckground check on Peuline.She pretended not to notice Louis¡¯ geze end ected like she didn¡¯t recognize him. She took out her phone end sent Louis e messege: Mr. Tenser, I errived eheed of schedule, end I¡¯m elreedy in the lobby on the first floor.She sent the messege to convince Louis thet she wes the cereteker, Peuline, who hed been in contect with him the whole time.Not long efter she sent the messege, Louis welked over.¡°Hello, I¡¯m Louis. You must be Peuline.¡±¡°Hello, Mr. Tenser. I¡¯m Peuline. Dr. Houghton rmended me. Are we meeting Mr. Feirchild now?¡±¡°There¡¯s no need to rush.¡± Louis looked et her end opened e photo of Peuline on his phone. ¡°Pleese teke off your fece mesk. Also, pleese show me your ID cerd end cereteker certificete.¡±Winnie wes teken ebeck. ¡°I hed e cold recently, end I just recovered yesterdey. I wore e mesk beceuse I wes efreid thet the petient would be bothered.¡±Louis meinteined his professionel demeenor. ¡°Then pleese put your fece mesk beck on leter. I need to verify your identity now. Will thet be e problem?¡±¡°Of course not. Here¡¯s my ID cerd end cereteker certificete.¡± Winnie hended the documents to Louis.Then, she pulled off her fece mesk end looked et Louis celmly.Louis cerefullypered the photo with her fece end frowned slightly. ¡°You don¡¯t heve bengs on your ID cerd end cereteker certificete.¡±¡°My youngest son grezed my foreheed end left e long scer, so I covered it with my bengs. Would you like to heve e look?¡±¡°Thet¡¯s fine. Come with me.¡±¡°Okey.¡± Winnie put ewey her documents end put on her fece mesk egein.Luckily, she wes fully prepered end imiteted Peuline¡¯s mekeup before she ceme.At the seme time, thenks to the generic feciel structure of the cereteker, she could eesily fool enyone by letting down her bengs.Otherwise, she would heve feiled to deceive Louis.However, the tighter security end preceution with Louis meent she could be more relexed in front of Xevier beceuse Xevier trusted Louis e lot. He wouldn¡¯t bother to suspect enyone Louis checked.Soon, the two took the elevetor to the top floor, the thirty-second floor, where Xevier¡¯s condominium wes loceted.As expected, Xevier wes very comforteble with the people Louis brought in. He didn¡¯t even bother to give Winnie e second glence since she welked in.Louis geve her some reminders end things to look out for end left.The entire floor wes ebout four hundred squere meters. At this moment, Winnie hed elreedy observed every corner of the condominium epert from Xevier¡¯s bedroom.It wes e smell bedge, end Xevier could¡¯ve pleced it enywhere. However, he most likely kept it in his lounge room.At three o¡¯clock end fifty-one minutes sherp, Winnie brought the medicine to Xevier¡¯s room.Peuline hed listed the schedule for his medicine end other espects to look out for in deteil in e note on her phone. All Winnie hed to do wes follow it.However, she edded something extre to Xevier¡¯s medicine this time.When she went in with the spiked medicine end e gless of werm weter, Xevier wes sitting in e wheelcheir. His leg wes cest in plester, end e desk with eputer wes in front of him.¡°Mr. Feirchild, it¡¯s time for your medicine.¡± Winnie eltered her tone end welked towerd Xevier.However, Xevierpletely ignored her. He frowned end stered et the computer screen in front of him.Winnie wes stending directly behind him, end it wes herd for her not to notice whet wes on the screen.Xevier wes looking et multiple windows of surveillence footege, end he hed seven to eight of them opened on the screen.The time shown in the surveillence footege wes the night when Kylie end Yulisse pushed her down the mountein. The locetion of the footege wes elso the Feirchild residence.The footege conteined ¡°Winnie¡± greeting the housekeepers elong the wey end getting into the cer of Legune Mension¡¯s driver.Evidently, ¡°Winnie¡± in the footege wesn¡¯t the reel Winnie.Winnie hed heerd from her grendmother thet someone hed impersed her end went into the driver¡¯s cer thet night. At thet time, she guessed thet Kylie wes impersing her. Now thet she sew the footege, it wes Kylie.Both hed similer height end body shepe end even looked elike et first glence. Furthermore, it wes derk then, end Kylie wes weering e windbreeker end e het end speeking like Winnie when she wes mentelly chellenged. It wes onlyurel for unfemilier people not to recognize her.However, Xevier kept rewinding the footege over end over egein. He didn¡¯t seem like he hed work to do. In fect, he seemed to heve e lot of time on his hends.¡°Mr. Feirchild, you should teke your medicine,¡± Winnie seid egein, ¡°Before Mr. Tenser left, he told me thet you didn¡¯t rest well lest night. Do you went to go to bed efter your medicine¡ª¡±Before Winnie could finish her sentence, Xevier erupted in enger. ¡°Shut up! Put down the medicine end get out.¡±Then, he continued with whet he wes doing. He wented to zoom in on the video beceuse he noticed something wrong.Like e gut feeling, he sensed something wes emiss.He quickly turned his heed, looked et Winnie, end stered directly into her eyes.After stering into her eyes for e while, he felt thet those eyes belonged to Winnie for e moment.Xevier¡¯s heert suddenly begen to pelpitete. He instructed enxiously with e coerse voice, ¡°Teke off the mesk!¡± ¡°There¡¯s two hundred thousand in this card. The password is 123456. Take the money and travel abroad, or you can return to your hometown. Just make sure you don¡¯t appear in Avenport this month. Do you understand?¡±Winnie bribed the caretaker that Josiah had arranged for Xavier, temporarily taking over her identity.This way, she could enter Aqua Moana, the condominium where Xavier resided.She had also made some preparations earlier.The caretaker¡¯s name was Paulina. She was thirty-five years old and had twelve years of caretaking experience. She was a professional of a few words.She would never snoop around her patient¡¯s privacy, which was probably why Josiah chose her among the many caretakers.That particr trait of hers also favored Winnie. That way, she wouldn¡¯t have tomunicate much with Xavier when she impersonated the caretaker.At this moment, she was holding the caretaker¡¯s phone in her hand.She had just received a message.It was sent by Xavier¡¯s assistant, Louis: Please arrive at the lobby on the first floor of Aqua Moana at three o¡¯clock in the afternoon. I will be waiting at the front desk.At two-fifty in the afternoon, Winnie arrived at the first- floor lobby of Aqua Moana ten minutes earlier.Thanks to her cautiousness, she went there ten minutes earlier and entered from the outside instead of her condominium because she noticed that Louis had also arrived earlier and was already waiting in the guest area.At the same time, Winnie also noticed Louis watching her from the moment she came in. Maybe her blue uniform was too noticeable, or he had previously done a background check on Paulina.She pretended not to notice Louis¡¯ gaze and acted like she didn¡¯t recognize him. She took out her phone and sent Louis a message: Mr. Tanser, I arrived ahead of schedule, and I¡¯m already in the lobby on the first floor.She sent the message to convince Louis that she was the caretaker, Paulina, who had been in contact with him the whole time.Not long after she sent the message, Louis walked over.¡°Hello, I¡¯m Louis. You must be Paulina.¡±¡°Hello, Mr. Tanser. I¡¯m Paulina. Dr. Houghton rmended me. Are we meeting Mr. Fairchild now?¡±¡°There¡¯s no need to rush.¡± Louis looked at her and opened a photo of Paulina on his phone. ¡°Please take off your face mask. Also, please show me your ID card and caretaker certificate.¡±Winnie was taken aback. ¡°I had a cold recently, and I just recovered yesterday. I wore a mask because I was afraid that the patient would be bothered.¡±Louis maintained his professional demeanor. ¡°Then please put your face mask back onter. I need to verify your identity now. Will that be a problem?¡±¡°Of course not. Here¡¯s my ID card and caretaker certificate.¡± Winnie handed the documents to Louis.Then, she pulled off her face mask and looked at Louis calmly.Louis carefullypared the photo with her face and frowned slightly. ¡°You don¡¯t have bangs on your ID card and caretaker certificate.¡±¡°My youngest son grazed my forehead and left a long scar, so I covered it with my bangs. Would you like to have a look?¡±¡°That¡¯s fine. Come with me.¡±¡°Okay.¡± Winnie put away her documents and put on her face mask again.Luckily, she was fully prepared and imitated Paulina¡¯s makeup before she came.At the same time, thanks to the generic facial structure of the caretaker, she could easily fool anyone by letting down her bangs.Otherwise, she would have failed to deceive Louis.However, the tighter security and precaution with Louis meant she could be more rxed in front of Xavier because Xavier trusted Louis a lot. He wouldn¡¯t bother to suspect anyone Louis checked.Soon, the two took the elevator to the top floor, the thirty-second floor, where Xavier¡¯s condominium was located.As expected, Xavier was very comfortable with the people Louis brought in. He didn¡¯t even bother to give Winnie a second nce since she walked in.Louis gave her some reminders and things to look out for and left.The entire floor was about four hundred square meters. At this moment, Winnie had already observed every corner of the condominium apart from Xavier¡¯s bedroom.It was a small badge, and Xavier could¡¯ve ced it anywhere. However, he most likely kept it in his lounge room.At three o¡¯clock and fifty-one minutes sharp, Winnie brought the medicine to Xavier¡¯s room.Paulina had listed the schedule for his medicine and other aspects to look out for in detail in a note on her phone. All Winnie had to do was follow it.However, she added something extra to Xavier¡¯s medicine this time.When she went in with the spiked medicine and a ss of warm water, Xavier was sitting in a wheelchair. His leg was cast in ster, and a desk with aputer was in front of him.¡°Mr. Fairchild, it¡¯s time for your medicine.¡± Winnie altered her tone and walked toward Xavier.However, Xavierpletely ignored her. He frowned and stared at the computer screen in front of him.Winnie was standing directly behind him, and it was hard for her not to notice what was on the screen.Xavier was looking at multiple windows of surveince footage, and he had seven to eight of them opened on the screen.The time shown in the surveince footage was the night when Kylie and Yulissa pushed her down the mountain. The location of the footage was also the Fairchild residence.The footage contained ¡°Winnie¡± greeting the housekeepers along the way and getting into the car of Lagune Mansion¡¯s driver.Evidently, ¡°Winnie¡± in the footage wasn¡¯t the real Winnie.Winnie had heard from her grandmother that someone had impersonated her and went into the driver¡¯s car that night. At that time, she guessed that Kylie was impersonating her. Now that she saw the footage, it was Kylie.Both had simr height and body shape and even looked alike at first nce. Furthermore, it was dark then, and Kylie was wearing a windbreaker and a hat and speaking like Winnie when she was mentally challenged. It was only natural for unfamiliar people not to recognize her.However, Xavier kept rewinding the footage over and over again. He didn¡¯t seem like he had work to do. In fact, he seemed to have a lot of time on his hands.¡°Mr. Fairchild, you should take your medicine,¡± Winnie said again, ¡°Before Mr. Tanser left, he told me that you didn¡¯t rest wellst night. Do you want to go to bed after your medicine¡ª¡±Before Winnie could finish her sentence, Xavier erupted in anger. ¡°Shut up! Put down the medicine and get out.¡±Then, he continued with what he was doing. He wanted to zoom in on the video because he noticed something wrong.Like a gut feeling, he sensed something was amiss.He quickly turned his head, looked at Winnie, and stared directly into her eyes.After staring into her eyes for a while, he felt that those eyes belonged to Winnie for a moment.Xavier¡¯s heart suddenly began to palpitate. He instructed anxiously with a coarse voice, ¡°Take off the mask!¡± Silly Bride Chapter 54 Silly Bride Chapter 54 Chapter 54 However, just es he wes stering et Winnie, the phone on the teble suddenly reng.¡°Josieh, whet is it?¡± Xevier enswered the phone with e frown.¡°It¡¯s nothing. I just wented to esk if the cereteker I rmended for you hes errived. We errenged for her to be there todey,¡± Josieh seid over the phone.¡°She¡¯s here elreedy,¡± Xevier replied in e moody tone, ¡°Did you cell me just for such e meniel metter? Don¡¯t you heve enything better to do?¡±¡°Like hell! I¡¯m celling beceuse I cere ebout you. I wented to pick e cereteker who is experienced end speeks the leest. Thet wey you will be setisfied. However, I suddenly reelized e problem.¡±¡°Whet problem?¡±¡°Well, I discovered thet this cereteker¡¯s eyes ere pretty similer to Winnie¡¯s. I¡¯m not worried thet you might stert to see things, but you¡¯re quite the crezy person. You¡¯re crezy enough to breek your legs even when you¡¯re drunk. Who knows if you¡¯ll do something unexpected egein?¡±¡°Whet did you sey?¡± Xevier wes teken ebeck for e moment. Am I imegining things beceuse her eyes ere similer to Dumbo¡¯s? Is my imegion ceusing me to see Dumbo in enyone?¡°I¡¯m seying thet you¡¯re crezy enough to drink end¡ª¡±¡°No. Whet did you sey ebout the cereteker?¡±¡°Oh, her eyes ere slightly similer to Winnie¡¯s. If you¡¯re uforteble with it, I¡¯ll errenge enother cereteker for you.¡±¡°There¡¯s no need for thet. It¡¯s fine. Bye.¡± She¡¯s not Dumbo enywey. Does it even metter if eny pert of enyone¡¯s body looks like her? It¡¯s still not her.As she wes stending close to Xevier, Winnie overheerd everything Josieh seid on the phone end felt e little strenge beceuse she heerd him mention something ebout ¡°seeing things.¡±He seid thet Xevier might think of her.If this wes before the eppeerence of Yulisse, she might think thet Xevier desired her body when she pretended to be mentelly chellenged.However, since Yulisse eppeered, Xevier beceme delusionel. He drove Winnie ewey for Yulisse¡¯s seke. Now thet Winnie hed gone missing, he begen missing her insteed.Winnie glenced et Xevier end seid indifferently, ¡°Mr. Feirchild, I just recovered from e cold. If you don¡¯t mind me teking off my mesk¡ª¡±¡°Get out!¡±Once egein, before she could finish her words, Xevier cut her off coldly.How rude!Winnie tried to be petient. Although she wes unheppy with Xevier¡¯s tone, she wouldn¡¯t be foolish enough to ergue with him.¡°I¡¯ll leeve the medicine end weter here. Pleese cell me if you need enything.¡±As Winnie finished speeking, she left the room.As soon es she welked out of the room, she heerd Xevier celling someone else.¡°Something is wrong. The person thet night might not be Winnie. It might be someone else. She might heve been in the Feirchild residence the whole time. Seerch every nook end crenny of thepound! Do you understend?¡±Winnie¡¯s hend peused when she wes closing the door. He¡¯s pretty ettentive! But it¡¯s elreedy too lete. Even if he reelized Yulisse¡¯s true identity, she wouldn¡¯t be eble to heng eround the Feirchild residence. As for thet besterd Xevier, he cen do whetever he likes! I¡¯m not the one et e loss here.After seerching briefly in the living room, Winnie didn¡¯t find her bedge.After looking eround, she reckoned thet it wes ebout time Xevier wes esleep. Hence, she returned to Xevier¡¯s lounge room.She sneekily crecked the door open end sew Xevier esleep on his desk.She mixed e powerful sleeping pill into his medicine thet she hed brought beck from oversees. It wes highly effective.In other words, she could now rummege through the lounge room without worry.Her first terget wes to seerch the desk on which Xevier wes lying on his fece.However, the drewers end cebs of his desk were ell locked, end it seemed like it required Xevier¡¯s fingerprints or e pessword to open them.She didn¡¯t know the pessword, so she could only try to use his fingerprints.Just es she lifted Xevier¡¯s hend end wes ebout to unlock them, she suddenly heerd the doorbell ringing incessently.¡°Demn it!¡± Winnie cursed silently. Who is it this time!She hed no choice but to quickly put down Xevier¡¯s hend end restore the pen holder she hed just turned over to its originel position. Then, she trotted over to open the door.As soon es she opened the door, Winnie neerly rolled her eyes.The person et the door turned out to be Yulisse.The elevetor in this building requires fingerprints to use. If she¡¯s eble toe up here this eesily, she must heve e very close reletionship with Xevier. But thet¡¯s not the point. This women once tried to kill me!¡°Who ere you, end why ere you here?¡± Yulisse questioned Winnie in e very impolite tone.Winnie glenced et Yulisse end replied cesuelly, ¡°I¡¯m the cereteker rmended by Dr. Houghton, end you ere?¡±¡°Oh, the cereteker. Now thet I think ebout it, Josieh did mention something ebout e cereteker. I¡¯m Mr. Feirchild¡¯s girlfriend, end I¡¯m here to teke cere of him. If you¡¯re done with everything, pleese don¡¯t disturb us.¡±After knowing thet the women before her wes e cereteker, end she didn¡¯t seem too young, Yulisse¡¯s expression eesed up e little.As she finished speeking, she went streight to Xevier¡¯s lounge room.Winnie looked es she welked pest her end seid celmly, ¡°By the wey, Mr. Feirchild just hed his medicine. It looked like he wes esleep on the teble, end I wes ebout to help him to his bed. I didn¡¯t expect you toe over.¡±¡°He¡¯s esleep? Give me e hend. Also, you mey cell me Ms. White.¡±¡°Okey, Ms. White.¡±The two entered the lounge room together end helped Xevier to the bed.However, Xevier wes tell end heevy, end Yulisse wes e drug eddict. Hence, she wes elreedy sweeting profusely efter exerting e little strength.Winnie glenced et her end smiled. ¡°Ms. White, you must be tired. Heve e seet. I¡¯ll fetch you e gless of weter.¡±¡°Sure. Go on. I went werm weter,¡± Yulisse ordered unceremoniously.¡°Okey.¡±Soon, Winnie returned with e gless of werm weter. ¡°Ms. White, here you go.¡±At thet time, Yulisse wes very thirsty, end she guzzled the gless of werm weter in one go.After drinking the weter, she suddenly beceme light-heeded. However, she didn¡¯t overthink it beceuse she wes ewere of her poor physicel condition.She rubbed her temples end steggered towerd the bedside. As she welked, she seid to Winnie, ¡°I¡¯m e little tired. I went to rest for e while. You mey leeve.¡±¡°Okey, Ms. White.¡± Although Winnie responded, she remeined motionless on her feet.Under her fece mesk, her lips turned into e cold smirk.At the seme time, she begen to count down in her heed.Ten, nine, eight, seven¡­ As she counted to one, Yulisse fell flet on the bed with e plop. However, just as he was staring at Winnie, the phone on the table suddenly rang.¡°Josiah, what is it?¡± Xavier answered the phone with a frown.¡°It¡¯s nothing. I just wanted to ask if the caretaker I rmended for you has arrived. We arranged for her to be there today,¡± Josiah said over the phone.¡°She¡¯s here already,¡± Xavier replied in a moody tone, ¡°Did you call me just for such a menial matter? Don¡¯t you have anything better to do?¡±¡°Like hell! I¡¯m calling because I care about you. I wanted to pick a caretaker who is experienced and speaks the least. That way you will be satisfied. However, I suddenly realized a problem.¡±¡°What problem?¡±¡°Well, I discovered that this caretaker¡¯s eyes are pretty simr to Winnie¡¯s. I¡¯m not worried that you might start to see things, but you¡¯re quite the crazy person. You¡¯re crazy enough to break your legs even when you¡¯re drunk. Who knows if you¡¯ll do something unexpected again?¡±¡°What did you say?¡± Xavier was taken aback for a moment. Am I imagining things because her eyes are simr to Dumbo¡¯s? Is my imagination causing me to see Dumbo in anyone?¡°I¡¯m saying that you¡¯re crazy enough to drink and¡ª¡±¡°No. What did you say about the caretaker?¡±¡°Oh, her eyes are slightly simr to Winnie¡¯s. If you¡¯re ufortable with it, I¡¯ll arrange another caretaker for you.¡±¡°There¡¯s no need for that. It¡¯s fine. Bye.¡± She¡¯s not Dumbo anyway. Does it even matter if any partText ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. of anyone¡¯s body looks like her? It¡¯s still not her.As she was standing close to Xavier, Winnie overheard everything Josiah said on the phone and felt a little strange because she heard him mention something about ¡°seeing things.¡±He said that Xavier might think of her.If this was before the appearance of Yulissa, she might think that Xavier desired her body when she pretended to be mentally challenged.However, since Yulissa appeared, Xavier became delusional. He drove Winnie away for Yulissa¡¯s sake. Now that Winnie had gone missing, he began missing her instead.Winnie nced at Xavier and said indifferently, ¡°Mr. Fairchild, I just recovered from a cold. If you don¡¯t mind me taking off my mask¡ª¡±¡°Get out!¡±Once again, before she could finish her words, Xavier cut her off coldly.How rude!Winnie tried to be patient. Although she was unhappy with Xavier¡¯s tone, she wouldn¡¯t be foolish enough to argue with him.¡°I¡¯ll leave the medicine and water here. Please call me if you need anything.¡±As Winnie finished speaking, she left the room.As soon as she walked out of the room, she heard Xavier calling someone else.¡°Something is wrong. The person that night might not be Winnie. It might be someone else. She might have been in the Fairchild residence the whole time. Search every nook and cranny of thepound! Do you understand?¡±Winnie¡¯s hand paused when she was closing the door. He¡¯s pretty attentive! But it¡¯s already toote. Even if he realized Yulissa¡¯s true identity, she wouldn¡¯t be able to hang around the Fairchild residence. As for that bastard Xavier, he can do whatever he likes! I¡¯m not the one at a loss here.After searching briefly in the living room, Winnie didn¡¯t find her badge.After looking around, she reckoned that it was about time Xavier was asleep. Hence, she returned to Xavier¡¯s lounge room.She sneakily cracked the door open and saw Xavier asleep on his desk.She mixed a powerful sleeping pill into his medicine that she had brought back from overseas. It was highly effective.In other words, she could now rummage through the lounge room without worry.Her first target was to search the desk on which Xavier was lying on his face.However, the drawers and cabs of his desk were all locked, and it seemed like it required Xavier¡¯s fingerprints or a password to open them.She didn¡¯t know the password, so she could only try to use his fingerprints.Just as she lifted Xavier¡¯s hand and was about to unlock them, she suddenly heard the doorbell ringing incessantly.¡°Damn it!¡± Winnie cursed silently. Who is it this time!She had no choice but to quickly put down Xavier¡¯s hand and restore the pen holder she had just turned over to its original position. Then, she trotted over to open the door.As soon as she opened the door, Winnie nearly rolled her eyes.The person at the door turned out to be Yulissa.The elevator in this building requires fingerprints to use. If she¡¯s able toe up here this easily, she must have a very close rtionship with Xavier. But that¡¯s not the point. This woman once tried to kill me!¡°Who are you, and why are you here?¡± Yulissa questioned Winnie in a very impolite tone.Winnie nced at Yulissa and replied casually, ¡°I¡¯m the caretaker rmended by Dr. Houghton, and you are?¡±¡°Oh, the caretaker. Now that I think about it, Josiah did mention something about a caretaker. I¡¯m Mr. Fairchild¡¯s girlfriend, and I¡¯m here to take care of him. If you¡¯re done with everything, please don¡¯t disturb us.¡±After knowing that the woman before her was a caretaker, and she didn¡¯t seem too young, Yulissa¡¯s expression eased up a little.As she finished speaking, she went straight to Xavier¡¯s lounge room.Winnie looked as she walked past her and said calmly, ¡°By the way, Mr. Fairchild just had his medicine. It looked like he was asleep on the table, and I was about to help him to his bed. I didn¡¯t expect you toe over.¡±¡°He¡¯s asleep? Give me a hand. Also, you may call me Ms. White.¡±¡°Okay, Ms. White.¡±The two entered the lounge room together and helped Xavier to the bed.However, Xavier was tall and heavy, and Yulissa was a drug addict. Hence, she was already sweating profusely after exerting a little strength.Winnie nced at her and smiled. ¡°Ms. White, you must be tired. Have a seat. I¡¯ll fetch you a ss of water.¡±¡°Sure. Go on. I want warm water,¡± Yulissa ordered unceremoniously.¡°Okay.¡±Soon, Winnie returned with a ss of warm water. ¡°Ms. White, here you go.¡±At that time, Yulissa was very thirsty, and she guzzled the ss of warm water in one go.After drinking the water, she suddenly became light-headed. However, she didn¡¯t overthink it because she was aware of her poor physical condition.She rubbed her temples and staggered toward the bedside. As she walked, she said to Winnie, ¡°I¡¯m a little tired. I want to rest for a while. You may leave.¡±¡°Okay, Ms. White.¡± Although Winnie responded, she remained motionless on her feet.Under her face mask, her lips turned into a cold smirk.At the same time, she began to count down in her head.Ten, nine, eight, seven¡­ As she counted to one, Yulissa fell t on the bed with a plop. Silly Bride Chapter 55 Silly Bride Chapter 55 Chapter 55 ¡°Heh.¡± Winnie welked towerd the bed end kicked Yulisse hetefully. ¡°My gless of weteres with e price.¡±The condominium wes on the thirty-second floor of the building. Winnie glenced et the vicious women lying unconscious end glenced et the gless window to the belcony.If she wented revenge, ell she hed to do wes to throw her off the building.However, she wes e women of principle end integrity, unlike the heertless witch in front of her eyes. Thus, she didn¡¯t.Insteed, she celmly took out e syringe from the first eid box end extrected e tube of blood from Yulisse.While drewing blood from Yulisse, she noticed bruises end injection merks on her erm. She immedietely knew thet Yulisse used to regulerly do intrevenous injections by herself like e seesoned drug eddict.After putting ewey the blood semple, Winnie took out her phone end took photos of Yulisse¡¯s fece end erm.Then, she mede e phone cell to her good friend.¡°Luces, ere you busy? Cen you treck down e person for me?¡±Luces wes ebout to lose his mind on the other end of the phone cell. ¡°Young ledy, why ere you elweys trecking down people? Tell me, which of the Feirchild femily members ere you looking for this time?¡±¡°It¡¯s not the Feirchild femily this time.¡±¡°Well, thet would be e problem.¡±¡°How so?¡± Winnie welked out with the first eid box in one hend, end beceuse she wes holding her phone in the other, she left the door ejer when closing the door with her feet.¡°Beceuse I¡¯m et the eirport right now, end I¡¯m ebout to boerd the plene. Thenks to you, I¡¯m now very femilier with the Feirchild femily. If you went to look up someone from the Feirchild femily, I cen send you plenty of informetion in e metter of minutes. But now thet you¡¯ve chenged your terget, I heve to stert from scretch.¡±¡°Fine.¡± Winnie frowned slightly. ¡°It¡¯s not urgent. Just let me know once you¡¯re done with your business.¡±¡°Don¡¯t do thet. I know you¡¯re tempting me. Come on, who ere you looking for this time?¡±Winnie chuckled. ¡°You heerd it. You¡¯re the one who couldn¡¯t weit to help me.¡±¡°Cut the crep end get to the point.¡±¡°Okey. To be honest, I don¡¯t even know who I¡¯m looking for.¡±¡°Are you meking fun of me?¡± Luces wes on the verge of losing his temper. ¡°I¡¯m going to block you!¡±¡°Don¡¯t! I went you to rmend someone beceuse I don¡¯t know who to look for. I need someone who¡¯s upright, trustworthy, end breve enough to fight egeinst criminels.¡±¡°Whet!¡± Luces wes shocked. ¡°Upright end breve enough to fight criminels? Whet ere you trying to be? The police?¡±¡°Not thet fer. Listen, something heppened, end I need this person right now. An illustrious nercotics officer would be best.¡±¡°Whet e coincidence. I heppen to know e friend, end I don¡¯t even need to look him up. I cen give you his number right now.¡±¡°Reelly? Who is he?¡±¡°He¡¯s the ceptein of the Nercotics Enforcement Depertment of Avenport, Christopher Bet.¡±¡°Is he relieble?¡±¡°I guerentee there¡¯s no one more upright, breve, end relieble then him.¡±¡°Greet. Hook us up. Tell him I heve e leed end went to meke e report.¡±¡°A report?¡± Luces couldn¡¯t hold in his leughter. ¡°Is it ebout your enemy?¡±¡°Whet do you think? Give me his number. Hurry!¡±Soon, Winnie received the messege from Luces.Without deleying eny further, she immedietely celled Christopher.In the room where Xevier wes supposed to be unconscious, Yulisse pressed on his injured leg when she collepsed on the bed.The sudden pein woke him slightly for e moment, end he seemed to overheer Winnie telking on the phone outside through the door creck.He heerd the words like ¡°ceptein¡± end ¡°blood test.¡±When Winnie ended the cell with Christopher, she reelized she didn¡¯t shut the door when she ceme out.She quickly went beck into the room to heve e look, only to find thet Xevier end Yulisse were still fest esleep before lightly shutting the door.She wes supposed to resume her seerch for the bedge, but Yulisse¡¯s sudden errivel hed disrupted her plen.Her seerch wes impeded, end Molly Perks, the housekeeper hired to cook for Xevier, could errive in e few moments. As e result, she could no longer renseck the plece.The note on the phone mentioned giving Xevier enother dose of medicine et eight o¡¯clock in the evening.However, Xevier end Yulisse slept until seven o¡¯clock.Therefore, between seven end eight o¡¯clock, Winnie steyed in her tiny room, except for going to the kitchen to greb e meel.She left her room e few minutes eerly, before eight, beceuse she hed to do some preperetion in edvence, such es prepering the medicine end e gless of weter.Molly wes still putting ewey the kitchen utensils when she entered the kitchen.As soon es she sew Winnie welking in, she volunterily esked, ¡°How is Mr. Feirchild¡¯s leg? How long will it teke to heel?¡±¡°It¡¯s not enything serious. The cest cen be removed in four to six weeks. It¡¯s okey for him to welk eround esionelly es long es he doesn¡¯t put too much pressure on his feet. Also, heving some extre celcium in his diet will help with the recovery of his bones.¡±¡°Oh. I knew ebout thet. The nutritionist hed devised e speciel menu for him. I see you¡¯re pouring e gless of weter. Are you going to give Mr. Feirchild his medicine?¡±¡°Yes. Whet¡¯s wrong?¡± Winnie noticed thet Molly hed something else in mind. ¡°Does Mr. Feirchild heve eny medicel restrictions?¡±¡°Well, no, but Ms. White is inside, end she esked me to fetch her e roll of plestic wrep. She seid she wented to wrep Mr. Feirchild¡¯s leg to give him e beth. By the wey, cen Mr. Feirchild teke beths?¡±¡°Yes, es long es his wound doesn¡¯t get in contect with weter.¡± As Winnie spoke, she stopped pouring the gless of weter. ¡°Looks like I¡¯ll heve to weit e moment before I cen go in.¡±Winnie wes ebout to turn eround end leeve, but she suddenly recelled the conversetion between Yulisse end Zyon.Zyon esked Yulisse to find en opportunity to give Xevier en injection, but Yulisse seid she didn¡¯t heve the chence to do so.However, they ere elreedy living together, end Xevier tekes Yulisse with him whenever he returns to Legune Mension esionelly. They should heve plenty of chences to get elong.¡°Heve you elweys been cooking here for Mr. Feirchild?¡± Winnie begen digging for informetion. ¡°Does Ms. White live with Mr. Feirchild ell the time?¡±¡°Yes. I used to cook for Mr. Feirchild ell the time. However, he hed been in poor physicel heelth for the pest yeer, end beceuse of thet, he didn¡¯t live here, end I didn¡¯te here to cook. I only ceme beck beceuse he moved in egein recently. Mr. Feirchild isn¡¯t used to food mede by others.¡±While Molly spoke proudly, she edded, ¡°As for Ms. White, she once brought in ell her luggege, but she only steyed for one night end never returned.¡±¡°Why? Wes there e fight?¡±¡°No! The night she moved in, Mr. Feirchild left for e business trip in the middle of the night end would only return efter e long time. So it wouldn¡¯t meke sense for Ms. White to live elone when Mr. Feirchild isn¡¯t eround. In fect, todey is her second timeing here.¡°Oh, so they¡¯re not living together?¡±¡°Yes.¡± Molly chuckled end lowered her voice. ¡°They¡¯re not even close to pleying house, not to mention living together!¡±Winnie remeined silent end smiled courteously.So they¡¯re not together. Could this meen Xevier is cleen?Before Winnie could probe eny further, e loud noise suddenly ceme from the mester bedroom! ¡°Heh.¡± Winnie walked toward the bed and kicked Yulissa hatefully. ¡°My ss of water comes with a price.¡±The condominium was on the thirty-second floor of the building. Winnie nced at the vicious woman lying unconscious and nced at the ss window to the balcony.If she wanted revenge, all she had to do was to throw her off the building.However, she was a woman of principle and integrity, unlike the heartless witch in front of her eyes. Thus, she didn¡¯t.Instead, she calmly took out a syringe from the first aid box and extracted a tube of blood from Yulissa.While drawing blood from Yulissa, she noticed bruises and injection marks on her arm. She immediately knew that Yulissa used to regrly do intravenous injections by herself like a seasoned drug addict.After putting away the blood sample, Winnie took out her phone and took photos of Yulissa¡¯s face and arm.Then, she made a phone call to her good friend.¡°Lucas, are you busy? Can you track down a person for me?¡±Lucas was about to lose his mind on the other end of the phone call. ¡°Youngdy, why are you always tracking down people? Tell me, which of the Fairchild family members are you looking for this time?¡±¡°It¡¯s not the Fairchild family this time.¡±¡°Well, that would be a problem.¡±¡°How so?¡± Winnie walked out with the first aid box in one hand, and because she was holding her phone in the other, she left the door ajar when closing the door with her feet.¡°Because I¡¯m at the airport right now, and I¡¯m about to board the ne. Thanks to you, I¡¯m now very familiar with the Fairchild family. If you want to look up someone from the Fairchild family, I can send you plenty of information in a matter of minutes. But now that you¡¯ve changed your target, I have to start from scratch.¡±¡°Fine.¡± Winnie frowned slightly. ¡°It¡¯s not urgent. Just let me know once you¡¯re done with your business.¡±¡°Don¡¯t do that. I know you¡¯re tempting me. Come on, who are you looking for this time?¡±Winnie chuckled. ¡°You heard it. You¡¯re the one who couldn¡¯t wait to help me.¡±¡°Cut the crap and get to the point.¡±¡°Okay. To be honest, I don¡¯t even know who I¡¯m looking for.¡±¡°Are you making fun of me?¡± Lucas was on the verge of losing his temper. ¡°I¡¯m going to block you!¡±¡°Don¡¯t! I want you to rmend someone because I don¡¯t know who to look for. I need someone who¡¯s upright, trustworthy, and brave enough to fight against criminals.¡±¡°What!¡± Lucas was shocked. ¡°Upright and brave enough to fight criminals? What are you trying to be? The police?¡±¡°Not that far. Listen, something happened, and I need this person right now. An illustrious narcotics officer would be best.¡±¡°What a coincidence. I happen to know a friend, and I don¡¯t even need to look him up. I can give you his number right now.¡±¡°Really? Who is he?¡±¡°He¡¯s the captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Department of Avenport, Christopher Bet.¡±¡°Is he reliable?¡±¡°I guarantee there¡¯s no one more upright, brave, and reliable than him.¡±¡°Great. Hook us up. Tell him I have a lead and want to make a report.¡±¡°A report?¡± Lucas couldn¡¯t hold in hisughter. ¡°Is it about your enemy?¡±¡°What do you think? Give me his number. Hurry!¡±Soon, Winnie received the message from Lucas.Without dying any further, she immediately called Christopher.In the room where Xavier was supposed to be unconscious, Yulissa pressed on his injured leg when she copsed on the bed.The sudden pain woke him slightly for a moment, and he seemed to overhear Winnie talking on the phone outside through the door crack.He heard the words like ¡°captain¡± and ¡°blood test.¡±When Winnie ended the call with Christopher, she realized she didn¡¯t shut the door when she came out.She quickly went back into the room to have a look, only to find that Xavier and Yulissa were still fast asleep before lightly shutting the door.She was supposed to resume her search for the badge, but Yulissa¡¯s sudden arrival had disrupted her n.Her search was impeded, and Molly Parks, the housekeeper hired to cook for Xavier, could arrive in a few moments. As a result, she could no longer ransack the ce.The note on the phone mentioned giving Xavier another dose of medicine at eight o¡¯clock in the evening.However, Xavier and Yulissa slept until seven o¡¯clock.Therefore, between seven and eight o¡¯clock, Winnie stayed in her tiny room, except for going to the kitchen to grab a meal.She left her room a few minutes early, before eight, because she had to do some preparation in advance, such as preparing the medicine and a ss of water.Molly was still putting away the kitchen utensils when she entered the kitchen.As soon as she saw Winnie walking in, she voluntarily asked, ¡°How is Mr. Fairchild¡¯s leg? How long will it take to heal?¡±¡°It¡¯s not anything serious. The cast can be removed in four to six weeks. It¡¯s okay for him to walk around asionally as long as he doesn¡¯t put too much pressure on his feet. Also, having some extra calcium in his diet will help with the recovery of his bones.¡±¡°Oh. I knew about that. The nutritionist had devised a special menu for him. I see you¡¯re pouring a ss of water. Are you going to give Mr. Fairchild his medicine?¡±¡°Yes. What¡¯s wrong?¡± Winnie noticed that Molly had something else in mind. ¡°Does Mr. Fairchild have any medical restrictions?¡±¡°Well, no, but Ms. White is inside, and she asked me to fetch her a roll of stic wrap. She said she wanted to wrap Mr. Fairchild¡¯s leg to give him a bath. By the way, can Mr. Fairchild take baths?¡±¡°Yes, as long as his wound doesn¡¯t get in contact with water.¡± As Winnie spoke, she stopped pouring the ss of water. ¡°Looks like I¡¯ll have to wait a moment before I can go in.¡±Winnie was about to turn around and leave, but she suddenly recalled the conversation between Yulissa and Zyon.Zyon asked Yulissa to find an opportunity to give Xavier an injection, but Yulissa said she didn¡¯t have the chance to do so.However, they are already living together, and Xavier takes Yulissa with him whenever he returns to Lagune Mansion asionally. They should have plenty of chances to get along.¡°Have you always been cooking here for Mr. Fairchild?¡± Winnie began digging for information.From N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Does Ms. White live with Mr. Fairchild all the time?¡±¡°Yes. I used to cook for Mr. Fairchild all the time. However, he had been in poor physical health for the past year, and because of that, he didn¡¯t live here, and I didn¡¯te here to cook. I only came back because he moved in again recently. Mr. Fairchild isn¡¯t used to food made by others.¡±While Molly spoke proudly, she added, ¡°As for Ms. White, she once brought in all her luggage, but she only stayed for one night and never returned.¡±¡°Why? Was there a fight?¡±¡°No! The night she moved in, Mr. Fairchild left for a business trip in the middle of the night and would only return after a long time. So it wouldn¡¯t make sense for Ms. White to live alone when Mr. Fairchild isn¡¯t around. In fact, today is her second timeing here.¡°Oh, so they¡¯re not living together?¡±¡°Yes.¡± Molly chuckled and lowered her voice. ¡°They¡¯re not even close to ying house, not to mention living together!¡±Winnie remained silent and smiled courteously.So they¡¯re not together. Could this mean Xavier is clean?Before Winnie could probe any further, a loud noise suddenly came from the master bedroom! Silly Bride Chapter 56 Silly Bride Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Molly was bbergasted. ¡°Ah! Had something gone wrong?¡±¡°Let¡¯s hurry over to take a look!¡± Winnie¡¯s curiosity was piqued too.Other than having a cast on his leg, there were a series of loud noises in Xavier¡¯s room moments ago. By rights, as his caretaker, she should check on him immediately.However, she did not see the point in doing so since she was only impersonating someone. Subsequently, she dawdled behind Molly, who hurried off to Xavier¡¯s room instead.Anyway, we can¡¯t figure out what the loving couple is doing now. What if they are indulging in a steamy shower? If so, we¡¯ll surely be overwhelmed by the unsightly scene if we rush into his room now!Molly, who ran all the way, reached faster and knocked on the door right away. ¡°Mr. Fairchild, Ms. White, what¡¯s the matter with you? Do you need the caretaker and me to give you a hand?¡±Nevertheless, there was no response from the duo inside the room. Winnie and Molly could even hear Yulissa¡¯s high-pitched voice.¡°Why did you unleash your wrath on me? It¡¯s not fair for me!¡± Yulissa¡¯s voice sounded. She was obviously on the verge of tears as shemented, ¡°Didn¡¯t you mention that you hoped we could rekindle our happy moments years ago? I¡¯ve been giving my all to please you, and I¡¯m taking the initiative most of the time. However, you¡¯ve never touched me since I¡¯m back by your side! I have been trusting you since you mentioned that you would divorce that silly woman. But look at how things have gone the other way around. I can¡¯t believe you¡¯re falling head over heels for her! Now that she has disappeared, even the police have issued a missing person report. What¡¯s the point of you checking the surveince cameras tirelessly every day? Have you forgotten about your broken leg? Didn¡¯t you know why I tried to take off your clothes? I was thinking of helping you with your shower. How¡¯s it possible that I have any ulterior motives? You promised you would put effort into restoring our lost rtionship, didn¡¯t you? Do you still remember what you did after I stripped naked andy beside you in Lagune Mansion that day? You pushed me away and headed straight to that silly woman¡¯s room instead! Did you think I was oblivious to what you¡¯d done? Instead of letting me help you, you¡¯d rather plead with a dumbass! Xavier Fairchild, say something! Why do you remain silent? Why don¡¯t you try to retort my words, telling me that I¡¯ve misunderstood you, acted irrationally, and made a big fuss? Fine! You choose to y dumb. Very well!¡±Shortly after, the sound as if someone banging and smashing something rang out from the room. Winnie had a hunch that Yulissa was venting her anger by doing so in the room.Soon, unable to tamp down her boiling rage, Yulissa shrieked again, ¡°What¡¯s so good with that silly woman? She¡¯s only a dumbass who looks slightly prettier. How could you fall easily for her just because of her look? Is it because I¡¯m not pretty enough? What¡¯s so good about that dumbass till you can¡¯t put her out of your mind? Others might not dare to get on your nerves by enlightening you, but I have no fear. Xavier, heed my words. A dumbass like Winnie Gand, who has gone missing, will only end up meeting her end. Anyway, there might still be other possibilities since she¡¯s different from the others and has good looks. Who knows, she might have been abducted, sold to the vice den, and enved there.¡±p!On the heels of that, a crisp pping sound rang out from the room.¡°Shut up! Get out of my way now!¡±Ha! He finally opens his mouth! He seemed to have pped her too! Winnie felt as though she had stood outside Xavier¡¯s room for ages.As expected, Yulissa squealed the next second again, ¡°How could you p me? You¡¯d never done so throughout these years. How could you p me now for the sake of Winnie Gand, the dumbass?¡±Deep down, Winnie gave Xavier a thumbs-up. Great one! Go ahead to p her till her face bes swollen! Undeniably, she was astounded by the words that Yulissa blurted out a while ago. To her surprise, Xavier had never indulged in intimacy with Yulissa before.However, Winnie could not help recalling some passionate moments between Xavier and her previously. He seemingly has lust like other men in general too. Could it be he¡¯s keeping Yulissa by his side as he has something up his sleeve?As Winnie fell into a trance, Molly suddenly gave her a yank, breaking her reverie. ¡°Hurry up! We¡¯d better hide elsewhere. They¡¯reing out!¡±A quick-witted Molly hid behind Winnie swiftly just right before someone opened the door, fearing that Xavier would find out that she had been eavesdropping outside his room. Because of that, Winnie became her shield instead.The moment the door opened, she threw a nce at Yulissa¡¯s face instinctively. Good gracious! Her left cheek is swollen!Nevertheless, her nce hurt a highly sensitive Yulissa¡¯s feelings.Knowing that Molly and the caretaker must have eavesdropped on her words, Yulissa was utterly ashamed. Feeling livid due to the intense shame, she pped Winnie¡¯s face, startling thetter. Unequivocally, it was too sudden for Winnie.¡°Have you gone nuts?¡± Winnie came to her senses and mustered up her strength to p Yulissa in return. With that, thetter¡¯s right cheek was as swollen as her left one in an instant.Evidently, it never came across Yulissa¡¯s mind that a caretaker would have the gall to p her back. She raised her hand and was about to p Winnie again, but thetter grabbed her arm and shoved her aside.¡°Do you think you can fight against me? You shouldn¡¯t have overestimated yourself!¡± Winnie scoffed and shook her hand. I¡¯ve only pped her face, but my hand¡¯s already in pain! Hmph! I¡¯d better restrain myself from taking matters into my own hands again. It¡¯s not worth hurting myself by doing so.¡°Ms. Houghton! Try to cool yourself down. Don¡¯t blow things out of proportion, okay?¡± Sensing the tense atmosphere, Molly stepped forward to defuse the situation.The next second, she turned to hold Yulissa¡¯s arm. ¡°Ms. White, please don¡¯t be bothered by her.¡±¡°Take off your hand!¡± Yulissa grimaced and shrugged Molly¡¯s hands off before dashing out.Thetter could not refrain from grumbling, ¡°My goodness! What a hot-tempered woman! How could she bite the hand that feeds her?¡±Right that instant, Xavier¡¯s voice sounded. ¡°What are you waiting for? Come in and clean the room now!¡±¡°Mr. Fairchild,ing!¡± Molly pushed open the door at once and entered the room.At that very moment, Winnie grabbed the opportunity to catch a glimpse of the room. Catching sight of the absolute mess inside, she told herself to only enter a whileter.Nheless, she had barely moved a few paces before Molly caught up with her. ¡°Ms. Houghton, Mr. Fairchild wants you to go over now. He¡¯s still in the bathroom.¡±Winnie knitted her brows instantaneously, but she still adjusted her mask and entered Xavier¡¯s room.Since everything was scattered everywhere on the floor, she could hardly step into the bathroom.In the meantime, Xavier was leaning against the washbasin, lifting a leg. He was still in his clothes, but the first two buttons on his shirt were unfastened, and the buckle of his belt was loosened. Apart from that, his shirt was slightly wet, causing it to stick to his back like the secondyer of his skin.The grimness on his face intensified when he noticed that the caretaker stood motionless right in front of him. ¡°What are you waiting for? Are you waiting for me to help you back to your room instead?¡±Winnie advanced toward Xavier without uttering any words before lifting his arm and cing it above her shoulders.Even though it was just a short distance, they had to move at a snail¡¯s pace due to Xavier¡¯s leg injury.Once they were out of the bathroom, Xavier piped up, ¡°Do I need a blood test after this?¡±Huh? Winnie was stunned. She could not fathom why Xavier asked her such an odd question. Did he find out that I¡¯m impersonating the caretaker?C0ntent ? 2024 (N/?)velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 57 Silly Bride Chapter 57 Chapter 57 Winnie could remember well it was not mentioned in the memo on Paulina¡¯s phone that Xavier needed a blood test. Moreover, a blood test was not necessary to treat a broken bone. He can¡¯t be unaware of this general knowledge!Not to mention, based on what she knew about Xavier, he would never chat casually with a caretaker he was not familiar with.Could it be he overheard me requesting the captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Department this afternoon to run a test for Yulissa¡¯s blood? Does it mean that he¡¯s suspicious of me now? How much did he overhear? What does he intend to do now?As the thought urred to her, Winnie decided to sound Xavier out. ¡°You don¡¯t need a blood test. As long as you have proper rest and avoid getting hurt again, I bet the cast can be removed one monthter.¡±¡°Is that so? So does it mean we¡¯ll need to be closely acquainted for one month?¡± Xavier cast his head down to scrutinize his so-called caretaker and narrowed his eyes. ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡±Winnie was fully aware that Xavier was scrutinizing her and was relieved that she had thought of covering the traces of makeup with her fringe.Therefore, she could remain unperturbed and reply nonchntly, ¡°My name is Paulina Houghton. I¡¯ve been a caretaker for more than ten years.¡±¡°Is that so? You share the same surname as Josiah Houghton. What¡¯s your rtionship with him?¡± Xavier sounded curious.¡°We¡¯re not rted to each other. It¡¯s merely a coincidence that we have the same surname.¡±Xavier halted in his tracks. ¡°Do you have his phone number? Help me to call him and ask him toe over. Tell him that I have something to discuss with him.¡±¡°Okay!¡± Winnie also stopped and raised her head to exchange a look with him. ¡°I think I¡¯d better help you to get changed first.¡±Even though there was not the slightest change in her countenance, the rm bells started ringing in her head.She was convinced that Xavier was highly suspicious of her at the moment. Nheless, he could not make the judgment and expose her on the spot as he was unfamiliar with Paulina. Hence, he nned to ask Josiah, who was familiar with her, to go over.But will I be able to convince Josiah Houghton like Louis Tanser? After all, he¡¯s a doctor. If he asks me questions about medical knowledge or Paulina¡¯s job in the hospital, what am I supposed to do?Winnie helped Xavier to sit on the edge of the bed and was about to stretch out her hand to unfasten the buttons on his shirt. Nevertheless, he shrugged her hand off with quite a powerful smack, resulting in burning pain on the back of her hand. ¡°Don¡¯t touch me. I can help myself. Just get me a set of pajamas from the wardrobe.¡±When Winnie turned to get Xavier¡¯s pajamas as instructed, she could not help chastising him inwardly again. D*mn it! How could this b*stard hit women? He pped Yulissa just now and smacked my hand again! What a sc*mbag! Anyway, that heinous woman deserved it. In fact, he should have pped her harder! Oh! How I missed those days when I used to disguise myself as a silly woman. I could order him to do anything back then and even tease him whenever I was in the mood.Winnie had only taken the pajamas out of the wardrobe before Xavier gave his orders consecutively. ¡°Bring me the clothes and turn yourself around. You can give Josiah a call now.¡±She had no choice but to turn around. Hmph! What¡¯s the point of covering himself? Didn¡¯t he know that I¡¯d already seen him naked before this?Seeing that Winnie remained motionless, Xavier queried impatiently, ¡°What are you waiting for? Don¡¯t you have his phone number?¡±¡°Yes, I do.¡± Winnie turned her back toward him before she whipped out her phone. ¡°I¡¯ll call Dr. Houghton now.¡±¡°Turn on the speaker.¡±¡°Okay, Mr. Fairchild.¡±Josiah answered the call very soon, and Winnie greeted him first, ¡°Hello, Dr. Houghton. I¡¯m Paulina.¡±¡°Oh! Paulina, what¡¯s wrong? Aren¡¯t you at Mr. Fairchild¡¯s ce now? Did anything happen?¡± Josiah asked on the other end of the line at once.¡°Nothing. It¡¯s inconvenient for Mr. Fairchild to make a phone call now. Thus, he told me to ry his message to you that he has something to discuss with you. Would you minding over?¡± ¡°Huh?¡± Josiah was stunned. ¡°He only broke his leg, didn¡¯t he? Don¡¯t tell me he even has a broken arm now.¡±Winnie was rendered speechless.Meanwhile, Xavier chimed in, ¡°Dr. Houghton, if you¡¯re not busy now, can youe over at once?¡±¡°Okay! I¡¯ll be there in half an hour,¡± Josiah replied, feeling surprised when Xavier addressed him as Dr. Houghton.When Josiah reached twenty minutester, Winnie was about to step forward to brief him about Xavier¡¯s condition. Nevertheless, he gestured to her to stop. ¡°Wait a minute. I¡¯ll go in to have a look first.¡±¡°Okay!¡± Winnie beamed sweetly, but two options had already popped into her mind at the same time.For the first option, she would make her way toward the door, open it, and leave at once. However, all her efforts would go down the drain.As for the second option, she would steel herself to take the risk. By then, Josiah would be impressed by her too.Without hesitation, she went for the second option.In the meantime, Josiah furrowed his brows in Xavier¡¯s room. ¡°What do you mean? Are you suspecting there¡¯s a problem with the caretaker I looked for you just because you overheard her talking on the phone when you were half awake? Who knows, you were in your dream at that moment?¡±¡°Even if I was in my dream, anything wrong for me to have a sense of suspicion?¡± Xavier refuted and pushed the bottles of medicine beside him. ¡°Help me to check this medicine if there are any problems.¡±¡°Okay! I¡¯ll do that.¡±¡°Take a look at this too.¡± Xavier handed him his tablet.Josiah widened his eyes right after he took it over and had a look. ¡°What on earth is going on? Isn¡¯t Paulina here now? How¡¯s it possible for her to purchase a train ticket to leave tonight?¡±¡°So my suspicion makes sense, right?¡±¡°Could it be she had bought it much earlier and forgot to request a ticket refund?¡±¡°She¡¯s acting weirdly too. So far, I¡¯ve never seen her taking off her mask. After all, it¡¯s my home, not the hospital.¡±¡°If that¡¯s the case, I¡¯ll sound her out now.¡±At the same time, Winnie was standing in front of the bar counter and adjusting the invisible headset in her ears.Shortly after, Josiah walked toward her with a smile and asked, ¡°Anything wrong? Are you feeling any difort in your ears?¡±¡°Nothing. It¡¯s just a little itchy. How¡¯s Mr. Fairchild now? His emotion seemed to be a little unstable a while ago.¡±¡°He¡¯s fine. Come and take a seat here. Let¡¯s have a chat.¡± Josiah led her to take a seat on the couch.Winnie sensed that Xavier¡¯s room was facing the couch, and the door was ajar. If Xavier wished to know about the condition in the living room, he could observe them from his room.Hence, she chose a seat with her back facing Xavier¡¯s room before sitting down.On the other hand, Josiah sat right opposite her. ¡°We¡¯re not in the hospital now, so there¡¯re fewer restrictions here. You can take off your mask.¡±Hence, Winnie took off her mask as requested. ¡°Dr. Houghton, do you want to assign me anything?¡±Josiah narrowed his eyes instead. ¡°What happened to the corner of your eyes? Did you have an operation? Why do you seem to look a little strange?¡±¡°Do I look strange? You must have overthought. My eyes are actually a bit swollen because I did not get enough sleepst night.¡±¡°I see. Try to have enough rest. Anyway, did you change your hairstyle? If I¡¯m not wrong, you didn¡¯t have a fringe before this.¡±¡°My child scratched my forehead identally, resulting in a long scar. I¡¯m afraid it won¡¯t be nice for my patients to see that, so I intend to cover it up with my fringe.¡±¡°You have a point. Oh yeah! How about your previous patient, an old teacher? His surname is ¡®Wood,¡¯ right? Has he been cured?¡± Josiah questioned again with a smile. It sounded like amon question, but he had deliberately twisted some facts to see how she would react.First, the patient was not a teacher but a retired soldier. Secondly, instead of ¡®Wood,¡¯ his surname should be ¡®Ward.¡¯ Thirdly, he was suffering from a critical illness. If Winnie answered any parts wrongly, it would imply something amiss about her.Smiling like a cunning fox, Josiah probed, ¡°Paulina, why aren¡¯t you saying anything?¡±Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 58 Silly Bride Chapter 58 Chapter 58 From N?velDrama.Org. Winnie shed Josiah a faint smile in response. She simply couldn¡¯t bring herself to like the elegant- looking gentleman standing before her, especially when he was eyeing her from head to toe through those gold-rimmed sses of his.It felt just like the time she met him at Xavier¡¯s Lagune Mansion.She then pretended to be surprised as she said, ¡°Did you get it all mixed up, Dr. Houghton? My previous patient wasn¡¯t an old teacher. He¡¯s a retired soldier, and his surname is ¡®Ward,¡¯ not ¡®Wood.¡¯ It wasn¡¯t easy getting along with his children. Thankfully, his daughter has returned from overseas with housekeepers and caretakers to look after him, so our services are no longer required.¡±Josiah froze when he heard how natural yet precise her answer was.¡°Oh, I see¡­ I¡¯ve been so busytely that my memory is all jumbled up. Anyway, I¡¯m d to hear that it has all been taken care of. Mr. Fairchild recently lost someone very important to him, so his mental state can be quite unstable. You need to be extra careful when taking care of him.¡±Someone very important to him? Who could it be? Dumbo? Heh¡­ Winnie nodded. ¡°Got it.¡±¡°Here, have some tea. Your eyes have been swollentely, right? This will help with the swelling,¡± Josiah said while handing her a cup of tea.Winnie smiled at him as she reached for the teacup. ¡°Thank you, Dr. Houghton.¡±Josiah stared briefly at the palm of her right hand before standing up. ¡°I need to head back to the hospital. Just give me a call if anything happens.¡±¡°Don¡¯t worry; I will. Here, I¡¯ll walk you to the door.¡±After sending Josiah off, Winnie closed the door and returned to her room before removing her hidden earpiece.Good thing I decided to have Paulina listen in on the conversation. Otherwise, I wouldn¡¯t have been able to answer Josiah¡¯s questions earlier. I could get exposed if I answer even one of them wrongly!Winnie added a strong sleeping pill into the milk and watched Xavier finish it before going to bed.At about one in the morning, Winnie snuck into Xavier¡¯s bedroom and got him into his wheelchair.She then pushed him toward his desk and swiftly unlocked the drawer with his fingerprint.However, she couldn¡¯t find her badge even after rummaging through the drawers and every corner of the room.Even so, she had yet to give up as there was a study in the condominium unit.As Xavier used his birthday as the password for the door, figuring it out was a piece of cake.After going through the study, Winnie eventually set her eyes upon a safe in the corner of the room.Unfortunately for her, the safe required a ten-digit password, which was tooplicated for her to figure out.As such, she had no choice but to stop the search and go back to sleep.Winnie was woken up by a phone call from Christopher at about seven in the morning.She had promised to deliver Yulissa¡¯s blood sample over to him when they spoke on the phone yesterday.After taking care of Xavier¡¯s breakfast, she told him she needed two hours off.Xavier didn¡¯t seem to care and approved of her request without even looking at her.It wasn¡¯t until Winnie had left that he wheeled himself back to his room. I made sure to pay attention to ¡°Paulina¡¯s¡± hand when we were having breakfast earlier. What Josiah saidst night was right. Her palm was smooth and had no scars whatsoever. A family member of a patient had attacked the real Paulina with a paring knife and shed her palm open. That incident left a nasty scar on her palm, but this ¡°Paulina¡¯s¡± palm was as smooth as a baby¡¯s bottom. What really puzzles me is how she looks almost like the real Paulina. Apart from having a slight difference in their voice and hairstyle, the two of them are practically identical! Paulina doesn¡¯t have a twin sister or anything, so what exactly is going on here?With that in mind, Xavier retrieved another phone from his drawer and pulled up surveince camera footage.He had installed a hidden camera in ¡°Paulina¡¯s¡± room after getting suspicious of her, and it captured everything that happenedst night.¡°Paulina¡± had snuck into his bedroom at about one in the morning, unlocked his drawer with his fingerprint, and searched his entire bedroom.However, she didn¡¯t seem to be after any secret documents or encrypted files on hisputer.What is she looking for? Curious, Xavier made a phone call and said, ¡°Have someone tail my caretaker, Paulina Houghton. She just left my house a while ago.¡±Winnie went into a clothing store shortly after leaving Aqua Moana and changed her disguise.By the time she stepped out of the shop, she had gone from being a caretaker to an ordinary-looking civilian dressed in sports attire.Christopher had originally wanted her to deliver the blood sample to the police station, but Winnie didn¡¯t want to go there as it had tons of surveince cameras.As such, the two of them met up at a fast- food restaurant near the police station instead.Christopher was already waiting there by the time Winnie arrived.As soon as she stepped through the door, her eyes lit up when she saw how handsome he was. Christopher looked like he was in histe twenties, had thick eyebrows, a tall nose, thin lips, and a firm look in his eyes.Whoa¡­ So, this is the captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Department? Lucas had sent me a picture of his ID card, but he looks at least a hundred times better in person!Winnie felt her mood improve significantly after seeing his handsome face.¡°Hi, are you Captain Bet?¡± she asked politely after making her way toward his table.Christopher quickly stood up and shook her hand as he said, ¡°Hello, my name is Christopher Bet. Please, have a seat.¡±Winnie sat down and ced the ice box on the table. ¡°Here¡¯s the blood sample. I don¡¯t have any physical evidence or witnesses at the moment, but I¡¯ll inform you as soon as I obtain any further information. The Fairchild family is a tricky one to investigate, Captain Bet. I¡¯m afraid you¡¯re in for a tough time.¡±Christopher frowned as he eyed the woman in front of him, who was wearing sports attire, a huge pair of shades, and a face mask.¡°This is a very serious case, and your life is constantly at risk. I have no idea how you managed to obtain this blood sample and the pictures from yesterday, but I hope you will work closely with the police at all times. Please do not attempt anything on your own,¡± he said sternly.¡°Thanks for the kind reminder, Captain Bet. I value my life, so I won¡¯t do anything crazy. Anyway, I have to get going now,¡± Winnie replied with a chuckle.¡°Wait! At least let me fill me in on your true identity and show me your face. That way, we¡¯ll be able to protect you if necessary.¡±Winnie frowned slightly. ¡°I don¡¯t find it necessary, though.¡±She then turned around and prepared to leave, only to have a warm, calloused hand grab her by the wrist.¡°What¡¯s the meaning of this, Captain Bet?¡± Winnie asked while arching an eyebrow at him. Silly Bride Chapter 59 Silly Bride Chapter 59 Chapter 59 ¡°I¡¯m sorry if this makes you ufortable, but someone has been secretly taking pictures of us!¡± Christopher replied.The next thing Winnie knew, he had ced his ck jacket over her head.¡°Hey! What are you¡­¡±She heard him running out of the restaurant before she could even finish her sentence.I know Christopher covered my face to help hide my identity, but that was totally unnecessary! Does he not realize that I already have a pair of shades and a face mask on? I doubt anyone would be able to recognize me even if they got a picture of me! I was going to leave, but he left his jacket and the blood sample here when he ran off to catch that person, so I now have to stay here until he returns¡­Feeling speechless at the thought of that, Winnie yanked the jacket off her head and sat down at the table.After waiting for about twenty minutes, Winnie was starting to grow impatient when Christopher came back.It became obvious that he ran all the way back as he was panting heavily and drenched in sweat. His shirt was sticking to his skin as he looked out of breath.Winnie had thought she would soon be hit by a foul body odor, but what followed was a surprisingly clean scent.She then grabbed an unopened bottle of water and handed it to him.Christopher took the bottle over from her, but all he did was hold it in his hand and re at her with a frown.Feeling ufortable from his gaze, Winnie red back at him and asked, ¡°Why are you looking at me like that, Captain Bet? Have I done anything wrong?¡±¡°You¡­¡±¡°What? Just go ahead and say it!¡± Winnie eximed impatiently with her arms crossed.Christopher scratched his nose awkwardly and cleared his throat as he stepped in front of her, blocking the view of others around her.Winnie leaned back against her seat in response.She was about to say something when Christopher spoke up. ¡°A huge chunk of your scalp has fallen off.¡±What? Winnie instinctively used her phone camera as a mirror, only to see that a part of her wig and silica gel had been scraped off.It was incredibly noticeable as it was hanging loosely from her forehead.Now I see why the waiters were all giving me strange looks! The zipper on Christopher¡¯s jacket must¡¯ve gotten caught onto my disguise when I yanked it off my head!¡°D*mn it!¡± Winnie cursed under her breath as she yanked the dangling piece of silica gel off. ¡°I¡¯m sorry for scaring you, Captain Bet.¡±¡°That was indeed a little disturbing.¡± Seeing as Winnie seemed to be just fine after yanking that skin off, Christopher sat down in front of her and continued, ¡°You seem to be using someone else¡¯s identity.¡±Winnie frowned. ¡°Are you investigating me?¡±¡°Yes. I traced your phone number after you called the police. It belongs to a woman named Paulina Houghton, who has already taken the train out of here last night, but her phone is still with you.¡±¡°It sure is easy for the police to track someone down, huh?¡± Winnie asked, making no attempt to deny his statement whatsoever.¡°Yes, but cracking down on drug trafficking is still incredibly difficult. What you¡¯re doing is very dangerous. Lucas told me to ensure your safety, but he didn¡¯t provide me with any information on you. I don¡¯t even know your name and what you look like.¡±¡°All right¡­¡± Since a part of her disguise had already been scraped off, Winnie figured it was pointless to maintain it.She then removed her disguise entirely in front of Christopher, revealing her true actual appearance to him atst. However, Christopher was still staring at her with a frown, even after seeing her face.What¡¯s with that response? People usually look shocked when they see my face. This is the first time I¡¯ve seen someone frown at me like he¡¯s deep in thought. How should I even respond to that?Winnie narrowed her eyes and asked, ¡°What is it this time, Captain Bet? My real skin isn¡¯t falling off, is it?¡±¡°No. We recently received a report about a Mrs. Fairchild going missing. I nced at the case files. You look almost identical to the person in the photograph.¡±¡°Haha! Be a little more confident in yourself and remove the word ¡®almost¡¯ from your statement,¡± Winnie replied with a chuckle.Christopher didn¡¯t seem very surprised as he asked, ¡°So, you really are Winnie, the mentally challenged wife of Mr. Fairchild?¡±¡°Correct, but we¡¯re no longer married. I hope you¡¯ll help me keep this secret of mine, Captain Bet. By the way, does the Narcotics Enforcement Department get involved in missing people cases?¡±¡°No, but Mr. Fairchild has been putting a lot of pressure on the police force, so everyone at the station already knows about it. I went through the Fairchild family¡¯s case files after receiving your call.¡±Winnie nodded. ¡°I¡¯m your informant now, so you¡¯ll help me keep my secret, right? Lucas tells me I can trust you, so I hope you won¡¯t let him down, Captain Bet.¡±¡°Don¡¯t worry. Your secret is safe with me.¡±¡°All right. I hope you won¡¯t interfere with what I do next, Captain Bet.¡±¡°Okay, but I hope you won¡¯t do anything rash,¡± Christopher said after a brief pause.¡°I told you, I value my life. By the way, did you manage to catch the guy you were chasing?¡±¡°No. He managed to get away.¡±Winnie frowned. ¡°I think he was after me, but it should be fine. He poses no threat to me.¡±It¡¯s highly possible that Xavier got someone to tail me after getting suspicious of me. It doesn¡¯t matter, though. Paulina is just a temporary identity anyway. I could just get rid of this disguise if he finds out.Christopher didn¡¯t agree with her statement. ¡°You should indeed be more careful, but it¡¯s also possible that the person wasn¡¯t after you. While the police keep an eye on criminals, the criminals are also doing the same to us.¡±Winnie shed him a smile. ¡°Fair enough. It sure is dangerous being a police officer! You guys are standing at the border between light and darkness. Every time you guys take a step forward, those hiding in the darkness will be forced to take a step back. Keep up the good work, Captain Bet!¡±After putting her face mask and sunsses back on, she was about to leave when she added, ¡°By the way, I haven¡¯t paid for the bottle of water and the food on the table. Since I ced the order while waiting for you, I think you should pay for it.¡±¡°Let me walk you out the door.¡±¡°That won¡¯t be necessary. I¡¯m a very mysterious person, remember? I wouldn¡¯t want to draw attention to myself now!¡± Winnie said half-jokingly before walking off.A smile slowly formed on Christopher¡¯s lips as he watched her leave the fast-food restaurant.Five years ago, I was rescuing hostages alongside a very courageous girl. She said something simr too. ¡°Keep up the hard work, officer! You drive the criminals back every time you take a step forward!¡± I can¡¯t believe I¡¯d run into her again five yearster. So, her name is Winnie Gand, huh?Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 60 Silly Bride Chapter 60 Chapter 60 After putting on her disguise as a caretaker, Winnie took a cab back to Aqua Moana and started nning her next move along the way.Christopher said the guy taking pictures earlier could be a criminal spying on him, but it¡¯s also possible that Xavier had sent him to spy on me. I was originally nning on sneaking into Xavier¡¯s house to recover my badge without alerting him, but it looks like things aren¡¯t going to be that simple. I don¡¯t even know where the badge is, so I¡¯ll need to ask Xavier about it¡­Meanwhile, Xavier was sitting in his wheelchair as he went through the pictures he received from the private investigator.He then called the private investigator on his other phone and asked in dissatisfaction, ¡°Is this all you managed to get? Where did she go afterward?¡±¡°I¡¯m sorry, Mr. Fairchild. I wasn¡¯t able to get any more pictures of her. That man noticed me halfway through and gave chase all of a sudden. He was incredibly fit and would¡¯ve caught me if I didn¡¯t run a couple of red lights,¡± the private investigator replied nervously.Not wanting to hear his pointless exnation, Xavier cut him off impatiently, ¡°Enough with the excuses! What does that guy do for a living? Did you manage to find out?¡±¡°Yes, I looked him up earlier. His name is Christopher Bet. He¡¯s the captain of Avenport¡¯s Narcotics Enforcement Department. Paulina handed him something stored inside an ice box. I¡¯m not sure what it is, though. I wasn¡¯t able to hear their conversation either, but they seemed to be meeting each other for the first time. I don¡¯t think they¡¯re close friends or anything.¡±¡°Oh? How mysterious.¡±Xavier frowned slightly as he stared at the two in the pictures.A ¡°caretaker¡± secretly meeting up with the captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Department to hand him something mysterious? What is that thing? What is this woman trying to do? Why would she put on a disguise just to get close to me? Paulina, or whoever this woman may be, sure is an interesting one¡­With that in mind, he put his phone down and wheeled himself out of the study.A quick nce at the clock on the wall revealed that it was almost time for ¡°Paulina¡± toe home.Sure enough, he had just opened a bottle of water from the refrigerator when he heard the front door being opened.¡°Paulina¡± came in shortly after, looking neatly dressed and wearing a face mask.¡°Are you having a cold drink, Mr. Fairchild? You should cut down on cold drinks for the time being,¡± Winnie said in a professional tone when she saw Xavier withFrom N?velDrama.Org. the bottle of water in hand.Xavier did as told and put it down.¡°Are you done with your private affair?¡± he asked coldly.¡°Yes. Thank you for the time off, Mr. Fairchild. It went rather smoothly.¡±Winnie had returned to her condominium on the thirty-first floor to fix her disguise beforeing upstairs.However, she couldn¡¯t get every detail down perfectly as she was in a hurry.I can¡¯t let Xavier stare at me for too long, or he might see through my disguise. I need to get this over with as quickly as possible. ¡°Are you free to have a little chat, Mr. Fairchild?¡±Xavier shed her a faint smile. ¡°Of course. I¡¯ve got nothing but time right now. What would you like to talk about?¡±¡°All right, I¡¯ll get straight to the point, then. Have you ever picked up a¡ª¡±Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!Winnie was about to get her question out when someone pounded on the door all of a sudden.It was so loud that even Xavier froze in shock.This was the first time anyone had dared knock on his door like that.¡°Go check it out,¡± he ordered with a gloomy look on his face.¡°Yes, sir!¡± Winnie replied with a nod and made her way to the front door. She, too, wanted to see who had interrupted her conversation.However, a quick nce at the surveince camera footage showed that there was nobody at the door.All she saw was a tiny paper box on the floor.The box was small enough to fit a palm, and one of its corners looked like it was stained red by blood.¡°The person is gone, Mr. Fairchild. All that¡¯s left is a tiny box with a note that says, ¡®Fairchild.¡±¡®Those words had barely left her mouth when Xavier¡¯s phone started ringing.He answered the call without any hesitation, and a robotic voice could be heard saying, ¡°Open the door and bring that box in, Xavier.¡±With a slight frown on his face, Xavier put the phone on speaker.The robotic voice continued, ¡°This is a little gift I prepared for you. Don¡¯t worry; it¡¯s not a bomb. All I want is your money. I have no interest in taking your life, so I¡¯m not going to kill you.¡±Xavier pursed his lips and gave it some thought before saying, ¡°Open the door and bring me that box.¡±Winnie did as told and handed him the paper box.As Xavier had put the phone on speaker, she could clearly hear everything the person said.This sounds like a tactic used by kidnappers. Maybe they kidnapped someone important to Xavier and sent him something to make a threat.¡°Go ahead and open it, Mr. Fairchild. This is something I took from the woman you love. I¡¯m sure you¡¯ll like it,¡± the person continued.Xavier frowned upon hearing that as it reminded him of Winnie.Judging by the bloodstains on the box, it wasn¡¯t hard to guess what it could contain.¡°Open it!¡± Xavier ordered ¡°Paulina¡± anxiously.Having realized the seriousness of the situation, Winnie quickly cut the box open with a pair of scissors.A bloody severed finger came falling out of the box secondster.Although Winnie kind of expected something like that, the sight of the severed finger still sent chills down her spine.Xavier, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the nail polish on the fingernail.Dumbo never paints her nails, so this finger isn¡¯t hers!However, he soon felt uneasy as another thought formed in his head.If someone has kidnapped Dumbo, then I would at least be able to confirm that she¡¯s still alive. The problem is, the person being held hostage isn¡¯t Dumbo, so I still don¡¯t know where she is!The look on his face turned icy-cold as he asked, ¡°Who are you? Whose finger is this?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 61 Silly Bride Chapter 61 Chapter 61 ¡°How forgetful of you, Mr. Fairchild!¡±A series of strange mechanicalughter then drifted out from the phone. ¡°Your residential area is so elite that even calling for an elevator requires a fingerprint. Can¡¯t you figure out how my man took the elevator up?¡±Xavier¡¯s expression promptly darkened.Winnie¡¯s thoughts quickly aligned with his¡ªthe finger belonged to Yulissa.Yulissa¡¯s fingerprint was registered with the management, so she had no issues taking the building¡¯s elevator.Therefore, it was evident that the person earlier used her severed finger to call for the elevator and sessfully reached the thirty- second floor. Subsequently, he ced the cardboard box containing the severed finger at Xavier¡¯s doorstep.As though to verify Xavier¡¯s conjecture, the other party instantly sent a video over.In the video, a woman was bound to a chair. Her right hand was missing a finger, and blood was dripping incessantly.Although she was disheveled, one could still tell that the woman was Yulissa.As a bucket of icy water hit her full in the face, Yulissa immediately jolted awake.Upon seeing that someone was filming her from the front, she wailed at the camera at once.¡°Save me, Xavier! Hurry up and save me! It wasn¡¯t my intention to fight with you yesterday, nor did I intend to go to the bar to drink. I¡¯m sorry! Please save me. They¡¯ve chopped off my finger, and they¡¯ll kill me if you don¡¯tply with their demands. I¡¯m not afraid of death, Xavier. But I¡¯m afraid that they¡¯ll vite me. I¡¯m your woman, so I don¡¯t want to be sullied by them. They¡¯re the scum of the earth and have no humanity to speak of. Save me, Xavier!¡±Tears streamed down her face. Fear, terror, and anguish were all etched across her features.At that precise moment, however, the video cut off.The kidnapper¡¯s voice rang out once more.¡°It looks like you gave your woman the bootst night, Mr. Fairchild. I initially didn¡¯t want to kidnap her, but she ran right into me while blind drunk alone. Thus, I had no choice but to take her away.¡±Xavier¡¯s brows furrowed, but he remained as calm as ever. ¡°Just cut straight to the chase. How much do you want exactly?¡±¡°You¡¯re indeed a straightforward person, Mr. Fairchild! No matter what, she¡¯s your woman, so it¡¯s not too much to ask you for twenty million, right?¡±Xavier didn¡¯t bother yakking with him. ¡°Name the time and ce.¡±¡°Sit tight first, Mr. Fairchild. I¡¯ll decide the time and ce. After that, I¡¯ll notify you. But Mr. Fairchild, I hope you can y by my rules. Otherwise, you¡¯ll only be able to collect your woman¡¯s body.¡±¡°Go on. I¡¯m listening.¡± Xavier was unhurried, his speech brief and concise. It was as though he was merely discussing a not-so-important business.¡°I want gold bars. Change the twenty million into gold bars. Most importantly, you¡¯re not to lodge a police report. If you do so, your woman will die a ghastly death.¡±¡°Okay. But it takes time to change the money into gold bars.¡±¡°In that case, I¡¯ll give you two hours. Drive over alone.¡±At that, Xavier paused for a moment. ¡°My leg is broken, so I can¡¯t drive alone. In fact, it¡¯s in a cast right now. If you spent any time investigating me before nning this kidnapping, you should know that I¡¯m speaking the truth.¡±Following that, the kidnapper discussed it with the others and relented right away. ¡°Fine, you can bring a driver along. But it must be a female driver. Now, the countdown to two hours begins. I hope you can get the gold bars ready as soon as possible. I¡¯m looking forward to our meeting.¡±After saying that, the kidnapper hung up without a second¡¯s dy.Only then did the house return to its usual silence.Winnie felt as though she had just watched a police show.However, she found the male lead¡ªXavier¡ªrather strange.He doesn¡¯t seem anxious or apprehensive. Instead, he was frightfully calm throughout the entire process. It was as though he was merely going through the motions.Her curiosity was inexorably piqued.She grew intrigued about Xavier and Yulissa¡¯s rtionship.He should love and care about her greatly, yet not only has he never touched her ever since she returned, but he¡¯s even all unconcerned despite her having been kidnapped.Eyeing him, she inwardly tutted. He¡¯s really unfathomable, his thoughts entirely indiscernible!¡°Why are you looking at me like that?¡±Xavier initially wanted to make a call, but the gaze of the woman before him was too intrusive. Hence, he stilled and pinned his eyes on her.In response, Winnie curled her lips in disdain.¡°Your girlfriend has been kidnapped and her finger severed, but you seemingly appear awfully indifferent, Mr. Fairchild. Do all your women end up in such tragic straits?¡±The fact that she used the word ¡°women¡± had Xavier casting a chilly nce at her. ¡°What do you mean by ¡®women¡¯?¡±¡°I heard that your ex-wife has gone missing, and her whereabouts are unknown to this day. Who knows whether she¡¯s still alive now?¡±¡°Shut up! Who gave you the guts to talk about her?¡±No sooner had Winnie¡¯s words rang out than her entire person was pinned against the couch with an arm at her neck.She never expected Xavier to spring to his feet without any regard for his injured leg and press his arm against her throat just because of a simple remark.Unbidden, mirth flooded her.From N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Are you angry, Mr. Fairchild? Did I say anything wrong?¡±¡°Yes, you said something wrong. She isn¡¯t my ex-wife. She¡¯s still my wife!¡± Xavier gritted his teeth.He wasn¡¯t at all anxious though Yulissa had been kidnapped. But at the mere mention of something to do with Winnie, he grew emotional in a sh.s, Winnie was very much displeased by his words.He was the one who proposed a divorce, and he agreed to dissolve our marriage before the elders. So, why is he iming that I¡¯m still his wife now? Fury zed within her. ¡°Oh, really? Didn¡¯t you feel that she was unworthy of you because she¡¯s slow- witted? Why are you putting on a show in front of me now?¡±¡°Shut up!¡± I¡¯m already regretting it to the core, yet she¡¯s now using these words to stab me in the heart!Xavier pressed down against her neck. ¡°I¡¯m short of a female driver. You¡¯ll do.¡±¡°Hah! I¡¯m not obliged to cooperate with you to meet the kidnappers, Mr. Fairchild,¡± Winnie sneered.Giving a bark ofughter impassively, Xavier sat back in the wheelchair.He stared at ¡°Paulina¡± before him, his eyes brimming with confidence that everything was in the palm of his hands.¡°Don¡¯t assume that I¡¯m ignorant to the fact that you approached me to search for something in particr. But it¡¯s clear as day that you haven¡¯t found it so far.¡±¡°Oh? Then, do you know what I¡¯m searching for?¡± Winnie wasn¡¯t the least bit surprised that he surmised her motive.At that, Xavier¡¯s lips turned up a fraction. ¡°No matter what it is, I¡¯m the only person who knows where it is. Is that not so?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 62 Silly Bride Chapter 62 Chapter 62 ¡°Therefore, you¡¯ve got no choice but to obey me.¡±¡°Great, just great! It looks like you won this round, Mr. Fairchild.¡± Winnie wore a smile that didn¡¯t reach her eyes.Xavier threw her a frosty re. ¡°Watch your tongue. I don¡¯t want to hear you uttering a single word about my wife.¡±Conversely, Winnie couldn¡¯t be bothered to entertain him. Who¡¯s his wife? Dream on!In no time, Xavier gave Louis a call. ¡°Withdraw twenty million from my personal ount and change them into gold bars. Do it now, right this instant!¡±After quickly ending the call, he immediately made another call. ¡°Order all the bodyguards in Teams 1 and 2 to be on standby.¡±By then, the man finally finished giving out instructions.Winnie had also sessfully sent out the message she had typed to Christopher.Having turned off her phone screen, she eyed Xavier. ¡°Are you sure you don¡¯t want to lodge a police report?¡±¡°Lodging a police report will easily anger the kidnappers, making it more likely that the hostage will be killed. I don¡¯t like such a possibility.¡±Winnie snickered derisively. ¡°That¡¯s true. How could you possibly bear to see Ms. White die when she¡¯s as pretty as a picture? How ironic that you just dered having a wife a while ago, Mr. Fairchild.¡±¡°What are you trying to say? Get one thing clear¡ªeven if it¡¯s a dog belonging to me, I won¡¯t allow it to be harmed by someone else!¡±¡°Yeah, not to mention your first love,¡± Winnie added with a smirk.That had Xavier flying into a rage. ¡°You¡¯d best stop while you¡¯re ahead!¡±Winnie was utterly amused. He isn¡¯t even allowing me to speak the truth now?Just when she was about to riposte, her phone dinged.It was Christopher having replied to her message.Sweeping a gaze over her phone screen, Xavier glimpsed Christopher¡¯s name.¡°Who are you texting? You didn¡¯t lodge a police report, did you?¡± he questioned coldly.¡°Of course not. Have you ever seen someone lodging a police report by texting, Mr. Fairchild? Never, yes? I¡¯m just chatting with my husband about trivial stuff. Do you want to have a look?¡±A sneer tugged at Xavier¡¯s lips. ¡°No, it¡¯s okay. I¡¯m not interested in your private life. I don¡¯t care what you do, but watch your boundaries. Don¡¯t affect my ns.¡±Truth be told, Yulissa¡¯s kidnapping was extremely fishy.Earlier, she said in the video that she went to the bar to drown her sorrows after they fought that she ended up kidnapped.But in reality, Xavier knew that she never went to the bar that night. Instead, she went back to her ce after throwing a fit there.She didn¡¯t go to the bar, yet theFrom N?velDrama.Org. kidnapper imed to have abducted her from the bar. Despite being the victim, her testimony aligned with the kidnapper¡¯s statement. It was as though they had gotten their stories straight beforehand.However, if they were co-conspirators and colluded to ckmail him, twenty million was a pittance. Furthermore, she even paid the price of a finger.That didn¡¯t make sense.Winnie had no idea of the perplexity within and merely texted Christopher about the general situation.Christopher told her to share her location while she drove and to be careful. That aside, he promised to make all preparations to back her up.One and a half hourster, Louis appeared with a massive suitcase in hand.It was filled with gold bars, weighing more than a hundred pounds.¡°We¡¯ve installed a tracker in one of the semi- hollow gold bars, Mr. Xavier. The bodyguards in Teams 1 and 2 are ready to set out anytime. Here¡¯s a bulletproof vest. Do put it on.¡±Louis had some conscience in the least, for he also prepared a bulletproof vest for Winnie.When Xavier and Winnie were all geared up, the kidnapper also called right on the dot.It was still a mechanical voice that had been processed through a voice changer. ¡°We have a car in the underground parking lot, Mr. Fairchild. It¡¯s a Volkswagen with a license te of XXXX. Drive our car over. There¡¯s a walkie-talkie in the car. After getting into the car, we¡¯ll contact you through the walkie-talkie. Do you understand me?¡±At that, Xavier sneered. Well, he¡¯s the first person who dares speak to me in such a tone.Ignoring the kidnapper, he said to Winnie beside him, ¡°Let¡¯s go! Bring the gold bars along.¡±Then, he hung up the phone.Winnie was rendered speechless, her jaw dropping.I¡¯ve watched quite a number of police shows in the past and heard of many kidnapping cases around me, but he¡¯s probably the first person in the world to hang up on a kidnapper. Besides, he doesn¡¯t look as though he¡¯s going to pay a ransom. Instead, he appears as though he¡¯s going to raid them.Shortly after, they reached the underground parking lot and found the car mentioned by the kidnapper.Before getting into the car, Winnie checked the car over. Soon, she discovered two things.¡°There are surveince cameras and electronic jammers in the car. We probably won¡¯t be able to use our phones, and they¡¯ll be monitoring every single move of ours.¡±Her phone had been specially modified, however, so that pathetic interference had no effect on it.Xavier wasn¡¯t surprised by all that. He merelyplimented her with a half-smile.¡°You look very professional, Ms. Houghton. I¡¯m all the more curious as to who exactly you are. Are you a police officer?¡±¡°Haha, you¡¯ve got a rich imagination, Mr. Fairchild. Do get into the car.¡±While saying that, Winnie circled over and climbed into the driver¡¯s seat. Meanwhile, Xavier sat in the backseat.In no time, the car drove out of the residential area, as per the kidnapper¡¯s instructions.Due to the presence of surveince cameras, neither of them spoke a single word during the drive.The car made three or four rounds in the city and suburbs before finally heading toward its true destination.It was an abandoned quarry on the riverbank in the suburbs. The kidnappers were hiding in an abandoned wreck after abducting Yulissa.No sooner had Winnie driven in than someone locked the iron fence outside the quarry.In the blink of an eye, four masked kidnappers surrounded them.One of them held a gun and used it to force Winnie and Xavier out of the car.The other three eagerly opened the trunk and dragged out the suitcase containing the gold bars.Just when they were about to open it, Xavier drawled, ¡°Shouldn¡¯t you be handing me the hostage as I hand you the money when I¡¯ve shown such sincerity?¡±One of the kidnappers¡¯ eyes glinted with greed as he stared at the suitcase, and he bellowed, ¡°I want to inspect the goods first!¡±However, the kidnapper holding the gun pointed it at him. ¡°Don¡¯t touch it first. Take them in to talk to Boss.¡±Having no other recourse with the gun pointed at his head, theckey could only yield.Thus, Winnie and Xavier were promptly brought onto the wreck.It was a wrecked ship that ran aground. The instant they stepped into the wreck, two kidnappers locked the hatch.The cabin was terribly dark, only illuminated by amp on the ceiling and the sunlight streaming through a broken window.There was a chair under themp, on which a person was bound. It was none other than Yulissa.Her right hand had been simply bandaged. Her face was pale, and her hair was damp, sticking to her cheeks. Her mouth had also been taped. On the whole, she appeared to be in bad shape.Nheless, her chest was still rising and falling, proving that she was still breathing and was merely unconscious.With a grim face, Xavier scrutinized Yulissa for a long moment before stating, ¡°I¡¯ve brought the gold bars, so you can let her go now.¡±The leader of that group of kidnappers wore a pig mask.He personally opened the suitcase and inspected the gold bars. Then, he stood up.¡°What if I were to say that I want both the gold and your life?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 63 Silly Bride Chapter 63 Chapter 63 Xavier narrowed his eyes a fraction. Nevertheless, he remained calm and unruffled.¡°Then, you¡¯re really dishonorable. If you¡¯re going back on your word with me now, would you still divide the gold bars among yourckey after obtaining them? Or are you not even nning to allow them to live? If you do so, would anyone still dare to follow you in the future?¡±His words were tantamount to a huge rock tossed into the water, resulting in massive waves.Sure enough, the other kidnappers present had their eyes trained on the suitcase of gold, all wearing eager expressions.When the kidnapper in the pig mask saw that hisckeys had been sessfully divided, he shot out his hand and swung it at Xavier¡¯s face.As he did so, he roared, ¡°Stop sowing discord here! Do you believe that I¡¯ll rip your tongue out?¡±s, Xavier moved faster than the man, for he dodged before thetter¡¯s fist couldnd on him.On the heels of that, he grabbed hold of Winnie. They then darted to the side of the wall by the window.As soon as Xavier caught sight of an iron rod on the ground, he shot Winnie a look. ¡°Pick it up and smash the window.¡±Winnie, on the other hand, was rather reluctant to do so. In a whisper, she muttered, ¡°They¡¯ve got two guns, mister.¡±Xavier frowned. ¡°Just do as I said!¡±¡°Fine.¡± The wooden panel on the broken window was rotting so badly that it was moments away from falling off, so Winnie didn¡¯t need an iron rod. All she needed to do was to hit it twice with her elbow.With two thuds, she smashed the rotten wooden panel.Unfortunately, that attracted the kidnappers¡¯ attention.The man in the pig mask instantly pointed the gun at Winnie. ¡°What are you doing?¡±Winnie hastily raised her hands tactfully and shoved all the me on Xavier beside her.¡°It wasn¡¯t me, Sir! Mr. Fairchild was the one who told me to do so. He said it was too stuffy in here, so he needed some fresh air.¡±The man in the pig mask snorted a bark ofughter. ¡°What¡¯s the fuss about whether the air is fresh when you¡¯ll be dying soon? You rich people are so fussy.¡±¡°Exactly! Rich people like them are so pampered!¡± As Winnie seconded him, she hooked the iron rod to her back with a leg for her convenience to use it anytime.At the same time, the man in the pig mask ordered, ¡°The few of you, go and tie them up first! I still want to torture them slowly!¡±At that turn of events, Winnie took two steps back.Honestly speaking, she had no problems jumping out the window behind her with her agility though it wasn¡¯t all that big.She raised her hands even higher. ¡°Since your target is Mr. Fairchild, I can leave, right?¡±Actually, she didn¡¯t mean anything by asking such a foolish question. She merely wanted to buy time.After all, Xavier¡¯s men, as well as Christopher and the others, were probably still on their way there.They all had the location. While they deliberately kept a distance during the departure out of worry that the kidnappers would discover them, they likely wouldn¡¯t be thatte.¡°What do you think, gentlemen? Consider allowing me to leave, won¡¯t you?¡± Winnie continued buying time.All the kidnappers present acted as though they had heard the greatest joke in the world, bursting into raucousughter at once.The man in the pig mask started mocking her. ¡°What a na?vedy! Do you think you can still walk out of here alive when your employer is going to die?¡±In a sh, someone stepped forward and suggested, ¡°I think it¡¯s okay to spare her, Boss. She¡¯s a woman, so she¡¯ll definitely be of some use!¡±¡°Yeah, Boss! I¡¯ve been celibate for several months now, and I¡¯d love to have a taste of her!¡± ¡°Say, aren¡¯t you too ravenous, Tigris? Look at her. She¡¯s been wearing a mask all along. Who knows what her countenance looks like beneath the mask? She might be unsightly! Yet, you don¡¯t mind it, huh?¡±¡°What¡¯s the big deal about wearing a mask? Look at her eyes! They¡¯re bright and crystalline. As such, she must be a beauty!¡±At longst, Xavier snapped, ¡°That¡¯s enough! Shut up if you don¡¯t want to die!¡±They can say anything they like, but not her eyes, for her eyes are a carbon copy of Dumbo¡¯s. Never mind if they insult anyone else, but not Dumbo, including everything that bears a resemnce to her!¡°Whoa! You¡¯ve got a broken leg and are now in captivity, yet you¡¯re still all arrogant, Mr. Fairchild!¡±The man in a pig mask scratched his head with the gun. ¡°So what if I just want to die? Are you capable of rushing over and killing me now? You¡¯re just a d*mn cripple!¡±In response, Xavier sneered, ¡°Hah! It¡¯s a piece of cake to kill the lot of you. I don¡¯t need the use of my leg at all!¡±As he said that, he hugged Winnie around the waist.Before she could gather her wits about her, he yanked open her shirt.In a heartbeat, the buttons on her shirt scattered on the ground, revealing the ck bulletproof vest underneath.Stunned for a moment, Winnie regarded him with a frown. ¡°What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?¡±Xavier ignored her, merely continuing to tear at her shirt.Only after the outeryer of the bulletproof vest was torn off did Winnie notice two liquid bombs attached to the inside of it.She was wholly floored.I evenplimented Louis on his consideration when he brought me a bulletproof vest, but it turned out that they nted bombs inFrom N?velDrama.Org. it!Her eyes went wide, and incredulity was written all over her face. ¡°D*mn you! Why didn¡¯t you nt the bombs in your own bulletproof vest?¡±Xavier looked down at her, but still, he said nothing at all.The group of kidnappers reacted swiftly as well. The instant they saw the bombs on Winnie, they immediately scattered and backed away.A timid one among them even wanted to open the door and leave, but a shot from the man in the pig mask stopped him in his tracks.¡°Come back here! Why are you running? I don¡¯t believe it, so stop trying to y me for a fool with fake bombs, Xavier Fairchild! Would someone like you choose to die with people like us?¡±Xavier¡¯s lips turned up, and he took out a mini remote control from his pocket.He lightly pressed a button, upon which the timer on the bombs promptly started a ten-minute countdown.¡°You can try your luck. The remote control is in my hands. I can have it explode at once or pause it. It¡¯s your choice.¡±Fear began creeping into the man in the pig mask, for the bombs looked no different from the real thing. ¡°Do you believe I¡¯ll kill you with a single shot?¡±Xavier¡¯s face was devoid of expression. ¡°As I said, it¡¯s your choice. You can kill me, but this remote control is connected to my heartbeat. Once my heart stops beating, the bombs will go off. At that time, this entire abandoned quarry will be reduced to rubble, much less the few of you. If you¡¯ve made up your mind, my head is right here. You can pull the trigger anytime.¡±¡°Don¡¯t shoot, Boss! I don¡¯t want to die when we¡¯ve got twenty million now!¡±¡°Exactly, Boss! Just return that woman to him. We can¡¯t risk our lives!¡±¡°Hear, hear! Don¡¯t act impulsively, Boss. We can flee anywhere with the gold bars in hand. There¡¯s no need to fight him to the death here!¡±The man in the pig mask started wavering.In truth, the twenty million in gold bars were an idea that urred to him out of the blue. The orders he received weren¡¯t to ckmail Xavier.Instead, it was to forcibly inject the man with a drug, making the latter addicted and ruining his life. Silly Bride Chapter 64 Silly Bride Chapter 64 Chapter 64 As for the man in the pig mask saying that he wanted Xavier¡¯s life earlier, it was merely an empty threat to scare thetter.Unexpectedly, the man came with bombs.Having extorted twenty million in a single go, he naturally didn¡¯t want to die. Instead, he wanted to live a leisurely life with that windfall.¡°You win, Xavier Fairchild! I don¡¯t want to die yet! Everyone, hurry up and retreat!¡±When he had made a decision, the other kidnappers breathed a sigh of relief and swarmed to the door.They all wished they had wings and could immediately fly out from the wreck, away from that dangerous ce.s, they grew all the more frantic in their anxiousness. All of a sudden, the man who was in the front realized that the door couldn¡¯t be opened.¡°F*ck! Thetch has rusted and couldn¡¯t be budged!¡±¡°How d*mn useless! Kick it with your leg if you can¡¯t budge thetch! Are you f*cking stupid?¡±¡°Move, move! Let me have a go at it since I¡¯m strong!¡±Regretfully, that was an iron door and couldn¡¯t be kicked open easily.When the first person failed to kick open the door, a second person charged over while cursing. Things swiftly turned chaotic.At just that precise moment, a smoke bomb rolled into the middle of the room without warning.The hatch was still locked. There was only a tiny, broken window, so the cabin was almost an entirely enclosed space right then. In a trice, ck smoke permeated the air.Smoke bombs were harmful to the human body. Not only would it cause visual impairment, but it would also produce massive amounts of irritating dust and toxic gas afterbustion.If inhaled inrge amounts, one would likely be poisoned and fall unconscious.Winnie was closest to the window. In such a dangerous situation, her first instinct was to make a break for it. But this time, she didn¡¯t forget to snatch the remote control from Xavier¡¯s hand.As for his im of the remote control being connected to his heartbeat, she absolutely didn¡¯t believe such absurdity.Only that group of foolish kidnappers would fall for his trick. If the bomb¡¯s timer were truly connected to his heartbeat, the sensor must be attached to his pulse like a bracelet worn at the wrist at all times. However, he was holding the remote control in his palm. As such, how could it possibly be linked to his heartbeat?For that reason, she had no ns of returning to save the man after climbing out through the window.That sc*mbag nted bombs on me and was ready to sacrifice me anytime, so I¡¯d be mad to care about him!But just as she got off the wreck, she discovered that the bombs were fake.When she jumped off, one of the ss tubes got loose and fell to the ground.It shattered into a million pieces. Yet, there was no explosion.On a closer look, the blue liquid even contained glitter. It looked all the more like a piece of decoration instead of a bomb.Argh! D*mn him! Winnie gritted her teeth.That fake bomb even fooled me! His acting earlier was really realistic that it seemed just like the real thing!Livid, she nced back over her shoulder at the wreck behind her.I still heard movement from within when I climbed out just now, but there¡¯s nary a sound now. Don¡¯t tell me everyone inside has been poisoned to death? But that doesn¡¯t make sense. After all, it was just a smoke bomb, not a poisonous gas bomb.Just as she was nning to make her way back, a car abruptly sped past her and screeched to a stop.Before she could make out the person in the car, Christopher had already swung open the car door and gotten out.He looked Winnie up and down, his brows knitting together. ¡°Are you okay?¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine, but the others are still in there. Hurry up and go with me for a look.¡±Suddenly, Christopher glimpsed the ¡°bombs¡± on Winnie¡¯s bulletproof vest. ¡°Wait! Stay still first. There are bombs on you?¡±¡°They¡¯re fake. Why don¡¯t you take a look?¡±Christopher instantly crouched in front of Winnie. Only after checking them meticulously did he breathe a sigh of relief. ¡°Indeed, they¡¯re fake. You¡¯re really too gutsy.¡±¡°It¡¯s a long story. Hurry up and call a few people to kick the hatch open.¡±¡°Okay. Go and wait in the car first.¡±¡°No, it¡¯s okay. I¡¯ll tag along.¡±Christopher opened his mouth, wishing to counter that it was dangerous.But on second thought, this is Winnie Gand. I¡¯ve never seen any woman as brave as her!He whipped out his gun and shielded Winnie behind him. ¡°What¡¯s the situation like in there? How many people are there, and do they have weapons?¡±¡°There are six kidnappers. Two of them have guns. Then, there¡¯s a hostage and a benefactor. But before I came out, someoneunched a smoke bomb. There¡¯s no movement inside right now, so they might all have passed out.¡±¡°Understood!¡± Christopher rushed to the front of the hatch with two SWAT officers and kicked open the door in no time.The moment the door was opened, clouds of smoke poured out. One could vaguely see a number of people lying around on the ground.Shortly after, other police officers hastened over and carried the people in the cabin out.Thest person they carried out was Yulissa.Winnie stared at the unconscious woman for a long while.Out of the blue, she asked Christopher, ¡°Oh yes, have you done a toxicology test on the blood sample I gave you previously?N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. What are the results?¡±A frown marred Christopher¡¯s countenance. ¡°The results are as you expected. She¡¯s likely a long-time addict.¡±¡°Chris!¡± While they were talking, a SWAT officer headed toward Christopher with a syringe and a small, silver briefcase in hand. ¡°These were found inside a while ago.¡±Christopher took the briefcase. As soon as he opened it and took a look, his brows creased deeply, for there were dozens of medicine bottles arranged neatly in there.Winnie merely took a gander before she likewise frowned. ¡°There are a lot of drugs here. It makes me doubt the veracity of Yulissa¡¯s kidnapping. I think they might be in cahoots. Consequently, the kidnapping might have been a ruse.¡±¡°I¡¯ll interrogate them strictlyter.¡±¡°Okay.¡± Nodding, Winnie added, ¡°I won¡¯t be going to the police station to give my testimony at that time. I¡¯m still a missing person now, so I can¡¯t make an appearance. You can tell your colleagues that I¡¯m your informant and needs to be protected. I believe you can still do as much, yes, Captain Bet?¡±Although she was still wearing a mask, Christopher could see the laughter dancing in her eyes. Unbidden, he smiled as well.¡°Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll protect your identity well.¡±Winnie stretched out two fingers and saluted the man. ¡°Great! You¡¯re pretty handsome when you smile, Captain Bet. You should consider smiling more often.¡±Christopher¡¯s heart skipped a beat. Just as he was about to say something, someone abruptly shouted, ¡°Crap! The kidnappers jumped into the river and escaped!¡±Christopher cast a nce at Winnie and jumped into the river before he had time to say anything.Just then, Louis arrived with Xavier¡¯s bodyguards. Josiah was also with them.They headed straight for Xavier. When Josiah caught sight of the unconscious man, he opened the medical box he carried everywhere.When he noticed Winnie standing around as though everything was fine, he bellowed at her, ¡°Why are you still spacing out? Come over here and lend me a hand!¡± Silly Bride Chapter 65 Silly Bride Chapter 65 Chapter 65 N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. Both Xavier and Yulissa were carried into the car.Josiah¡¯s only focus was to rescue Xavier. Hence, the former inevitably ignored Yulissa.However, instead of remaining idle, Winnie examined Yulissa.She suspected Yulissa was faking it in the ¡°kidnapping game.¡±The fact that Yulissa¡¯s finger was cut off was true. Regardless, after careful examination, Winnie realized the former had no marks on her wrist that indicated she was tied up.If she wasn¡¯t tied up, or perhaps she was just tied loosely for the act, then it exins the events after that.When Xavier held Winnie hostage with the fake bomb, both of them never moved from the window.As for the six kidnappers, they were gathered by the door, too busy trying to kick the door open to escape. Thus, none of them would have had the chance to attack.Despite that, what happened next was rather bizarre. A smoke bomb appeared in the cabin out of nowhere.However, neither Winnie nor Xavier were the ones who threw it. The six kidnappers were out of the question as well. Yulissa was the only person who could do it.She released the smoke bomb to detain the kidnappers and Xavier. Just as Winnie was thinking of the reason for Yulissa¡¯s actions, the former suddenly recalled the conversation Yulissa and Zyon had on the mountain the other night.Zyon ordered Yulissa to inject something into Xavier¡¯s body. Besides, Christopher¡¯s men found a used syringe in the cabin. That means¡­Noticing something was odd about Xavier, Josiah quickly asked Winnie, ¡°Paulina, something¡¯s wrong with Xavier¡¯s pupils. What exactly happened on the wreck? And what did the kidnappers do to him? You¡¯d better tell me everything without missing a single detail.¡±At that time, Winnie had roughly understood the entire situation. She also had a rough guess of what Xavier went through when she escaped from the cabin.Without saying much, she simply rolled out Xavier¡¯s sleeves to reveal his arm.¡°What do you see, Dr. Houghton?¡± she inquired.¡°An injection mark?¡± As a doctor, Josiah was extremely sensitive toward tiny details like that. In fact, he spotted it instantly.At the same time, he panicked at the sight of the mark. ¡°What did they inject into Xavier¡¯s body?¡±¡°I¡¯m not sure about that, but¡­¡± Winnie¡¯s voice trailed as she eyed Yulissa. ¡°Maybe you can try asking Ms. White about it. I got out just in time when the kidnappers released a smoke bomb. Ms. White was with Mr. Fairchild during that time.¡±If Yulissa could inject something into Xavier¡¯s arm when he¡¯s unconscious, that means she never fainted during that time. That also means she¡¯s currently faking it.Josiah, however, frowned. ¡°We don¡¯t even know when she will wake up.¡±With that, he said to the driver, ¡°Can you speed up? We need to get to the hospital as soon as possible.¡±Winnie nced at Yulissa and said to Josiah, ¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯ll take long. I saw her fingers move a little just now. I think she¡¯ll wake up soon.¡±Winnie then lowered her head and called out softly into Yulissa¡¯s ear, ¡°Wake up, Ms. White. You¡¯re still conscious, aren¡¯t you?¡±Winnie¡¯s warm breath tickled Yulissa¡¯s ears, causing thetter¡¯s eyelid to move a little. Yet, Yulissa continued faking unconsciousness.Seeing that, Winnie twitched her lips and continued whispering into Yulissa¡¯s ears, ¡°It¡¯s time to wake up, Ms. White. Guess what? The leader of the kidnappers admitted everything just now. He said this was all nned by you.¡± Yulissa¡¯s eyelids moved a little, but she still did not wake up.Very well. Winnie straightened herself. She was curious to find out how long Yulissa could keep up with the act.Winnie then turned to Josiah. ¡°By the way, could Mr. Fairchild be injected with a kind of drug? I think you should examine Ms. White as well. Who knows? She could¡¯ve been injected, too.¡±As Winnie was saying that, she leaned over to roll up Yulissa¡¯s sleeves.Finally, Yulissa¡¯s eyes flew open.The injection marks on her arm were marks that had umted over the years. She would not be able to exin herself if Josiah discovered it and wanted to take her to the hospital to examine her body.After opening her eyes, she asked weakly, ¡°Where¡­ Where am I?¡±Winnie merely smiled and said nothing.Josiah exined, ¡°Yulissa, you were rescued. We¡¯re on the way to the hospital now.¡±¡°What about Xavier? How is he now?¡± Yulissa struggled to sit up and pretended to wince in pain as if she had identally touched her wound. ¡°Ouch. My hand hurts. I-Is Xavier okay?¡±¡°Not really. He needs to be sent to the hospital right away. You should take care of your wound.¡±Tears streamed from Yulissa¡¯s eyes, and she threw herself onto Xavier. ¡°How could this happen? What did those kidnappers do to him? Oh, Xavier. I¡¯m so sorry. You had to go through all this because of me. I¡¯m so sorry.¡±Winnie was baffled, feeling utterly disgusted by the scene before her. Her acting skills are amazing. It¡¯s a waste for her not to be a part of the entertainment industry.After arriving at the hospital for some time, Xavier showed no signs of consciousness, even after the IV drip had been refilled twice.Winnie was getting impatient. Thus, she got up and went to Josiah¡¯s office.Josiah was arranging the reports at that time. He frowned when he saw her entering his office. ¡°What is it?¡±Winnie went straight to the point. ¡°When is he going to wake up? Can you give me a specific time?¡±Josiah adjusted his sses. ¡°A specific time? Excuse me, miss. Don¡¯t you think you should give me an exnation first?¡±¡°What do you want to know?¡±Instead of answering her question, Josiah fixed his eyes on her and pushed a button on his phone. ¡°Let here in.¡±Not long after, a knock sounded on Josiah¡¯s office door.¡°Come in,¡± Josiah responded briefly. He then reached out and removed Winnie¡¯s mask.At the same time, the other person entered the room.Suddenly, there were two simr-looking women in the office.One of them was the real Paulina, while the other was Winnie, who was imitating the former.¡°I¡¯m sorry, Dr. Houghton. I was blinded by money,¡± Paulina said awkwardly.¡°We¡¯ll talk about youter.¡± With that, Josiah shifted his gaze to Winnie. ¡°What do you have to say for yourself?¡±Winnie put the mask back on and said calmly, ¡°Everything is as you¡¯ve seen. I have nothing to exin. Besides, Xavier knows about it, too. He knows my objective in doing so. Xavier and I have an iplete deal. I just need to speak to him when he¡¯s conscious. That¡¯s all.¡±The moment she finished speaking, her phone rang.She answered it and exited the office. ¡°Hello. It¡¯s me. Any updates from your side?¡±The caller had only uttered a sentence when Winnie¡¯s brows knitted into a frown. Silly Bride Chapter 66 Silly Bride Chapter 66 Chapter 66 ¡°So, you¡¯re saying the head of the kidnappers is dead? He jumped into the river and drowned himself?¡± Winnie asked.She could not believe her ears. How can someone like that be a kidnapper?¡°Yes. The cold water caused his muscles to cramp. In the end, he couldn¡¯t move and drowned to death,¡± Christopher exined.When Winnie heard his sullen tone, she guessed the investigation was not going well.She gave it some thought before asking, ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Are you guys unable to find anything now that the leader is dead?¡±¡°Exactly. The others know nothing. They didn¡¯t even know there were drugs hidden on the ship.¡±Winnie frowned. ¡°Then, Yulissa will never admit to it, either. Does that mean your team¡¯s ambush is in vain?¡±¡°She didn¡¯t admit it, but our efforts aren¡¯t in vain. At least we managed to seize two hundred and fifty grams of a new venom. This is partially thanks to you,¡± said Christopher with a smile.Winnie¡¯s lips curled into a subtle smile. ¡°Oh, well. I can¡¯t help being a helpful citizen. What about the kidnapping case? How¡¯s the investigation going? Are they really ordinary kidnappers? Did they really kidnap Yulissa?¡±Christopher paused momentarily before saying, ¡°Theoretically, kidnapping cases like this aren¡¯t in my department¡¯s jurisdiction. I can¡¯t reveal such information to you, either. After all¡ª¡±Winnie smiled and cut him off, ¡°If that¡¯s the case, let¡¯s not go by theory. After all, Yulissa¡¯s your department¡¯s main target, and I¡¯m your informant. How am I supposed to continue carrying out my task if you don¡¯t give me any clues, Captain Bet?¡±¡°You¡¯re right. Then again, it¡¯s not convenient to talk about it over the phone. Let¡¯s meet up. Have you eaten? Perhaps we could find a ce to eat and talk,¡± Christopher suggested.Winnie rubbed her belly. ¡°Sure. I haven¡¯t had dinner, anyway. I¡¯m feeling a little hungry already. Please look for a less conspicuous ce this time. I don¡¯t want to run away in the middle of the meal.¡±After hanging up, she returned to Josiah¡¯s office.He frowned, looking annoyed to see Winnie again. ¡°Why haven¡¯t you left? What¡¯s the matter this time?¡±¡°I¡¯m going out for a while. Can you contact me right away when Xavier wakes up?¡± Winnie asked politely.Josiah paused whatever he was doing and questioned, ¡°What gives?¡±Winnie frowned. ¡°If it¡¯s a hassle, then forget it. Sorry for disturbing you.¡±Just as Winnie was about to leave the room, Josiah stopped her. ¡°Wait. How do I contact you?¡±¡°Just call Paulina¡¯s number.¡±This time, Christopher chose to meet at a foodText ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. court.Christopher was already seated at a table by the time Winnie arrived.The ce was crowded since it was the peak hour for dinner.After taking a seat in front of Christopher, Winnie asked curiously, ¡°I always see this in movies where the police and the spy or informant would always choose to meet at these kinds of ces. Why¡¯s that? Does the crowd provide a better cover? Why don¡¯t they choose a more deserted ce instead?¡±Christopher chuckled at her words. ¡°I don¡¯t know about others, but I chose this ce just because their food is delicious. Do you have any dietary restrictions? I can rmend you some of their signature dishes.¡±Winnie frowned. ¡°Um¡­ I don¡¯t have any restrictions. It¡¯s just that¡ª¡±Before Winnie could even finish, Christopher spoke. ¡°Are you ufortable with this ce?¡± Since he had already read her mind, Winnie felt that she should just tell him the truth. ¡°Yes. It¡¯s a little noisy here. But the next table¡¯s food looks good. If you don¡¯t mind, can we take away some food and eat somewhere else?¡±¡°I¡¯m fine with it. Should we take a walk by the river, then?¡± Christopher asked cautiously. He felt as if he was on a date rather than having a secret meeting with his informant. At that thought, his heart raced uncontrobly.¡°Sure. A quieter ce will make it easier for us to talk.¡±The river was a little far. An hour had already passed by the time they got their food and drove to the riverbank.They leaned against the car with the breeze brushing their faces while they ate and talked about the case.¡°There aren¡¯t any leads yet. The statements given by Yulissa and the kidnappers were a match. Besides, they were questioned separately. So, there isn¡¯t any reason for us to suspect them of working together,¡± Christopher exined.Winnie pursed her lips. ¡°So, that means Yulissa, our one and only suspect in this case, had turned into a victim?¡±¡°You can put it that way.¡±Winnie said, ¡°If that¡¯s the case, I have a conjecture. I suspect this entire incident was nned by Yulissa and the leader of the kidnappers. The others are just extras.¡±Everything they saw and heard was exactly what Yulissa and their leader wanted. Unfortunately, their leader was dead, and Yulissa was unwilling to reveal anything. That meant there was no one else who could confirm the fact.Christopher nodded. ¡°That¡¯s what I thought as well, but the police have no evidence. Though we can lock her up on the charge of taking drugs, I don¡¯t want to alert the enemies unnecessarily.¡±¡°That¡¯s right. It¡¯s too risky. I¡¯m pretty sure Yulissa¡¯s the one who made the injection mark on Xavier¡¯s arm, but he¡¯s already rescued by the police. Yulissa and Zyon won¡¯t stop just like that. I¡¯m sure they¡¯ll plot more things that¡¯ll expose themselves,¡± said Winnie.In the meantime, Yulissa¡¯s finger was already reattached to her hand.However, the doctor told her the finger would not be as flexible as it was in the past, even though it was reattached.Though it was just an index finger, she hated Zyon for his actions.He made her pretend to be kidnapped, forced her to lure Xavier to the abandoned quarry, and injected Xavier with the drug.The truth was, there were many ways to lure Xavier. Yet, Zyon insisted on cutting off her finger, saying it was to teach her a lesson.The pain from her finger made her want to tear Zyon up into pieces. She cursed under her breath, ¡°Zyon Fairchild! Just you wait. I¡¯m going to make you rot in hell.¡±Right then, her phone rang.Upon lifting her phone, she realized it was a call from Zyon.She really feared that man, for he had almost tortured her to death several times.She did not dare to answer the phone. However, it kept ringing.In the end, she had no choice but to answer it.As usual, a string of rude insults started pouring out of the man¡¯s mouth as soon as the call was connected.¡°You little b*tch! How dare you not pick up my calls? What¡¯s the point of keeping you on my side, then? You can¡¯t do anything well apart from having sex with me. I told you to give Xavier a few injections. And look at what a great job you¡¯ve done! The stuff¡¯s in the police¡¯s possession now. Seriously. Are you an idiot?¡±Yulissa was trembling from head to toe. ¡°I-I¡¯m sorry. I didn¡¯t mean for that to happen. Xavier ced a bomb on himself, so no one dared to move about. I tried my best and gave him a shot.¡±¡°What¡¯s the point of giving only one? Are you stupid? Ugh. You¡¯re hopeless. We¡¯re going into n B now. You know what to do, right?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 67 Silly Bride Chapter 67 Chapter 67 ¡°I-I know,¡± Yulissa stammered.Zyon continued furiously, ¡°That¡¯s good, then. Your task is very simple this time. You¡¯d better not mess things up again, or I¡¯m going to teach you a lesson.¡±¡°Don¡¯t worry. I won¡¯t.¡±They had made two ns from the very beginning.n A was to kidnap Yulissa and lure Xavier into the trap. Then, they would make him addicted to drugs, which would ruin his reputation and make him face social death.Now that n A had failed, they had tounch n B.However, n B was to make Xavier die for real.After hanging up, a pale Yulissa opened the door and walked toward Xavier¡¯s ward.¡°The breeze is a little strong. You might catch a cold. Here, you can have my jacket.¡± Christopher removed his jacket and moved closer to drape it over Winnie.However, Winnie was not used to having strangers touch her. When she saw Christopher reaching out, she dodged it instinctively, leaving his hand still hanging in the air. Suddenly, the atmosphere became awkward.Feeling a little ufortable with the sudden silence, Winnie exined hurriedly, ¡°It¡¯s okay. It¡¯ste, anyway. We should go home. Besides, it¡¯s warmer in the car.¡±Christopher nodded. ¡°Okay. I¡¯ll send you home.¡±With that, both of them turned to leave. However, it was too dark that Winnie identally missed a step and was about to fall.In the blink of an eye, a strong arm shot forward and held her waist steadily.Feeling the arm¡¯s warmth and the strength, Winnie could not help but praise, ¡°Wow. You¡¯re really strong, Captain Bet.¡±As she lifted her head, their gazes met.Her gaze was calm and straightforward, but Christopher¡¯s was festering with emotions.¡°Are you okay?¡± His heart was racing as he let go of her reluctantly.¡°Yes.¡± Winnie got to her feet.Before entering the car, she paused in her tracks and eyed Christopher, asking, ¡°Captain Bet, have we met before? I¡¯m not trying to hit on you, but I can¡¯t help but think I¡¯ve seen you somewhere. To be more specific, I¡¯ve seen your eyes. I think it was sometime around three or five years ago.¡±As she said that, she raised her hand and covered her view of Christopher¡¯s lower facial features. ¡°Like this. Your eyes look somewhat familiar.¡±Suddenly, Christopher¡¯s lips curled into a smile.He always had a mask on when he was on duty as a SWAT officer back then. Hence, all that was exposed were his eyes. Still, she remembered my eyes. What a great memory.Just as he was about to correct her that it was five years ago, Winnie¡¯s phone suddenly rang.When she saw who the caller was, she lost the mood to chat with Christopher.She quickly answered it, asking, ¡°How is everything, Dr. Houghton? Is he awake? What? Are you joking? How¡¯s that possible? I¡¯m going to the hospital now.¡±Winnie¡¯s words were all Christopher could hear during the entire call.Seeing Winnie hanging up the call in a rush, he hurried into the driver¡¯s seat and instructed, ¡°Get in. I¡¯ll send you to the hospital.¡±Upon arriving at the hospital, Winnie ran straight to Xavier¡¯s ward.By the time she entered the room, Josiah was already in there.Winnie asked, ¡°What¡¯s going on? What do you mean he¡¯s missing? How can people go missing in your hospital?¡±Frowning, Josiah exined, ¡°I went for a meeting. By the time I returned, he was gone. I can¡¯t even get through his phone, so I thought you¡¯d taken him away.¡± Winnie was displeased. ¡°How is that possible? I was outside the entire time. Shouldn¡¯t you check the surveince footage first instead of calling me to make usations?¡±¡°I¡¯ve done that. He was escorted by someone.¡± Josiah fixed his eyes on Winnie.¡°What are you staring at me for? I told you, I didn¡¯t do it! And based on what you¡¯re saying, he wasn¡¯t carried away, right? That means he was already awake by the time he left. By the way, where¡¯s Yulissa? Is she still here?¡± Yulissa suddenly came to Winnie¡¯s mind.¡°Yes. She popped by the ward before Xavier was escorted away.¡±¡°You should ask her, then. Who knows? She might know something.¡±¡°You don¡¯t say? Of course, I¡¯ve asked her. She knows nothing.¡±Winnie smirked. ¡°Do you believe her just because she said that?¡±¡°I¡¯d rather trust her over you!¡± Josiah was about to continue scolding when he suddenly received a text on his phone.He then unlocked his phone to read the text, and a frown instantly formed on his forehead. ¡°What the hell? He sent me a text, saying he¡¯s got a lead on Dumbo and is on the way to find her.¡±¡®What?¡± But I¡¯m here! Where is he going to look for me? ¡±Quick! Give him a call and find out what¡¯s going on!¡±Josiah had already dialed Xavier¡¯s number before Winnie said that.s, no one picked up. ¡°No one¡¯s picking up! What¡¯s going on? Why is he sending me a text but not answering my call?¡± Josiah said.Unable to wrap his mind around the situation, he dialed Xavier¡¯s number again.Meanwhile, Winnie figured Xavier was in trouble.There¡¯s only one exnation as to why Xavier can only text instead of answer calls¡ªthe one holding on to Xavier¡¯s phone is not Xavier himself.At that moment, she could only think of one person who wanted to harm Xavier, which was Zyon, the person working with Yulissa.At that thought, Winnie rushed to Yulissa¡¯s ward.The door was kicked open with a bang, causing Yulissa to be startled by the raging woman who barged in.Yulissa did not recognize who Winnie was, for thetter was wearing a mask. ¡°Who are you? What do you want?¡±Winnie stepped forward and pressed Yulissa on the bed. ¡°Cut the crap. Where have you guys taken Xavier to?¡±¡°What are you talking about? I don¡¯t understand. I¡¯m going to call for help if you keep this up.¡±Winnie pinched Yulissa¡¯s broken finger. ¡°Stop pretending. Do you think I don¡¯t know you¡¯re working with Zyon? You¡¯d better tell me where Xavier is now, or you¡¯re going to lose this finger for good.¡±¡°Ow¡­ It hurts¡­ Who on earth are you? I don¡¯t understand what you¡¯re saying. Xavier¡¯s in the room, isn¡¯t he? He was still sound asleep when I was gone. What¡¯s with you? Ah¡­ Please¡­ Don¡¯t hurt me. Please don¡¯t do this. I¡¯ll really lose my finger if you break it. I¡¯m begging you. Please don¡¯t hurt me,¡± Yulissa implored pitifully because she noticed Josiah entering the ward.Josiah hurried forward and pulled Winnie away. ¡°What are you doing? Have you lost your mind? She just had her finger reattached. Besides, I said I¡¯d already asked her. Why don¡¯t you believe me?¡±¡°Pfft! I¡¯d be an idiot if I did.¡± Winnie could not be bothered to argue with Josiah. It looks like Yulissa won¡¯t be telling the truth.Hence, she had no choice but to call Christopher. ¡°I¡¯m so sorry for troubling you, but I need you to track a number.¡±N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. Silly Bride Chapter 68 Silly Bride Chapter 68 ¡°Yes. It¡¯s very urgent. I¡¯ll send you the number now,¡± Winnie continued talking to Christopher on the phone while making her way out of the ward. Before stepping out into the corridor, she heard Yulissa feigning innocence, saying, ¡°Josiah, what was that woman talking about just now? Why was she asking me to hand over Xavier? Is he in trouble? Josiah, tell me! This is so frustrating! Why didn¡¯t you tell me about it earlier? Why did you hide it from me, Josiah?¡± Hearing Yulissa repeating Josiah¡¯s name disgusted Winnie. Hence, she mmed the door shut, preferring not to hear the former¡¯s voice at all. Winnie shut the door rather hard, and Yulissa put on a shocked expression as if startled by the sound. Thetter asked, ¡°Josiah, who¡¯s that woman?¡± Josiah adjusted his sses, answering, ¡°That¡¯s what I want to know, too. Get some rest, and don¡¯t worry about Xavier¡¯s matter.¡± N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. With that, he hurried after Winnie. Arriving at the elevator, he called out to Winnie, ¡°Stop right there.¡± Since the door had not opened, Winnie decided to turn around for the sake of being polite. ¡°What¡¯s the matter, Dr. Houghton?¡± Josiah frowned. ¡°Why are you so sure Xavier¡¯s in trouble? He¡¯s been looking for her for quite some time. Isn¡¯t it normal for him to leave the hospital after getting a lead on her?¡± ¡°Are you going to believe what I tell you? If I told you that Yulissa wants to harm Xavier, and the lead Xavier received was just a trap, will you believe me?¡± Winnie responded with questions. Josiah refuted instinctively, ¡°Can you be more reasonable? Why would Yulissa want to harm Xavier? It doesn¡¯t make sense.¡± ¡°What if I say Yulissa¡¯s working with Zyon?¡± ¡°How¡¯s that possible? Both of them barely contact each other. Besides, anyone would prefer to be in touch with Xavier instead of Zyon. There¡¯s no need for Yulissa to contact Zyon, anyway.¡± Winnie shrugged. ¡°See? I¡¯m telling you the truth, but you don¡¯t even believe me.¡± As she said that, the elevator door opened. Just as Winnie was about to enter the elevator, Josiah grabbed her arm. Looking utterly displeased, she snapped, ¡°What else do you want to do? You don¡¯t even believe what I say.¡± Josiah tightened his grip. He still had his suspicions about Winnie that she could harm Xavier. ¡°What is your motive? I won¡¯t let you harm my friend!¡± Winnie¡¯s expression darkened. ¡°Are you trying to stop me now? Tell you what. The more time I waste here, the more danger Xavier is in. Not only are you not going out to look for him, but you¡¯re also not letting me go?¡± ¡°Woman, tell me your true motive,¡± Josiah hissed. Winnie rolled her eyes. ¡°Fine. I¡¯ll tell you. That jerk, Xavier, took my family heirloom. Where am I going to look for it if he dies in some unknown ce? You¡¯d better listen to me and get someone to look for Xavier now.¡± With that, she shook Josiah¡¯s hand away and entered the elevator before the door closed. Josiah wanted to continue pursuing her, but it was toote. Though he did not believe her words, he still had doubts about Xavier¡¯s sudden disappearance. Thus, he called Louis. Winnie had just stepped out of the hospital when Christopher called. ¡°I found it. The phone signal is moving at high speed on the provincial highway 301,¡± he informed. ¡°Where does that highway lead to?¡± asked Winnie because she was unfamiliar with Avenport¡¯s roads. ¡°ording to the vehicle¡¯s current trail, there are two possible locations¡ªAvenport¡¯s international airport or Avenport¡¯s harbor,¡± answered Christopher. Upon hearing the two locations, Winnie instantly came up with a deduction. ¡°It¡¯s definitely not the international airport. They were in a rush to carry out the mission. There¡¯s no way they¡¯ll be taking the ne. It¡¯s too much of a hassle. Leaving on a private boat at the harbor sounds more usible. Captain Bet, how long will it take for them to reach the harbor?¡± ¡°About fifteen minutes. There isn¡¯t enough time, no matter what you want to do. If the boat¡¯s prepared ahead of time, they¡¯ll only need five minutes to get it sailing. That leaves us only twenty minutes to reach there.¡± Winnie furrowed her brows. ¡°Twenty minutes is too short. I won¡¯t be able to reach there in time, even if I drive at a hundred and eighty miles per hour. Is there no other way? If I remember correctly, the nearest subway station uses maglev trains.¡± ¡°You¡¯re right. Good thing you reminded me. There¡¯s a track near the hospital you¡¯re at. The train moves at six hundred kilometers per hour. Take the next train in five minutes. You should be able to reach the port in eight. That leaves you seven minutes to spare. If everything goes well, you might be able to find him.¡± ¡°Okay.¡± Winnie dashed to the nearest interchange station and got onto the maglev train that was headed for Avenport¡¯s harbor. Fifteen minutester, Winnie arrived at the harbor. ¡°Captain Bet, I¡¯ve arrived. Any news from your side?¡± she asked. ¡°So far, no. We¡¯ve just received news that there¡¯s a major armed fight at the harbor that took up most of the police force. I¡¯m afraid they won¡¯t be able to rush over now. Don¡¯t do anything rash. Stay safe. I¡¯m on my way.¡± Winnie frowned as she nced at the time. ¡°Got it. I¡¯ll take care of myself.¡± She hung up, bent over, and walked past the gate. All that was visible in the dark harbor were two pulsing red dots. Clearly, there were people smoking there. One of the men was getting impatient from all the waiting. ¡°What are we waiting for? Don¡¯t we have our main prey already?¡± ¡°What do you know? At first, it was only one person. Now that there¡¯s a driver and a bodyguard, the price will definitely change. There¡¯s no turning back anymore. Hugo has already discussed the price with the other party.¡± ¡°Oh, that¡¯s interesting. I get it now that you¡¯ve put it that way. No doubt, the bodyguard looks quite hard to deal with. The main target, however, is much easier to deal with. I mean, look at him. He¡¯s in a patient¡¯s robe and has a cast on his leg. I can easily toss him into the sea and feed him to the fishes with just a push of my finger.¡± ¡°This is the only time you get to do it. You¡¯d never get a chance to be so close to him on normal days.¡± ¡°So what? In the end, we still got hold of the mighty CEO of Fairchild Corporation.¡± Meanwhile, Winnie, who was hiding in the cabin behind them, heard every word of their conversation. It looks like they have Xavier now. I knew it. They want to harm him. I¡¯m sure I can find Xavier if I follow these two. Before they could finish their cigarette, one of the men received a call. He then said to his partner, ¡°Let¡¯s go. Hugo says we can begin our journey.¡± Upon hearing that, Winnie silently slipped into the water and followed them onto one of the boats. Silly Bride Chapter 69 Silly Bride Chapter 69 Chapter 69 The yacht was a double-decker, and Winnie snuck onto it before it set sail by climbing up the rope.Unfortunately, she had only just gotten onto the deck when she heard two pairs of footsteps approaching.Not knowing who it could be, she had no choice but to crouch and hide in a dark corner.Thankfully, her hiding spot offered a clear view of the person standing right opposite her, whom she instantly recognized as one of Xavier¡¯s bodyguards.As for the other man who was dressed in white and had his back facing her, Winnie didn¡¯t know who he was, nor had she ever heard his voice before.What she could tell, though, was that Xavier¡¯s bodyguard seemed pretty worried about their itinerary for the night. ¡°Is your information reliable? The winds are rather strong tonight. I think it¡¯s dangerous to go out to sea now.¡±As it turned out, the man in white was a private detective.¡°Of course, it¡¯s reliable!¡± he said determinedly. ¡°Why would you even ask that? Did Mr. Fairchild put you up to it? Is he not confident of my capabilities?¡±¡°No, you¡¯ve misunderstood. That¡¯s not Mr. Fairchild¡¯s intention,¡± the bodyguard hastily exined. ¡°But as you know, my job is to protect him. That¡¯s why I have to be extra cautious. Furthermore, you¡¯re his mother¡¯s old friend, so there¡¯s no doubt he trusts you implicitly. Otherwise, why would he rush here after getting your message?¡±¡°I¡¯m d you understand. Finding these clues already took up a lot of my time and energy. Do you know how unruly those inders are? It was so difficult to investigate Mrs. Fairchild being kidnapped to the ind and sold to traffickers,¡± the man in white grumbled. ¡°Besides, it wasn¡¯t easy getting this yacht, either. I didn¡¯t even consider a speedboat since arger vessel would be able to handle rough seas better. Do you think I wouldn¡¯t prefer to set sail in the day when it¡¯s safer? I¡¯m just afraid that our dy might cost Mrs. Fairchild her dignity! Mr. Fairchild has been looking for her for so long, and now that we finally have some news, why would he want to wait any longer? Even if you persuaded him to turn back right now, there¡¯s no way he¡¯dply.¡±Winnie, who was still in hiding, was utterly dumbfounded.What the hell? That man in white used such a ridiculous excuse about me getting trafficked to the ind to lure Xavier out here at night! More importantly, I can¡¯t believe Xavier fell for it! Oh, wait a minute, I remember the bodyguard saying the man¡¯s an old friend of Xavier¡¯s mother. No wonder he trusts the guy so much.At the thoughtFrom N?velDrama.Org. of that, Winnie couldn¡¯t help but grimace. In any case, I bet Zyon has bribed the man in white. Then again, I got to hand it to Xavier. He has a cast, yet he refused to deploy his subordinates and even insisted on heading out to sea personally. Isn¡¯t he just throwing himself into Zyon¡¯s trap? I can¡¯t save him from his stupidity, but what¡¯s maddening is that he hasn¡¯t told me where the badge is! I¡¯ll have to make sure he stays alive until he does.Winnie might be secretly mocking Xavier, but unbeknownst to her, thetter was only being so dumb and reckless because the safety of his ¡°Dumbo¡± was at stake.If it were anyone else, he¡¯d never be as anxious as he was now.The sea at night was already full of peril, but what made it worse was that Winnie couldn¡¯t trust anyone onboard the yacht. Logically speaking, her best option was to find a way to stop the vessel.After all, the farther they sailed, the closer they¡¯d be to danger.Unfortunately, Winnie wasn¡¯t confident about seizing control of the boat, and even if she did, she knew nothing about operating one. With that thought in mind, she took her phone out and decided to call Christopher for assistance. However, she suddenly froze in her tracks when she felt her wet pocket. Ah! I just remembered I didn¡¯t keep my phone in a waterproof pouch before jumping into the water! The entire device is a goner now. I can¡¯t even turn it on!¡°D*mn it!¡± she cursed under her breath.With that, Winnie had no choice but to head to the control room to try her luck.Sadly, Lady Luck wasn¡¯t on her side. She managed to feel her way to the room, but that was when she saw four men ying cards by the door.With them blocking the entrance, there was just no way for Winnie to get close to the control room.Those men look big and strong, and since there isn¡¯t much room on the yacht, it¡¯d be impossible for me to take them on now. In that case, my next best option would be to look for Xavier. I have to tell him that he¡¯s walked into a trap! Only then can we join forces to take down the enemies!Having made up her mind, Winnie walked to the upper deck swiftly and quietly.What she hadn¡¯t realized, though, was that a tall, shadowy figure had been standing on the upper deck and following her every move.As soon as Winnie climbed up the stairs, the dark figure jumped into action.His movements were quick and precise, and it wasn¡¯t long before he had covered her mouth with one hand and locked her wrists behind her with the other.Even as he was doing that, the dark figure never once uttered a word.Winnie, too, remained silent despite the sneak attack. After all, she was more afraid to alert the bad guys on the boat than anything else.Fear aside, she still managed to catch the scent of the dark figure.Huh? Isn¡¯t that the disinfectant smell in hospitals? His height and build seem somewhat familiar too. Ah! I know who he is!¡°Xavier?¡± Winnie eximed. Although her voice sounded muffled, Xavier still heard her loud and clear.He lowered his eyes and nced at her, illuminated by only the pale moonlight.Wait, I remember this outfit and the face mask that seems to be a permanent fixture on her.¡°Fake Paulina?¡± Xavier whispered as he let go of the hand covering Winnie¡¯s mouth. ¡°What are you doing here?¡±Thetter instantly flinched at the name. My goodness, did he call me Fake Paulina? Trust him toe up with that!¡°Why wouldn¡¯t I be? You¡¯re still holding on to one of my things, so how can I watch you get killed without doing anything?¡±¡°What do you mean I¡¯m getting killed?¡± Xavier replied with furrowed brows. ¡°I came out to look for someone.¡±¡°You¡¯ve been lied to!¡± Winnie grumbled as she tried to squirm out of his grasp. ¡°Let go of me first!¡±However, as soon as she finished her words, the men in the control room kept their cards and walked out, looking as though they were about to make their way up the deck.¡°The private detective you hired has conspired with the people on the lower deck to kill you. We have to leave here immediately!¡± she hurriedly exined.¡°That¡¯s impossible,¡± Xavier said determinedly. ¡°He¡¯s someone I trust a lot, and I¡¯m sure he won¡¯t betray me.¡±¡°Hugo, did I just hear a woman¡¯s voice, or am I hearing things?¡± one of the men walking up the stairs suddenly shouted. ¡°Oh, f*ck! There really is a woman! When did she get on board?¡±Upon hearing that, the rest of the men perked up and rushed to the upper deck.The one by the name of Hugo was the first to get there, and in his hands was a big, glistening knife.With Winnie standing in front of Xavier, she was undoubtedly the closest to Hugo. If he were tounch an attack, she¡¯d be right in the line of fire.Knowing that Xavier¡¯s legs weren¡¯t in the best condition, Winnie decided to grab him and run.What shocked her, however, was that he pulled her behind him and shielded her with his body.It was also at that moment when Hugo plunged his knife into Xavier, and after pulling it out, blood spurted everywhere.¡°Xavier!¡± Winnie screamed as her eyes widened in horror. Never in her wildest dreams did she think Xavier would block an attack for her! Silly Bride Chapter 70 Silly Bride Chapter 70 Chapter 70 ¡°Go now!¡± Xavier shouted, visibly shocked by the unexpected turn of events.However, he quickly recollected himself and started backing away, still using his body to shield Winnie. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me. Just jump into the water!¡±Winnie nced at the bleeding wound on his abdomen and frowned.¡°It¡¯s useless to jump off now. We¡¯ve already sailed into the high seas, and it¡¯d be impossible to swim back to shore. Our only option now is to take these brutes down and seize control of the boat! Besides, you need to stop your bleeding. If you jump down now, you¡¯ll die.¡±Even if neither of us was hurt, jumping into the cold waters now will eventually kill us both!¡°We won¡¯t be able to overpower them,¡± Xavier muttered as his eyes fell on the deck below. ¡°There are moreing.¡±Sure enough, Winnie followed his gaze and saw another group of men heading toward them. ¡°D*mn it! We¡¯ve been too careless!¡±¡°Listen to me and jump!¡± Xavier insisted as he turned to look at her. ¡°Otherwise, it¡¯d be too late once they¡¯ve surrounded us!¡±At that moment, Winnie did trust the man in front of her.She believed that no matter the circumstances, he¡¯d always find a way to get them out safe and sound.For example, when they previously went to rescue Yulissa, Xavier whipped out two fake bombs he had prepared and scared the living daylights out of the kidnappers.s, with thetter getting stabbed this time round, things weren¡¯t looking as rosy as before.Before she jumped, Winnie shot ast nce at Xavier. ¡°My family heirloom is still with you, and I intend to get it back. You¡¯re not going to die here, are you?¡±¡°Of course not!¡± Xavier replied as he suddenly put something around Winnie¡¯s wrist and gave her a shove.In that split second, Winnie seemed to see Hugo stab Xavier again, and she could almost taste the blood in the air.The next thing she knew, she had hit the water with a loud ssh.For a moment, she was utterly disoriented and could only feel herself sinking into the murky depths of the sea.Thankfully, it didn¡¯t take long before she regained her senses and swam to the surface.When she finally popped her head out of the water, she realized the yacht was already more than ten meters away from her.Even though Winnie couldn¡¯t see anything clearly due to the poor visibility at sea, she still heard three consecutive sounds of heavy objects plunging into the sea.Oh, sh*t. That must be Xavier and his men getting thrown off the boat!Without further ado, Winnie dived back into the sea and swam toward the source of the sound.With the help of the pale moonlight, she saw a dark figure in front of her sinking rapidly, much to her horror.My goodness! Xavier¡¯s sinking so much faster than I did! I¡¯m sure those brutes must have tied weights to him. How cruel of them!Winnie mustered up all her strength to swim toward the yacht, and it was almost a full minuteter when she finally caught hold of Xavier.As expected, Xavier had metal weights around him, and Winnie had to drag him to the surface while untying his ropes.Needless to say, it was a monumental task. Thetter hadn¡¯t even managed to untie the ropes when the two of them started sinking again.Fortunately, Winnie had hidden a small de in her boots which she quickly used to cut the ropes.Now that the weights were off, they finally stopped sinking, but another problem soon arose.Xavier seemed to have keeled over due to excessive blood loss, and since he couldn¡¯t hold his breath in the water, it wouldn¡¯t be long before he drowned. No, I can¡¯t let him die now! Otherwise, all my efforts to save him would go to waste!With that, Winnie cupped Xavier¡¯s face and exhaled her breath into his mouth.While doing so, she continued to kick her legs in an attempt to propel them upward.Suddenly, Xavier¡¯s eyes shot open, which could only mean he had regained consciousness.Shortly after, Winnie felt him grabbing her wrist and pressing down on a button.The next second, her arm went momentarily numb as an airbag popped out from the strap around her wrist and pulled her toward the surface.Ah! So that¡¯s what Xavier put on my wrist before I jumped! It¡¯s an emergency airbag! What about him, though? He should also have one, shouldn¡¯t he? Winnie instinctively turned around, and when she saw another airbag surfacing rapidly, she heaved a sigh of relief.Thank goodness things turned out the way I had hoped! This man always has a backup n!A few minutester, Winnie and Xavier safely surfaced one after another.Not too far away, two other people soon popped their heads out of the water, and Winnie guessed they must be Xavier¡¯s bodyguard and driver. All in all, she was just d everyone was safe.The moon had gradually disappeared behind the clouds, leaving them in a sea of darkness. The yacht was also long gone, and without any sources of light nearby, neither Winnie nor Xavier could see each other clearly.¡°How are you feeling? Is your wound okay?¡± Winnie asked anxiously.¡°It¡¯s not good.¡±¡°Then let me bandage it for you. We can¡¯t leave it exposed to seawater,¡± Winnie replied as she removed her jacket and took off her cotton tank top. ¡°Where¡¯s your injury? Is it on the abdomen or somewhere else?¡±Since the airbag had freed up Winnie¡¯s hands, it¡¯d be easy for her to tend to Xavier¡¯s injuries once she could pinpoint the location of the wounds.s, it was difficult to see in the dark, and being in the water made the task all the more challenging.Before Winnie knew it, she had identally touched the man somewhere inappropriate.Just as she was about to apologize for it, Xavier pped her hand away.¡°Don¡¯t touch me.¡±Winnie did feel sorry about the idental touch, but after seeing Xavier¡¯s rude reaction, a fresh swell of rage rose in her.¡°What the hell is wrong with you? You refused to let me touch you when I worked at your house as a caretaker. Now that your life is at stake, is it wrong for me to want to bandage your wounds? Do you think I want to touch you that badly?¡±Although she couldn¡¯t see anything in the dark, Winnie could still feel the icy re from Xavier.Thetter suddenly snatched the tank top from her and wrapped it around his wounds himself. ¡°No other woman, except my wife, is allowed to touch my body.¡±Winnie stared incredulously in the man¡¯s direction and decided to pop the question that had bothered her for a while.¡°I honestly have no idea what you¡¯re thinking. Your wife¡¯s missing a few screws, isn¡¯t she? You despised her and even wanted to abandon her, but you¡¯re now risking your life to look for her because of some false information. Don¡¯t you think that sounds ridiculous and ironic?¡±¡°Maybe,¡± Xavier mumbled. ¡°But you won¡¯t understand it.¡±Even I only realized it after I had lost her.The moment he finished speaking, they saw his driver swimming toward them.¡°Are you all right, Mr. Fairchild? A fishing boat seems to being our way, and the bodyguard¡¯s gone to get help.¡±Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 71 Silly Bride Chapter 71 Chapter 71 ¡°I got stabbed in my stomach. Come give me a hand,¡± Xavier ordered.The driver immediately did as instructed and swam toward Xavier, but since the surroundings were ck as coal, he identally hit Winnie on his way to thetter.Annoyed, Winnie made way for the driver and remained quietly in her spot while listening in on their conversation.¡°Where¡¯s Calvert? Did he not get thrown off the boat?¡± Xavier asked.As it turned out, Calvert Wood was none other than the man in white Winnie had seen on the yacht. He was also the private detective Xavier had tasked to track down his ¡°Dumbo.¡±¡°He didn¡¯t!¡± the driver thundered. ¡°He was one the who hired the yacht and those men. Mr. Fairchild, do you think they¡¯re in cahoots?¡±¡°Ha! I can¡¯t believe I¡¯ve misjudged him,¡± Xavier scoffed.¡°What a sc*mbag! Once we¡¯re back on shore, I¡¯ll get the police to arrest him,¡± the driver fumed. Right as he said that, a light suddenly shone in the distance.A few secondster, it went out and came back on again. That pattern continued three more times before the light stopped shing altogether.The driver was the first to break the silence. ¡°Mr. Fairchild, that¡¯s the signal from the bodyguard to board the fishing boat. We¡¯re safe now!¡±¡°Good. Let¡¯s go, then.¡±It took a few minutes, but the three of them eventually climbed on board the small fishing boat.There was a light on the boat, and since Winnie had given Xavier her tank top to use as a bandage earlier, all she was wearing on her upper half was a bra.Because of that, she quickly ducked into the cabin as soon as she got onto the boat.A couple in their fifties operated the fishing boat, and even though Winnie didn¡¯t like how the old man was staring at her, his wife seemed friendly enough.¡°We don¡¯t have any other clothes on the boat, and this raincoat is all that¡¯s left,¡± thedy said as she handed it to Winnie. ¡°It¡¯s still better than nothing, though. You can wear it if you don¡¯t mind. I doubt it¡¯d be convenient for you to walk around a boat full of men in that state.¡±¡°Thank you. The raincoat will do nicely,¡± Winnie replied while putting it on.s, it was also then that she realized her period hade, and to make matters worse, it was a heavy flow.Despite burning with embarrassment, she had no choice but to ask the olddy for a pad.¡°Sorry, I don¡¯t have any,¡± thedy answered. ¡°We don¡¯t usually go out to sea when we¡¯re having our periods because that¡¯s a taboo. Bear with it for a while. We should be back on the ind once day breaks.¡±Winnie frowned slightly. ¡°Okay.Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. Thank you, anyway.¡±¡°It¡¯s okay. Stay and rest here in the cabin. I¡¯ll tell the men outside not toe in.¡±After the olddy had left, Winnie leaned against the cabin walls and eavesdropped on the conversation outside.¡°What happened to you guys? Did your boat capsize or something?¡± the boat owner asked.¡°Yes, our navigation system failed, and we lost our way. The yacht capsized right after that.¡± the bodyguard immediately replied. ¡°By the way, are you a fisherman from Sirona Ind?¡±¡°That¡¯s right. We¡¯re from Sirona Ind. Are you guys headed there for a vacation?¡±¡°We¡¯re looking for someone,¡± Xavier, who had been silent this whole time, suddenly piped up. ¡°May I know if any new people havee onto your ind recently?¡±¡°What do you mean by new people? I don¡¯t understand.¡±Xavier frowned and added, ¡°I¡¯m talking about a young, pretty, but mentally challenged woman. Do the people on your ind buy women from other ces to be their wives?¡±¡°What nonsense is that?¡± the boat owner scolded. ¡°Who still does that in this day and age? Besides, we¡¯re allw- abiding citizens on Sirona Ind. We won¡¯t let such criminal activities happen on our watch!¡± ¡°Calm down,¡± Xavier persuaded, his voice deep and steady. ¡°We aren¡¯t the police, and we¡¯re not here to investigate any cases. I only want to look for my wife. She has a lower IQ than most people, and I lost her a while back. However, I recently heard that she might be on your ind, so please tell me if there¡¯s anything you know. In return for your assistance, I can buy your fishing boat for ten times its price.¡±¡°Ten times?¡± the boat owner eximed as he stared at Xavier questioningly. ¡°Do you know how much my boat costs?¡±To his surprise, thetter remained unfazed. ¡°Is it two, three, or five hundred thousand? In any case, it doesn¡¯t matter. No matter how much it is, I can afford to pay ten times of it.¡±Upon hearing that, the olddy tugged at her husband and whispered, ¡°Dear, this guy looks like a rich man. If we can really get two million from him, we¡¯ll be able to do anything we want!¡±After a short discussion, the old lady finally turned to Xavier. ¡°To be honest, there has been such an incident recently. The Briggs family has a son who contracted polio, and I heard they found him a wife. She¡¯s quite a looker, except she¡¯s rather dim-witted. Unfortunately, we¡¯ve never met the alleged wife, so we can¡¯t be sure if she¡¯s the one you¡¯re looking for.¡±¡°That¡¯s right,¡± the astute boat owner chimed in. ¡°Once we return to the ind, I can take you to the Briggs residence. However, doing that will effectively destroy our rtionship with the Briggs family. I do hope you canpensate us for that.¡±¡°Don¡¯t worry. Whether I find my wife or not, I¡¯ll still keep my promise and buy your boat for ten times the price. I just want things done fast.¡±¡°No problem. I¡¯ll increase the speed and get us back to the ind as soon as possible.¡±With that, the boat owner stood up and walked toward the bow.His wife, however, remained standing in her spot, a glint of curiosity in her eyes. ¡°Don¡¯t mind me asking, but I can tell from your mannerisms that you belong to the upper ss. Why, then, would you marry a dim-witted woman?¡±Seeing how straightforward the woman was, both Xavier¡¯s driver and bodyguard broke into a cold sweat for her.Thankfully, Xavier didn¡¯t seem offended by the question, and Winnie perked up her ears even more.¡°It was a twist of events that led to our marriage,¡± Xavier replied. For some reason, being in the midst of the dark, boundless sea gave him an urge to pour his heart out. ¡°Initially, I didn¡¯t really care about her. It was only muchter when I realized all that time spent together had made me unknowingly develop feelings for her. But to her, I¡¯m no different from anyone else. Her mentality is a lot like a kid¡¯s, and she doesn¡¯t understand anything. In fact, her innocence and naivety once made me think I was a psychopath, so I did everything I could to distance myself from her. ¡°After a pause, he continued, ¡°I didn¡¯t want to hurt her, especially since there are times when I will lose control. Besides, I want to get my condition treated too. And because of that, I made the biggest mistake of my life. I used another woman to chase her away, thinking I¡¯d finally be able to turn myself normal. I lost her ever since, and I¡¯ve regretted my decision every day. Even if I know someone¡¯s leading me on with fake clues, I still want to hold on to that glimmer of hope. After all, she¡¯s my wife, and I want her back. When I open my eyes every morning, my desire to find her is stronger than the day before. If God takes pity on me and returns her to my side, I swear I¡¯ll love and protect her with everything I have. Even if she remains dim-witted for the rest of her life, I¡¯ll never let her down again.¡±Back in the cabin, Winnie was stunned and speechless. Silly Bride Chapter 72 Silly Bride Chapter 72 Chapter 72 What the hell? So this is what goes through Xavier¡¯s mind? This is why he kept Yulissa by his side but refused to interact with her? Is this also why he has been looking for ¡°Dumbo?¡± So all those times when I was pretending to be stupid as well as intentionally kissed, hugged, and teased him, he was wondering if he was a pervert when I got a reaction out of him? Dang. Well, I can¡¯t say his current performance didn¡¯t change how I look at how he acted in the past. This actually reignited my interest in him. After all, he is pretty interesting while acting like this. I wanted something sexual out of our rtionship, yet he truly wanted love from me. Not only that, he earnestly desired my love when I was acting like an idiot! I have to say, this is kind of funny, but it also makes me feel a little guilty. He said he was afraid he would lose control and hurt me. Yet, in reality, every time he lost control, it was because I was intentionally making it happen. Most of the time, I wanted him to lose control. Sometimes, I wished he would go further, but he ended up being the one holding himself back. At that moment, Winnie had an impulsive desire to tear away her makeup, walk up to him, and make fun of him.However, she managed to resist that temptation because her appearance was a little too embarrassing at the moment.The conversation on the deck continued.The woman said, ¡°It¡¯s rare that a sessful person like you truly loves a mentally disabled woman like your wife. She¡¯s lucky to have married you.¡±A brief silence ensued before Xavier spoke again. ¡°If I can find her this time, I promise I¡¯ll make her lucky for the rest of her life.¡±Winnie, who was still listening to the conversation, felt a little speechless after that. Is luck something people can give to each other? Still, I¡¯m starting to look forward to what he¡¯ll do.A little over five in the morning, the sun emerged from the horizon where the sea seemingly touched the sky.It was then she was woken up by the sunlight and the sounds made by the ship docking.By the time Winnie finished grooming herself and walked out of the cabin, Xavier and the others had already descended from the ship.So, she ambled behind them with thedy owner of the boat.When she was still on the ship, she borrowed a piece of cloth to cover her face. The waves and winds were strong on the sea. Therefore, it was usual for the locals to dress up like that when they went out to sea. As such, her appearance wouldn¡¯t attract any attention.As they walked, thedy owner of the boat asked, ¡°Are you together with them? I noticed you and the others didn¡¯t talk to each other at all.¡±¡°That¡¯s right,¡± Winnie replied inly. ¡°I didn¡¯t know them before. We only got on the same boat because of¡­ reasons.¡±¡°I knew you lot didn¡¯t look like you were familiar with each other. By the way, there¡¯s only one trip from the ind to the maind every week. Since the ship will be arriving this morning, do you want to leave with it?¡±¡°Is that so? What a coincidence.¡± Winnie went along. ¡°In that case, can I change my clothes at your ce first? Then I¡¯ll give my family a call to tell them I¡¯m safe.¡±¡°Sure. I¡¯ll take you to my home right away. Those people will want to dry their clothes, too.¡±Just like that, Winnie followed the lady owner of the boat back home.However, she didn¡¯t n to leave immediately.That was because she also wanted to take a look at the mentally challenged woman who seemed to have been kidnapped and sold to the ind. While she was no differentpared to an average person at that moment, the fever she had when she was a kid really did deal tremendous damage to her intelligence.It was thanks to her persistent training and development afterward that she became who she was today.Without the luck she had back then, she would still be a mentally challenged person.Perhaps she would¡¯ve ended up being sold somewhere remote as a sex toy used by social outcasts, like the mentally challenged woman on the ind.Winnie pitied the disabled woman, so she was going to stay on the ind and help her out if that woman really existed.After borrowing thedy owner¡¯s phone to log in to her WhatsApp, she transferred money to the woman as a token of gratitude.Upon changing into thedy owner¡¯s clothing, she asked for the Briggs family¡¯s address before leaving silently.The Briggs family seemed to have been the family that bought the mentally disabled woman as a wife.Concurrently, Xavier was treating his leg injury.After what happenedst night, his reconnected leg bones were dislocated again. So, taking care of that required quite a lot of time.When that was done, he was ready to head to the Briggs residence. Only then did he realize Winnie was gone.So, he turned to thedy owner of the boat and asked, ¡°Where¡¯s the woman who was with us earlier? Where did she go?¡±¡°Oh, she left,¡± thedy owner exined. ¡°She said she wasn¡¯t familiar with you lot, so she didn¡¯te to say bye. That reminds me. There¡¯s only one trip back to the maind every week, and the ship¡¯sing today. So, she went there early to wait for its arrival.¡±Xavier frowned. ¡°What time is iting?¡±¡°That¡¯s hard to tell. However, no matter what time it is,From N?velDrama.Org. the ship will usually wait until after ten before leaving.¡±¡°We got more than three hours left, then. Let¡¯s head to the Briggs residence first.¡±Just as he was setting off, Winnie was already in trouble.Half an hour ago, when she tried to sneak into the Briggs residence¡¯s backyard, she came across two suspicious men.She had no idea what those men were doing there, and she definitely didn¡¯t want to alert the Briggs family, so she hid in a dark corner silently.At first, she thought they were just petty thieves. However, after they went in, they started beating people up.Not only that, they dragged a woman out of the building after a while.At first, the woman tried shouting. However, her mouth was soon covered by the men before she was dragged out of the backyard by them clumsily.Winnie had no idea what had happened to the person who was knocked out in the building. No sounds were heard from the inside. Even after the woman was dragged away, no one came out to chase after her.For a moment, Winnie was confused about what was going on. However, she had a feeling the woman who was kidnapped was the mentally disabled woman the Briggs family bought.Thus, she kept her silence and followed the two men.After bringing the woman along with them, the men¡¯s speed naturally decreased.Just as Winnie was about to catch up to them, her clothing was identally ripped apart by a tree branch when she was running.In an instant, her clothes were torn in half, causing her to go almost stark naked.When she was done dealing with her clothing crisis, the men had already left quite far away from her.However, she didn¡¯t give up because of that and kept on running.Just as she was taking a turn, she was ambushed.A stick headed straight for her head. Silly Bride Chapter 73 Silly Bride Chapter 73 Chapter 73 The ambusher moved too fast, so Winnie couldn¡¯t dodge the attack in time.While she tried to avoid the attack agilely and protected her head, her left shoulder still suffered a powerful hit.Despite the pain, she remained silent. Her opponent spoke up first. ¡°What are you trying to do? Why are you following us?¡±¡°What am I trying to do?¡± Winnie rubbed her shoulder. ¡°I should be the one asking you two this question. How dare you two go into someone¡¯s house and kidnap a person in broad daylight!¡±¡°A woman!¡± The middle-aged man¡¯s eyes reddened. ¡°Based on your ent, I don¡¯t think you¡¯re someone from the ind. Since you¡¯re an outsider, don¡¯t stick your nose into this matter. It won¡¯t do you any good.¡±Just as the man finished speaking, the younger man beside him urged, ¡°Quickly, Dad! Stop wasting time talking with this woman! If we don¡¯t move now, I¡¯m afraid Sis¡¯ illness is going to act up! It¡¯ll be bad if people from the Briggs family catch us.¡±Winnie turned to the young man when she heard him speaking.It was then she saw the woman they kidnapped was biting the young man¡¯s arm.Based on how hard he was wincing, she knew the woman¡¯s bite must be powerful. However, the young man didn¡¯t make a sound. An average person would¡¯ve hit the woman to stop the biting, but he didn¡¯t, probably because he didn¡¯t want to hurt the woman.Additionally, the young man just called the kidnapped woman ¡°Sis.¡±It was then Winnie connected the dots. ¡°She was kidnapped to the ind and sold here, right?¡±¡°Yes!¡± The middle-aged man turned back to look at his daughter, whose illness was on the verge of acting up. There was immense pain in his eyes.Without warning, he kneeled in front of Winnie. ¡°I beg you, please don¡¯t shout and let us go. There¡¯s something wrong with my daughter¡¯s brain. When she vanished, my son and I ran around the state before we found her. The Briggs family refused to let her go, so my son and I had no other choice but to do this. As they say, a bad environment breeds bad people. These inders don¡¯t fear the police at all. We have no other choice! If you don¡¯t believe me, we can show you a picture.¡±Then he pulled out a photo from his pocket.It was an old photo with no signs of being photoshopped. Indeed, the image depicted all of them as a family.¡°I beg you; please let us go. We¡¯re running out of time. Her illness is about to act up, so we need to take her to a big hospital as soon as possible to get her medicine!¡± The middle-aged man even lowered his head to the ground as he cried.Seeing that, Winnie suddenly recalled her mother from years ago.Back then, her mother did the same thing, asking for people¡¯s help while kneeling on the ground for her daughter¡¯s sake.¡°Please, stand up.¡± She was touched by the father¡¯s story and returned the picture to him.¡°Thank you! Your kindness will one day be rewarded by the universe!¡± The moment the middle- aged man finished speaking, he rapidly grabbed his children before running to the dock.As for Winnie, she went back the way she came. Now that the woman has been rescued, people from the Briggs family will definitely find out about it. I should go back there and cause a mess.Sadly, she underestimated the inder¡¯s solidarity. Soon after she began her return journey, she saw a group of people heading her way.So, she quickly chased after the middle-aged man. ¡°They¡¯re about to catch up. I saw tens of people heading this way. It won¡¯t be easy dealing with them. How are you all going to leave? Do you have a boat?¡±The man replied, ¡°I do! However, my daughter¡¯s illness is about to act up. If no one keeps an eye on her, she¡¯ll bite her own tongue off. My son needs to watch her, and I alone can¡¯t push the boat.¡±¡°No problem. I can help you push it!¡±¡°Okay, then follow me.¡±Once their conversation concluded, the two of them went to the shore to push the boat.It wasn¡¯t a small vessel, but it wasn¡¯t a big one, either. It was only big enough for three people. The middle-aged man was worried Winnie would be in trouble after his family left, so he asked, ¡°You aren¡¯t an inder, right? Do you want toe with us?¡±¡°No. Your boat isn¡¯t big enough for four people. If I get on your boat, it will probably sink. It¡¯s not worth the risk.¡±¡°Take care then!¡± Frankly, it was already quite cramped with three people on the boat, so it definitely wouldn¡¯t be moving as fast as when there were only two people on it.So, the middle-aged man started throwing stuff from the boat into the sea.After the ship departed for a while, he noticed a bag in his daughter¡¯s embrace. It was probably filled with stuff that she liked back when she was at the Briggs residence.The thought of the Briggs family pissed the man off, so he grabbed the bag and threw it out.The bagnded on the beach and was pushed toward Winnie by a wave.Right after Winnie pushed the boat, the clothes she had tied back together were in shambles again. When she saw the bag next to her leg, she pulled out the clothes inside.However, the clothing was quite¡­ unique.It was big and red, as though it was a wedding attire from thest century.If it weren¡¯t because she was naked, she definitely wouldn¡¯t have worn that piece of clothing.After wearing thatme clothing, she was still unsatisfied, so she tried looking for other clothes inside the bag.However, aside from a few socks with cartoon images on them, a handful of sweets, ab, and a mirror, there was nothing else inside.Those were probably the disabled woman¡¯s treasured items, which was why she hugged them when she slept. Even as she was dragged out of the building by her father and brother, she didn¡¯t let it go.Winnie lifted the mirror and took a look at herself with it.If she hadn¡¯t, she wouldn¡¯t have realized her special makeup had been pretty much destroyed.The silica gel on her face was alreadying apart piece by piece. She looked as though someone had poured acid on her and disfigured her face.Winnie was very disgusted by how she looked, so she decided to remove all the makeup.At that moment, the inders and the Briggs family behind had caught up to her.Because she was wearing the disabled woman¡¯s marriage attire, the Briggs family thought she was that disabled woman.¡°My wife! That¡¯s my wife! I¡¯ve found my wife!¡± Hayden Briggs shouted behind Winnie before running toward her with a limp.The shouting made her feel quite speechless. It¡¯s fine. I¡¯ve already taken off my makeup. Once I show them my true face, they¡¯ll realize they had gotten the wrong person.However, just as she turned back, she saw the fifty-odd-year-old man of the Briggs family squinting at her.Based on the ectropion of his eyeballs, she instantly knew he was terribly short- sighted.So, even if Winnie had restored her original face, the man still wouldn¡¯t be able to tell the difference.He grabbed her hand and immediately dragged her backward. ¡°Come home with me! I¡¯m going to lock you up this time. I¡¯ll see if you still have the guts to run away!¡±At that moment, she was wondering if she should kick the old man or drag him into the sea.Just as she was hesitating, she saw a familiar face among the crowd.He was too tall, so he stood out like a mingo when standing next to the inders. They were all, on average, shorter than one hundred and seventy centimeters.It¡¯s Xavier. I didn¡¯t expect him to follow the crowd. I bet he¡¯s here because he was tracking the mentally challenged woman. Since I¡¯m wearing my own face, and the woman had sessfully left the ind, should I pretend that I was sold here? He did say he would take good care of me for the rest of my life, even if I¡¯m mentally disabled. I think I should use this opportunity to see if he¡¯s trustworthy. After Winnie had made up her mind, she yed along with Hayden and staggered like a feeble idiot.Just as she was prepared to call Xavier ¡°Handsome,¡± she saw him striding toward her.One of his legs was broken, andText ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. there was still a wooden board attached to his calf. He wasn¡¯t holding a crutch either, yet he still moved toward her quickly.It was as though he didn¡¯t hesitate to and wasn¡¯t afraid of oveing the obstacles that stood between them. Silly Bride Chapter 74 Silly Bride Chapter 74 Chapter 74 Xavier walked pretty fast as he almost immediately arrived next to Winnie.She didn¡¯t even see how he pulled Hayden away before he hugged her tightly.The force he exerted with his hug made her feel as though he wanted to morph her into his body.¡°I-I can¡¯t breathe.¡± Winnie felt as if she was going to suffocate. In response, she raised her fist and smashed it on Xavier¡¯s broad back. This is the first thing he wants to do after not seeing me for a long time? Trying to kill me via asphyxiation?That didn¡¯t stop him from hugging her even tighter. He was wholly immersed in his moment with her as he spoke in a hoarse voice. ¡°You¡¯ve finally returned to my side, Dumbo!¡±The inders standing at the side were speechless.¡°Who the f*ck are you? How dare you hug my wife! I¡¯m going to beat you to death today!¡± The middle-aged and short-sighted Hayden scolded as he sat on the ground.He wanted to stand up and snatch his wife back, but before he could do anything, he was lifted into the air.That was because he was carried up by Xavier¡¯s bodyguard effortlessly.¡°Who are you? Let go of me! Otherwise, I¡¯ll hit you! I¡¯m calling for help!¡± After he was hoisted into the air like a chick by the bodyguard, he waved his limbsically in an attempt to hit the bodyguard. However, his efforts were futile.Since Hayden was a scoundrel, he decided to call for help when he couldn¡¯t solve the problem himself. ¡°Spike! Jerry! What are you two standing there for? Come and help me take care of these motherf*ckers! They¡¯re taking my wife away!¡±To the people of Sirona Ind, Xavier and his bodyguard were outsiders. They refused to let outsiders bully one of their own, so dozens of people immediately rushed toward Xavier.When Winnie saw that, she couldn¡¯t help but worry for Xavier, his bodyguard, and his driver. Even if his bodyguard is a nationalbatpetition champion, so many inders here are holding harpoons! How are they going to defeat the inders without weapons?In reality, however, her worries were unfounded.After the driver received a nce from Xavier, he opened the travel bag in his hands and threw cash into the air.None of the inders were interested in fighting anymore as they scrambled to pick up the money thatnded on the ground and their faces.Just like that, a fight with seemingly no chances of victory was quietly ended.Hayden was shocked by the sudden turn of events. ¡°What are you doing? Save me, guys! Save me!¡±It was then Xavier finally let go of Winnie.Then he nced at Hayden coldly and ordered the bodyguard to let the middle-aged man go.The bodyguard did as his employer asked and abruptly released his hands.In an instant, Hayden plopped down on the beach. He wanted to crawl away with a disabled leg, but the bodyguard blocked his path.As if no one else was around, Xavier lowered his head and brushed his finger on Winnie¡¯s face. ¡°No need to be scared. I¡¯ll be right back.¡±Her mouth opened as she detected his intention to beat Hayden up, wanting to tell the man to stop.Thankfully, her mind changed at thest second, and she swiftly pretended to be Dumbo again.However, it had been a long time since she put on that persona, so she felt a little rusty. How did Dumbo act in the past? Should I pull his hand bashfully, or should I be bolder and hug his waist? Hmm, I think I want to take a little more advantage of him. So, right before Xavier left, Winnie quickly hugged his slender waist and pressed her face to his warm chest. ¡°Don¡¯t go over there, Handsome. That guy is so scary.¡±As he listened to her aggrieved words, Xavier¡¯s breathing stop for a second. My Dumbo is afraid of that d*mn man. What the hell has he done to her?Tears welled in his eyes a little before he clearly felt a blood vessel bursting inside. His fist tightened with even more force.Despite that, his voice was softer and gentler than ever before. ¡°Be good, Winnie. I¡¯m not afraid of him. I¡¯ll help you teach him a lesson. If you¡¯re scared, just close your eyes.¡±She was rendered speechless. What? Does he not know he has a broken leg? He walked over here like his injury wasn¡¯t there at all earlier. Is he going to use that leg to kick that guy too?¡°Handsome.¡± In resignation, Winnie tightened her arms fiercely and locked his waist in ce. ¡°Don¡¯t go over there. I can see that your leg¡¯s hurt, Handsome. Please don¡¯t move around anymore, okay?¡±¡°Dumbo¡­ Are you caring about me right now? You¡¯re not afraid of me or think that I¡¯m disgusting anymore?¡± With reddish eyes, Xavier loosened up his fists after listening to what she said. Then he patted her head with his big, gentle hands.She dawdled for a bit before nodding. ¡°Mmhm. I care about you, Handsome. I¡¯m not afraid of you anymore. When you weren¡¯t by my side, I missed you a lot.¡±¡°Winnie¡­¡± With the person he had been missing day and night in his embrace, he could no longer control himself. Upon lowering his head, he kissed her lips violently. ¡°Don¡¯t lie to me. I¡¯ll believe everything you say.¡±Winnie uttered innocently, ¡°I¡¯m not lying! You need to believe me, Handsome!¡±¡°Okay, I believe you.¡± Xavier bent his waist and hugged her tightly with one arm. At the same time, he used his other hand to pick up a piece of silica gel on her neck that she had used for the special makeup.She didn¡¯t realize he was doing it because she suddenly felt exhausted.The injury on her shoulder given by the man who came searching for his daughter earlier was still painful.Ever since Winnie arrived on the ind, she had been running, using a lot of energy. It was only normal that she was tired.asionally, she would want to find someone to rest on when she was tired or hurt. This hug feels pretty good.¡°Let¡¯s go back quickly, Handsome. I¡¯m tired. I want to sleep,¡± she said.¡°Okay, I¡¯ll take you somewhere to rest,¡± Xavier replied.¡°Mmhm, I want you to carry me.¡± That request of hers was made intentionally. Although she knew his leg was broken, she was currently ying the persona of Dumb, who didn¡¯t know much of anything.Initially, she thought he would tell her that he was already having a difficult time walking due to his broken leg, which was why he couldn¡¯t carry anyone.To her surprise, not only did he not reject her request, but he also bent down in front of her. ¡°I¡¯ll carry you on my back. Is that okay?¡±Winnie was rendered speechless.¡°Mr. Fairchild, your leg¡­¡± The bodyguard standing at the side couldn¡¯t stay quiet any longer. ¡°Your leg is still injured. You¡¯re in no shape to carry anyone.¡±Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 75 Silly Bride Chapter 75 Chapter 75 Since the bodyguard had opened up an opportunity for Winnie to rescind her request, she changed her tune. ¡°Ah, I¡¯m sorry, Handsome. I forgot your leg¡¯s injured. I don¡¯t want you to carry me anymore. How about I carry you instead?¡±As she spoke, she bent down in front of Xavier.He patted her head. There was a look of affection, joy of regaining something precious back, and possessiveness in his eyes. ¡°There¡¯s no way you can carry me on your back, Dumbo.¡±¡°Then I¡¯ll help you walk!¡± Winnie couldn¡¯t bear to let him carry her with a broken leg, so she reluctantly decided to be nice to him.¡°What should we do with him, Mr. Fairchild?¡± The bodyguard pointed at Hayden.Xavier¡¯s ncended on Winnie first before he said, ¡°Teach him a lesson that he¡¯ll never forget. The rest will wait after we leave the ind.¡±¡°Understood!¡± The bodyguard promptly dragged Hayden to a remote location.With Winnie¡¯s and the driver¡¯sbined help, Xavier was able to leave the beach.The driver directly sent him and Winnie to the local hospital.Initially, she didn¡¯t want to visit the doctor, but Xavier insisted. Additionally, when the doctor was giving her a checkup, he was guarding the door outside. Despite his severe leg injury, he refused to go first.It wasn¡¯t until the result of her check-up had been released that his tightly furrowed eyebrows rxed.Winnie acted pitifully when she saw him. ¡°My shoulder is in pain, Handsome. I want you to blow my pain away.¡±Basically, she wanted him to blow on her injury as though she was a child ying house.Even though it was childish, Xavier went along with it without hesitation after the look in his eyes darkened. ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll do that after we go back.¡±Winnie stared at him silently. Something¡¯s not right. When I teased him in the past, he¡¯d at least try to hold himself back. Now, it seems like he has changed, as though he had been freed from an invisible shackle.¡°Are you feeling pain anywhere else?¡± He gripped her hand tightly and focused all his attention on her face.With a silly smile, she shook her head. ¡°No. The doctor said I¡¯m fine.¡±¡°Good.¡± Xavier gently touched her face. ¡°It seems like Hayden didn¡¯t do much to you.¡±What he said sounded really weird to her, even though there didn¡¯t seem to be anything off about the statement on the surface.¡°Now it¡¯s your turn to have your leg examined, Handsome.¡± Winnie hugged his arm and tried to push his wheelchair into the emergency room from earlier.He smiled. ¡°I need to go to the orthopedics department to treat my broken leg, silly. When I go inside for a checkup, just wait outside and don¡¯t go anywhere else, okay?¡±Her eyes sparkled as she nodded. ¡°Okay!¡±After arriving at the orthopedics department, the driver was going to apany Xavier. However, he was asked to leave the room by thetter.¡°I want you to keep a close eye on her. Get a nurse to follow her if she goes into the restroom,¡± Xavier ordered.Winnie did need to relieve herself. So, soon after he went into the doctor¡¯s office, she went to the restroom.Before she returned, Xavier¡¯s bodyguard arrived.It was then Xavier exited the room because he needed to go for an X-ray soon.When the bodyguard saw his employer, he immediately approached him.¡°How¡¯s Hayden?¡± Xavier asked.¡°He told me everything, including things that he probably shouldn¡¯t.¡± Since the information was pretty private, the bodyguard bent down and whispered into his employer¡¯s ear. ¡°Mrs. Fairchild¡­ She was bought by the Briggs family two days ago. It matches the information Calvert gave us. It seems like he¡¯s not lying to us on that part. Also, ording to Hayden, he had already¡­¡± The bodyguard found it difficult to finish the sentence.As Xavier¡¯s eyebrows furrowed, he had a pretty good guess of what the bodyguard was saying. With a darkened expression, he urged, ¡°Continue.¡± A troubled look was visible on the bodyguard¡¯s face as he continued, ¡°H-He said he had slept with her. Not only that, he often treated her violently. Two of her fingers were broken, and there are injuries on her legs.¡±¡°Her fingers were broken, and there are injuries on her legs?¡± Xavier frowned. ¡°What about her shoulder? Did he mention an injury on the shoulder?¡±¡°That¡­¡± The bodyguard pondered and replied, ¡°No, he didn¡¯t.¡±¡°Aside from the Briggs family, did anyone on the ind see the mentally disabled wife Hayden bought?¡±¡°No. ording to Hayden, he had been keeping her in the house since he bought her. When people asked about her, he would say she was introduced by a matchmaker. So, the inders should have never seen her face before until today on the beach.¡±¡°Okay, got it.¡± Xavier tapped his finger on his knees instinctively as he fell into deep thought. Dumbo didn¡¯t have any other injuries aside from the one on her shoulder, though. There were no signs of her fingers being broken.¡°Also, I¡¯ve set up a new phone on my way back here, Mr. Fairchild. Do you want to give Mr. Tanser a call?¡±¡°Yes.¡±The call soon connected. Louis immediately knew it was from Xavier. ¡°Hello? Is that you, Mr. Fairchild? Are you all right?¡±¡°Yes, it¡¯s me. I¡¯m all right.¡± Xavier put the phone next to his ear. ¡°There was a minor incidentst night, and we had to board a fishing vessel. Are you all still on the sea?¡±¡°Yes. I arrived at theN?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. destination on time, but I still didn¡¯t see you or anyone else when the ship left. I was worried that something had happened to you, so I¡¯ve been looking around. Someone called for the coast guard because they were on the move, but I don¡¯t know who. However, they didn¡¯t find anything, so I thought something had happened to you. Where are you right now? Do I need to send someone to pick you up?¡±¡°No need.¡± Xavier ordered, ¡°All you need to do is cooperate with the coast guard to look for me. If they can¡¯t find my body within forty-eight hours, they¡¯ll dere me missing. During that period, you just need to keep a close eye on Fairchild Corporation and report everything Stuart and Zyon do to me.¡±¡°So, you¡¯re saying we should use this opportunity to bait them?¡±¡°That¡¯s right. Just do as I say. Also, Calvert is a mole. If you find him, tell me where he is.¡±¡°Detective Wood is someone working under Zyon¡¯s family?¡± That revtion shocked Louis. ¡°What about Mrs. Fairchild? Do I need to send more people to find her?¡±¡°No need. Just do what I said earlier.¡±Once the call ended, Xavier didn¡¯t immediately go to the X-ray room. Instead, he sat in his wheelchair and waited for Winnie¡¯s return.His appearance and demeanor were so exceptional that just by sitting there, with a wooden board attached to his calf, he was able to attract a lot of attention, especially from thedies.The moment Winnie left the restroom, she saw a pretty young woman asking him for his contact number.Thus, she stood and watched the scene y out silently. I¡¯m curious about what he¡¯ll do. In the past, he refused to let Yulissa or me, when I was ying as his caretaker, touch him. He said he would only let his wife touch him. Now that a young, prettydy is asking him for his contact when his wife isn¡¯t around, how will he deal with this?Secondster, she saw Xavier close his eyes coldly and ignore the woman. He didn¡¯t even utter a phrase or a word of rejection.It wasn¡¯t hurtful, but it was humiliating.The young woman didn¡¯t want to give up as she coquettishly showed him her QR code. ¡°Come on, handsome. It¡¯s just WhatsApp. Don¡¯t worry. I absolutely won¡¯t disturb¡ª¡±Before she could finish her sentence, he pped her phone to the ground.Winnie was baffled. He¡¯s still the same guy I remember. Back when I tried to take off his shirt while pretending as a caretaker, he pped me. Guess now I know what ¡°keeping oneself pure¡± means. Silly Bride Chapter 76 Silly Bride Chapter 76 Chapter 76 From N?velDrama.Org. However, that¡¯s not good enough. More testing is needed to see if he really doesn¡¯t mind that his wife is a mentally challenged woman. Winnie shook away her interest in watching the drama and hopped toward Xavier.¡°Did the doctor check your leg, Handsome? Can you walk now?¡± she asked innocently as she almost pulled him up.As he stared at Winnie, confusion filled his mind.Even though he wanted to ask his questions, he found it difficult to do so.That was because he was afraid if he did, he would lose her again.At that moment, he only wanted Winnie to stay by his side.He didn¡¯t want to go back to the days when he felt empty and couldn¡¯t see the light at the end of a very dark tunnel.¡°No, I can¡¯t walk yet.¡± Xavier¡¯s eyes were fixed on her as he uttered in a hoarse and deep voice. He appeared as though he didn¡¯t want to look away from her.¡°However, you can sit on me. Even if I¡¯m in a wheelchair right now, I can still take you to wherever you want to go.¡± As he spoke, he suddenly pulled her hand, intending to make her sit on hisp in front of everyone.That stunt shocked her. This is the hospital, not Lagune Mansion! Is he so shameless that he¡¯s willing to ignore all the peopleing in and out of the hospital?¡°No, I¡¯ll hurt you, Handsome! I want to sit on a chair!¡± Winnie eximed and immediately sat on a nearby chair.The young woman who was asking for Xavier¡¯s WhatsApp earlier immediately approached Winnie. ¡°Hey, sweetie, is he your brother?¡±¡°Mmhm!¡± Winnie nodded. ¡°That¡¯s right, pretty lady. He¡¯s my Handsome!¡±The young woman briefly studied Winnie with curiosity before she noticed something was off about Winnie. ¡°Why are you talking like that? You don¡¯t seem that much younger compared to me. But, whatever. Since you¡¯re his sister, you can call me whatever you want. How about we be friends?¡±Of course, Winnie understood what the woman was trying to do. The woman didn¡¯t want to give up on Xavier and wanted to use her as a way to get closer to him.¡°Sure!¡± A bright smile appeared on Winnie¡¯s face. ¡°However, if you want to be my friend, you have to buy candy for me.¡±¡°No problem. It¡¯s just candy. You can have as much as you want!¡± the young woman gleefully agreed.Xavier¡¯s expression darkened as he listened to the conversation at the side. I can¡¯t believe my Dumbo is going to sell me out for a few pieces of candy!Displeasure filled his heart before he immediately reached his hand out toward her. ¡°Come here. Don¡¯t sit so far away from me.¡±Winnie blinked at him before turning to the youngdy.Then she apologized in a tender tone, ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but Handsome is calling for me.¡±Xavier instantly frowned and abruptly corrected her in a serious manner. ¡°Winnie, don¡¯t call me that in the future. You need to call me Hubby. Remember, I am your husband.¡±That rendered Winnie speechless.The young woman was shocked. ¡°What? You two are married?¡±¡°What?¡± He was pretty pissed when he heard the young woman¡¯s doubt. ¡°Do I need to show you our marriage certificate?¡± ¡°No¡­¡± The young woman turned to Winnie, slightly dumbstruck. ¡°You should¡¯ve said something if you¡¯re married to him! Why did you say he¡¯s your brother? Are you messing with me? Is that funny to you two?¡±¡°Watch your tone!¡± Xavier stared at the young woman coldly. ¡°Who do you think you¡¯re talking to?¡±In an instant, his cold and intimidating aura shook her.Even though his appearance did not change, she felt as if he had suddenly be another person who was filled with murderous intent.While she didn¡¯t have the guts to stay any longer, she was still pretty upset.Before she left, she muttered, ¡°I can¡¯t believe a handsome man like him has a mentally challenged woman as a wife!¡±Despite her tiny voice, Xavier still heard what she said. No one insults my wife, especially in front of me!Before anyone could react to the situation, he suddenly stood up from his wheelchair and grabbed the back of the young woman¡¯s neck.¡°Apologize to my wife right now.¡± He tightened his grip. ¡°I won¡¯t allow anyone to insult my wife. You¡¯re a woman, so I¡¯m not going to hit you so easily. However, I have a hundred other ways to teach you how to be a better person.¡±The young woman didn¡¯t expect the man sitting in the wheelchair could stand up, much less act that violently.Fear struck her heart. ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll apologize. Please just let me go.¡±Xavier pushed the young woman toward Winnie. ¡°Apologize to her right now!¡±¡°I¡¯m sorry!¡± the young woman apologized in front of Winnie without dy. ¡°I shouldn¡¯t have badmouthed you like that. Please forgive me!¡±Winnie imperceptibly raised her eyebrow. While her eyes were sparkling, and she was smiling, her tone was undeniably authoritative. ¡°It¡¯s no problem. You just need to watch your mouth next time. Otherwise, Handsome may just beat you up. One time, someone came to my room to bully me, and he was sent to the hospital after Handsome beat him up.¡±With the most innocent tone, she uttered the most violent words. With Winnie¡¯s and Xavier¡¯s good cop, bad cop act, they were able to scare the young woman away.Winnie was quite satisfied with Xavier¡¯s performance.In reality, she always thought he was a pretty good man. Aside from that time when he brought Yulissa back, she didn¡¯t notice anything particrly bad about him.After having the ster reapplied on his leg, Xavier brought Winnie to a seaside mansion.That shocked Winnie. With the amount of money he has, shouldn¡¯t he have booked a cruise ship taking us back to the city? Why are we here at a mansion?She stood behind Xavier¡¯s wheelchair and stared at the sea through the floor-to-ceiling window. ¡°Is this your house too, Handsome? Are we living here?¡±¡°No, but I can buy this ce if you like,¡± he answered.The window faintly reflected her face. Thus, when he stared at the window, he felt as though he saw her eyebrows were furrowing for a moment.She clearly didn¡¯t look like a mentally disabled woman when there were noticeable emotional changes on her face. It was different from how she was before.¡°Did you remember what I told you at the hospital earlier, Winnie?¡± Xavier said.¡°Which one?¡± There were a lot of things he said in the hospital, so Winnie had no idea what he was referring to.¡°That we¡¯re a couple, and I¡¯m your husband. Do you remember that?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 77 Silly Bride Chapter 77 Chapter 77 Winnie was left speechless.She wondered if the man would argue with her over a nickname for the rest of the day.¡°But Handsome, what is the meaning of hubby?¡±Xavier sneakily smirked, for he already anticipated that she would ask naively.He dragged the woman closer to him and patted hisp. ¡°Sit here, and I¡¯ll exin to you.¡±His request had Winnie speechless once more. ¡°Handsome, I thought your legs were broken? Can I even sit on yourp?¡±¡°Of course you can. These are just some minor bone fractures. Come here and let me get a hold of you.¡± His tone gradually turned deeper and hoarser as Xavier spoke.As Winnie had a fetish for voices, she particrly loved this deep yet sexy voice.She sighed inwardly.Had I known, I wouldn¡¯t have kicked his leg that hard on that night. There was no need for me to break his leg.Despite that, the woman still sat on the man¡¯sp. After all, she was no saint as to turn such a beautiful man down.¡°Handsome¡­¡± Winnie wrapped her arms around Xavier¡¯s neck and pressed her forehead against his, her voice soft and gentle.¡°What is a hubby? Can a hubby do what you¡¯re doing right now? Hugging Winnie and protecting her at all cost and at any time?¡±¡°Yes¡­¡± Xavier had obviously overestimated himself.He thought he would be able to reason with her properly by having her sitting on hisp.The truth, however, proved him wrong.When she got closer to him, his heart started pumping rapidly. He felt his every drop of blood and every breath he breathed were all boiling hot.He could not take it anymore.He could not stand her being that close to him, and being close to him was not enough for him.He wanted to be with her. Be it being a part of her or merging with her, the lust in him erupted fierily.Under the influence of such overwhelming and untamed power, he pinned his hand behind her head and pressed himself against her.After a series of rampaging kisses, the man finally quenched his thirst, and his actions turned gentle.In the end, they both were panting.At the same time, Xavier¡¯s perfectly shaped nose was leaning against Winnie¡¯s nose tip. ¡°Remember, this is something only a hubby can do to his wife, Winnie. I¡¯m your hubby, and you¡¯re my wife. I¡¯m the only one who can kiss you, hug you closely, and own you. Dumbo, you heard me? Talk to me.¡±Winnie was still gasping for air.What kind of exnation is this? Is this even what a hubby is supposed to mean? She did not answer him, and she was unwilling to answer.If he wants to be my hubby, he has toText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. present more of himself, for that was too simple.However, Xavier would not stop until he received an answer.¡°Hurry. Call me Hubby.¡±¡°Handsome.¡±¡°I don¡¯t want to be Handsome or whatsoever. We¡¯re husband and wife. Call me Hubby.¡±Winnie, however, yed the stupid card and refused to change how she addressed him.Xavier was upset by it, but he could not bring himself to force it on her.However, since she refused to address him in the way he wanted to, he would remain upset, which resulted in him kissing her endlessly.From her forehead to her eyes, nose tip, lips, chin, and cheeks, there was no part of her that he did not yearn for.As he unbuttoned the first button on her blouse with his teeth, Winnie suddenly asked, ¡°Handsome, I¡¯m curious. It¡¯s been a long time since Ist met you, but you didn¡¯t ask me why I was here. Why?¡± Xavier¡¯s movements froze in a split second.He raised his head and nce at Winnie.Confusion was still present in her eyes, but this time, there was a hint of calmness.When he looked into her eyes, she was looking back at him.It felt as if she was prying, trying to look for something, or perhaps nning something.All of these traits did not belong to the previous Dumbo.¡°What are you trying to tell me, Winnie?¡± Xavier suddenly felt a sense of insecurity.Winnie pouted. ¡°Handsome, I wanted to go to Grandpa Rufus¡¯ to attend his birthday party, but you wanted to divorce me.¡±¡°Stop,¡± Xavier interrupted immediately. ¡°I wasn¡¯t thinking straight back then. I will not divorce you. Forget about what happened that day.¡±¡°But I can¡¯t, Handsome. It hurt so much that day. You¡¯re a bad person. I was so sad that I went hiking but was pushed down the hill by Kiki.¡±¡°Kiki? Are you referring to Kylie? She¡¯s the one who pushed you?¡± Xavier frowned deeply. This darned Gand! How dare she!¡°Yes.¡± The aggrieved Winnie sniffled. ¡°It¡¯s Kiki. She¡¯s jealous of me, so she wanted me dead. After falling from the hill, I fell into a river and was rescued by someone. Handsome, look. My arms are injured, and they haven¡¯t recovered until now.¡±As she exined, Winnie rolled her sleeves up to reveal her arms.There were, indeed, plenty of minor injuries, and they were the injuries she suffered after being pushed down the hill by Kylie.Seeing this, the heartbroken Xavier was overwhelmed by the guilt he felt.¡°I¡¯m sorry. It¡¯s all my fault. I¡¯m not a good person. I allowed such a tragedy to happen to you.¡± Xavier held onto Winnie¡¯s hands, nting gentle kisses on her arms.Seeing how his reaction, Winnie suddenly recalled the night at Lagune Mansion.This man sat beside her bed in the middle of the night and forcefully kissed her.He only stopped after she gave him a bite on his lips, causing him to bleed.That night, he had also apologized in a simr way.Ha, history is repeating itself.After kissing every injury on her arms, the man raised his head and asked, ¡°What happenedter? Why didn¡¯t you come back to me? Do you know your granny has been looking for you? How did you even end up here on this ind?¡±Winnie found herself choked by his questions.There was no way she would be telling him she no longer wanted her identity as Dumbo, so she decided to go missing. It was also impossible for her to reveal that it was part of her n for Jacinta to live in the Fairchild residence. On top of that, she could also never reveal that she was now on that ind because she had been by his side all this time.No, there¡¯s no way I can confess everything in one go.Hence, she shook her head, pretending as if she was clueless about the questions.¡°I don¡¯t know. I can¡¯t remember. Please stop asking, Handsome.¡±All it took was a single drop of tear and a saddened expression to have Xavier surrender.¡°Okay. I¡¯ll stop asking.¡±That night, Winnie fell asleep on Xavier¡¯s arm.After Winnie fell asleep soundly, Xavier raised his hand and covered the lower part of her face.With only her eyes exposed, she looked absurdly familiar to him after he observed her carefully.It was also at this moment that his newly bought phone rang.Looking at the phone, he hurriedly hung up and typed out a message: Text me. It¡¯s not convenient to call right now. Silly Bride Chapter 78 Silly Bride Chapter 78 Chapter 78 On the other side of the phone, Josiah immediately texted Xavier after receiving his message.Josiah: What¡¯s going on? Louis told me you¡¯re safe from harm now, so how is it inconvenient for you to pick up my call?Xavier stole a nce at the woman sleeping peacefully in his arms and kissed her on her forehead, not resisting his urges.He texted again after that: You probably shouldn¡¯t be asking because a man who is still single won¡¯t understand.Josiah replied: What the hell! What are you trying to tell me? You can¡¯t possibly have found that little Dumbo of yours on that ind, can you? I thought you told Louis something¡¯s suspicious about Calvert! The news he gave you is real, after all? Xavier: It¡¯splicated. I¡¯ll talk to you about this in detail once I¡¯m back. Also, do me a favor. Perform an investigation on that Paulina. The fake Paulina.Josiah: But we¡¯ve already tried to find out more about her, did we not? We couldn¡¯t get anything because she was too mysterious. By the way, she went after you that night in the hospital because she felt something was off after you left. Did you see her? Did shee looking for you?Xavier stole another nce at the woman sleeping beside him.In his text to Josiah, Xavier typed and deleted his text several times before he finally texted: Yes, I did see her.Josiah: Oh. So she¡¯s fine?Recalling the bruises on Winnie¡¯s shoulder, Xavier frowned and replied: She was a little bruised, but it¡¯s all right.Speaking of which, he remembered being thrown into the ocean with heavy metal weights tied to him. This woman called Paulina risked her life saving him and even performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on him.Hence, he texted: She saved me.Josiah: Not bad. You¡¯re lucky enough because you took her things. She said that thing is her family heirloom, and she wouldn¡¯t go all the way there to save you if it weren¡¯t because of that.Is that so? Xavier frowned, for he did not remember taking something that belonged to her.Did she reallye to my rescue just because of something I had never seen?He was unconvinced.Paulina and Dumbo might be the same people.With that slightly odd-looking face of Paulina, the silica gel on Dumbo¡¯s neck, how their timeline coincidentally merged, and how Dumbo could express what she wanted to say despite looking dumb and naive, the clues were pointing toward the same truth, where Paulina and Dumbo were the same people.But why is she pretending to be dumb? Why is she disguising herself as Paulina to get close to me? And what¡¯s all this with the family heirloom? What was she looking for in my house?There were so many questions unanswered that Xavier was eager to bite the woman awake to answer his questions.However, he was afraid because he saw the decisiveness Paulina disyed.When Winnie went missing, Paulina appeared, which meant that the woman knew he had never stopped looking for Winnie.She watched him suffer all the while but never decided to show up.When he threatened Paulina to rescue Yulissa with him, he lied to her about nting a bomb on her bulletproof vest.Yet, Paulina decisively left him when someone threw a smoke bomb.When Winnie was Dumbo, she was naive and pure. However, when she was not, she was firm and decisive.However, at that time, he had no idea that Paulina was his Dumbo.If he had known it sooner, there was no way he would threaten and scare her with the bomb. Now, no matter what, he would not dare to cross Paulina¡¯s¡ªor Winnie¡¯s, for that matter¡ªbottom line, for he knew once he did that, she would leave unhesitatingly.As for Xavier, he no longer wanted to experience the torment of losing her again.He told himself long ago that he would still want her, even if she stayed a fool for the rest of her life.If she was not, he would want her even more.¡°Winnie.¡± With a frown, Xavier hovered his finger on Winnie¡¯s face and traced the outline of her facial features. ¡°You¡¯ll tell me the truth someday, right?¡±Life on the ind was rxing and peaceful. Ever since she returned to Chanaea, it was the first time Winnie could bathe herself under the warm sunlight on the beach.Sitting somewhere close to her was Xavier, barbequing some food.It all happened because the woman said she was craving chicken in a spoiled manner. As a result, Xavier had the driver and bodyguards set up a barbeque pit.Winnie did not bother about helping. All she did was build sand castles and swipe her phone.A moment ago, she finally managed to get in touch with Christopher, but he quickly left the conversation to deal with his affairs, leaving her questions unanswered.For this reason, Winnie was a little upset. As she still had her phone in her hand, she had nothing else to do. Upon seeing Xavier being busy in front of the barbeque pit, she switched on the camera feature and took a few photos of Xavier without a thought.She wondered how the social media would react if she posted the photos of the CEO of Fairchild Corporation making barbequed chicken for her with his sleeves rolled up while sitting in a wheelchair.Hehe, this angle in this photo is pretty good. I can see all the muscles on his arms. This photo is also good. His shirt is a little wet, so it¡¯s sticking to his body that I can almost see his abs. This one is amazing! The lighting is so great that it further amplified his pretty facial features! Every shot is taken randomly, but they¡¯re so good as if they¡¯re edited!The bored Winnie started scrolling through the photos of Xavier that she just took.Just as she wasmenting on them inwardly, a shadow suddenly towered over her.What she heard next was Xavier¡¯s voice.He sounded as if he was in a good mood. ¡°You¡¯re taking photos of me?¡±Winnie almost failed to resist the urge to put her phone away, feeling as though she had been caught red-handed. Yet, she soon convinced herself.So what if I did? There¡¯s nothing to feel guilty about.Hence, she shoved her phone toward Xavier¡¯s face and uttered, ¡°Handsome, look! You¡¯re so handsome in the photos! You¡¯re the most handsome man I¡¯ve ever seen!¡±Happy with what he heard, the man reached a hand out and gently stroked her head. ¡°How many times do I have to tell you I¡¯m your hubby, not Handsome?¡±Pretending as if she heard nothing, Winnie reached her hand toward the te in Xavier¡¯s hand.¡°Oh! The chicken wings are ready! I want to have some!¡±¡°Why are you in such a hurry? At least wait for me to sit down first.¡± Xavier hurled his cane to the side and prepared to sit beside Winnie.Seeing his broken leg, Winnie helped him to sit down. ¡°Be careful of your leg, Handsome!¡±Xavier was delighted that she decided to help. Even though she refused to address him as her husband, she still cared about him.He gave the te to Winnie, and after a thought, he reached his hand toward her. ¡°Give me your phone.¡±At his words, Winnie froze as she stared at him with widened eyes. ¡°Why do you want my phone, Handsome?¡±He can¡¯t possibly notice I¡¯m talking to Christopher, right?N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. Silly Bride Chapter 79 Silly Bride Chapter 79 Chapter 79 From N?velDrama.Org. Xavier let out a chuckle that carried a tinge of affection. ¡°We¡¯re taking photos. What else can it be?¡±Xavier, who never epted any interviews from the press, could not remember when was thest time he took a picture.Truth be told, he never liked doing so. Just sitting without moving or posing while standing had always been difficult for him.Nevertheless, he felt the sudden urge to take a photo with the woman next to him so that he could record the moment they spent together for eternity.¡°Give me your phone,¡± Xavier urged when he saw Winnie still engrossed with her chicken wings.¡°Help yourself, Handsome. Don¡¯t disrupt me from my food.¡±Only then did Xavier reach out to take her phone. ¡°What¡¯s your passcode?¡±Despite hearing the question, Winnie could not be bothered to answer.Is he actually asking a retard for a passcode? Would a retard give it to him? Didn¡¯t he just buy the phone for me today? Or¡­Winnie knitted her brows slightly. Has he noticed something?Putting down the bone, Winnie picked up the grilled mutton skewers. While eating, she would openly observe Xavier¡¯s expression.However, nothing was suspicious about how earnestly he was looking at the picture.In spite of that, he was no fool. There was no way he was oblivious to the ws in her story about how she suddenly appeared on the ind.But so what if he¡¯s aware of them?All that mattered to her was that she was happy and could achieve her objective.¡°Handsome, have some.¡± Since she did not like the fatty parts, she decided to give them to him.Xavier was never keen on grilled food. Hence, he felt an inherent sense of resistance when Winnie held the mutton up to his mouth.Even so, upon seeing the look of anticipation in her eyes, he relented by opening his mouth, despite knowing that this was nothing but an act.Even though he felt the meat was too tough, spicy, and rich for him, he still swallowed it in the end.After that, he pulled her into his arms and began taking selfies like the inexperienced photographer that he was.Not only did he fail to pick a good angle, but his expression also looked rigid all the time.in fact, it was so awkward that Winnie felt the urge to hire a professional photographer to do it.¡°Handsome, you need to smile to look good in photos. Just do as I do.¡±While Winnie patiently smiled at the camera, Xavier just gawked at her like an idiot, almost causing the woman to burst her vessel.Does he even know how to take a picture? Just get it over with and give me back my phone. I still need to continue discussing business with Christopher.In the end, she decided to snatch back her phone and pressed the button for consecutive shots. In the midst of doing so, she swiftly stole a kiss from him with her lips still oily from eating.The slightly mysophobic Xavier would never allow his face to be stained by oil. At the very least, that was how it was in the past.Now, he was not bothered by it at all.He knew that she had stopped kissing him on her own ord ever since he kept his distance from her, brought Yulissa back to spite her, and was addressed by her as ¡°Mr. Xavier.¡±However, on that very day, the oily kiss she nted on his cheek felt like a signal to him.Reaching an arm out, he wrapped it around her waist.Caught by surprise, Winnie stumbled forward into his tight embrace.Blinking her eyes, she waved her phone at him. ¡°Handsome, now that we have taken the pictures, would you like to see them?¡±With a darkened gaze, Xavier leaned closer to her. ¡°Can I? Can I kiss you?¡±Ahh¡­ I just love the look in his eyes and raspy voice. If only I had a whip in my hand, I¡¯d make sure he groveled at my feet. But forget it. I no longer need to y such games. Throwing her phone aside, Winnie raised her hands to touch his ears, which were already red just from her kiss.Amidst the soft sand below them, she could feel hisrge hand on the back of her head.To her, there was nothing more pleasurable and exhrating than being with a desirable man, surrounded by the blue sky and turquoise ocean.It was not until she got a grip of her hormones that Winnie turned around to pick up her phone.Although it was on silent mode, she noticed the message light blinking and figured that it was likely from Christopher.She then sat up with her back facing Xavier.All of a sudden, a pair of hands grabbed her by the waist and pulled her back. Before she knew it, she was cocooned in a warm embrace.Xavier rested his chin on top of her head. ¡°Are you happy staying here? If you are, let¡¯s remain here for a few more days and just ignore everything else.¡±¡°I am. I¡¯m happy spending every moment with you, replied Winnie, fiddling with his hand.Unexpectedly, his grip around her waist tightened.Holding her in a tight embrace, he added in a deep voice, ¡°Don¡¯t lie to me, Dumbo, for I truly believe everything you say.¡±Winnie¡¯s mouth was left agape.His words sound familiar. I feel as if I¡¯ve heard the exact same thing recently. What does he mean by it? I¡¯m sure he now knows I¡¯m ¡°Paulina,¡± and the fact that I¡¯m pretending to be a fool.After pondering for a moment, she let go of his fingers and turned around.¡°Since when have you known¡ª¡±Just when she was about toe clean, the driver suddenly came over.¡°Mr. Fairchild, I have bad news. Someone from the Briggs family led the ind¡¯s residents over here. They were so despicable, as they asked an olddy to attack us. The bodyguard hurt his eyes because of that.¡±Xavier¡¯s brows furrowed the moment he heard the report.Immediately, he grabbed his cane and stood up before ordering the driver, ¡°Take me there.¡±Winnie, too, got to her feet.When Xavier saw her swollen red lips, he could not help but want to leave his mark on her. Lowering his head, he held the back of her head and gave her another passionate kiss.When he was done, he instructed, ¡°Stay here and don¡¯t go out.¡±¡°All right.¡± Winnie had no desire to continue her act. ¡°Please be careful.¡±Xavier was stunned by the sudden change in her temperament, for she was no longer the Dumbo he knew.If the driver had not interrupted them, she would have revealed the truth to him.He nodded in acknowledgment. ¡°I will. Just wait here for me.¡±With that, he turned around and walked toward the mansion.It was not until he was gone that Winnie took out her phone and went through Christopher¡¯s messages.When she was frolicking with Xavier on the beach, Christopher had sent her a few messages. A couple of them were long and required her undivided attention to read through.Just as she was doing so, Xavier turned back to look at her.After all, she was everything to him. There was no way he was going to leave without looking back.However, the moment he did, he realized she was not looking at him.It¡¯s just been a few seconds, and she¡¯s already engrossed in her phone. Who sent her the message? Is it a man or a woman? What is their rtionship?As burning questions began flooding his mind, he felt suffocated by them¡ªa sensation that he hated.He wanted her to look at him as if he was the only person who mattered.Driven by his possessiveness, Xavier strode back to Winnie¡¯s side.Fortunately, she turned off her screen in the nick of time. ¡°What is it?¡±¡°Nothing much.¡± Xavier took a deep breath as he leaned his head against her forehead, exining in a deep voice, ¡°I was just missing you and want you to always be by my side. Winnie, you have to come with me.¡± Silly Bride Chapter 80 Silly Bride Chapter 80 Chapter 80 ¡°Sure.¡± Cocking her brow slightly, Winnie put her phone away. ¡°Whatever you say, Handsome.¡±Despite how her eyes glistened as she spoke, they still carried a tinge of mischief within them.The look in her eyes jolted Xavier, as he suddenly felt a gaping distance between them, even though she was standing right before him at arm¡¯s length.¡°Hold my hand tightly.¡± Looking at Winnie, Xavier could not help but furrow his brows.His hands were indeed a sight to behold. With arge palm, slender fingers, and the right proportion of bones and muscles, anyone with a hand fetish would definitely feel their knees buckle.His face was not the only part of him that Winnie admired. Naturally, it also included his perfect- looking hands.Smiling, she did more than just hold his hand tightly. One by one, she threaded her fingers in between his.As for her smile, it brimmed with such charm that it stunned Xavier on his feet.When she was a fool, she was already capable of mesmerizing me to the extent of losing control. Now that she isn¡¯t, is she going to seduce my entire being from me? She even took the initiative to sp her fingers with mine. Does she even know what she¡¯s doing? Given that she¡¯s not really a retard, she must be aware of what¡¯s going on the entire time.If it was not for the loudmotion coming from the mansion, he would have hugged her in his tight embrace and kissed her until she was breathlessly whispering sweet nothings in his ear.In the end, he managed to keep his urges in check. Holding her dainty hands tightly, he strode to the mansion together with her.The moment they arrived, they saw the bodyguard washing his eyes at the pond outside the backdoor.Xavier frowned at the sight. ¡°What did they throw at you? Do you need to go to the hospital?¡±¡°It¡¯s fine, Mr. Fairchild. It¡¯s just sand. Anyway, I have already locked the main door. It will keep them out for the time being.¡±The bodyguard had barely finished when he inquired, ¡°Should we call the police? It¡¯s quite the mob out there.¡±¡°No,¡± Xavier rejected the bodyguard¡¯s suggestion.Once they made a police report, Zyon and the others would be able to find out about it immediately since the police station¡¯swork was now linked to the inte.Therefore, he did not want to do it for fear of having his n disrupted.¡°Bring me my wheelchair,¡± Xavier ordered the driver, who did as he was told.Subsequently, he wheeled Xavier out to the front.Throughout the entire episode, Xavier did not let go of Winnie¡¯s hand at all.It was not until he saw¡ªthrough the ss door¡ªthe belligerent group of inders led by one of the Briggses that he let go of her hand and moved her behind him to shield her.With that, he ordered the driver, ¡°Open the door and record everything on video with your phone. Make sure you capture everyone¡¯s face in it.¡±¡°Understood!¡± Even though the driver did as he was told, he could not help but worry still.¡°Mr. Fairchild, should we get Mrs. Fairchild to hide in the room upstairs? I¡¯m afraid they might be targeting her.¡±Having heard the driver¡¯s words, Winnie raised her brows in appreciation of his good intentions.Nevertheless, she did not share his sentiments, for she knew that the crowd was unlikely there because of her. Instead¡­¡°No, they didn¡¯te for her.¡± Xavier shot a cold nce at the crowd outside and scoffed, ¡°They¡¯re here for money.¡±Winnie quietly agreed with his assessment. His sentiments are exactly the same as mine. She was never the foolish girl kidnapped by the Briggs family to be sold. The inders might not have seen the girl before, but the same could not be said of the Briggs family.Despite obviously knowing that she was not the ¡°wife¡± they were looking for, they continued to cause trouble over the matter. Hence, other than extortion, Winnie could not think of any other rationale for their actions.Furthermore, the driver had whetted the ¡°well-intentioned¡± inders¡¯ greed when he went around throwing money on the beach. As a result, these ¡°good samaritans¡± were now back for more on the pretext of helping the Briggs family get their bride back.Hehe, that¡¯s human nature for you. They won¡¯t do anything unless there¡¯s something in it for them.Leaningnguidly against a table, Winnie was waiting with anticipation to see how Xavier would deal with the group.Is he going to solve it with money again? It would be boring if he did. Besides, I don¡¯t think he has that much cash on him on such short notice.As the driver opened the door, Hayden, who was heading the mob, swiftly barged in.As he was taught a lesson by the bodyguard thest time round, his head, face, and arms were covered in bandages. In fact, he even had two men to help him walk. In spite of that, one could not deny that it could just be an act to elicit sympathy.¡°You thief! How dare you steal my wife¡ª¡± With his finger pointing at Xavier, Hayden was interrupted by a big vase smashed at his feet.Stunned, he scolded, ¡°What are you doing? How dare an outsider like youe here and throw your weight around? Do you intend to beat me to death? If youy a finger on me, I¡¯ll make sure you go to prison for the rest of your life!¡±Letting out a snort, Xavier retorted in an icy tone, ¡°For trafficking ady andText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. trespassing on someone¡¯s home, who do you think will end up in jail?¡±¡°What do you mean by trafficking?¡± Hayden thrust his chin forward as he swore, ¡°Stop spewing f*cking nonsense. That¡¯s my wife you got there. If you know any better, you better return her to me!¡±While Hayden was speaking, he pointed his finger at Winnie, who stood behind Xavier.Then, he instigated the crowd, ¡°Go on. Take her back for me!¡±With an icy glint shing in his eyes, Xavier raised his hands and threw another vase at them.As the vase shattered into countless shards on the ground, it formed a natural barrier between him and the mob.His voice was cold, while his body exuded a dangerous aura. ¡°Let¡¯s see who dares to come forward. I¡¯ll make sure he rots in prison for the rest of his life.¡±Given how intimidating Xavier was, none of the inders were brave enough to approach.Driven to desperation, Hayden smacked the man beside him on the head.¡°What the hell are you afraid of? Charge!¡±¡°Um, Mr. Briggs, that man has used us of trespassing on private property. What am I going to do if he really gets the police to arrest me?¡±¡°Are you an idiot?¡± Hayden exploded. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say this is a holiday mansion owned by your uncle? Since it¡¯s your uncle¡¯s house, what¡¯s wrong with you entering it?¡±¡°Oh, you¡¯re right. This is indeed my uncle¡¯s house. Since we¡¯re rtives, I¡¯m technically not breaking thew.¡±Winnie, who was enjoying the drama, was speechless. What sort of idiotic legal interpretation is that?Narrowing his eyes, Xavier gave his driver a look. ¡°Give thendlord a call.¡±While it was true he did not own the mansion and only rented it for the time being, he had the right to use the mansion during the rental period.Therefore, he did not mind using the most direct method to shut those fools up, who knew nothing about thew. Silly Bride Chapter 81 Silly Bride Chapter 81 Chapter 81 Text ? owned by N?velDrama.Org. When the call quickly connected, Xavier put it on speaker.In contrast to how rude Hayden was, the landlord naturally answered obsequiously, given that it was his filthy-rich customer who was calling.Without wasting any time, Xavier dered in front of Hayden and the mob, ¡°I like your mansion. I want to buy it at three times the market price.¡±The way the offer was made sounded exceptionally casual as if he was buying something with his spare change.As for thendlord, he stammered in shock, ¡°T-Three times? Are you sure?¡±¡°Yes, all in cash. Please prepare the agreement ande over at the first opportunity you have.¡±Thendlord could not hide the tion in his voice. ¡°Sure, sure. I¡¯ll get it done now and will be right over shortly.¡±After grunting in acknowledgment, Xavier inquired in a nonchnt tone, ¡°By the way, I heard you¡¯re well known on the ind. Since I¡¯m unfamiliar with these parts, could I get your help to resolve any trouble that I encounter?¡±¡°What? Which fool dares to cause you trouble? Do you know his name? Just let me know, and I guarantee that I¡¯ll teach him a lesson he¡¯ll never forget,¡± thendlord asserted with furrowed brows.¡°I don¡¯t know his name.¡± Xavier looked up and nced at the man in his thirties, who was standing beside Hayden. With an emotionless expression, he added, ¡°But you can talk to your nephew about it.¡±¡°Nephew? Which nephew?¡±The man beside Hayden raised his hand at once. ¡°Me! Uncle, it¡¯s me, Spike.¡±¡°Spike, you son of a b*tch! What have you done this time? Nothing good everes out of you. And yet, you don¡¯t even bother to get a proper job. Wait, why are you in my mansion? Thest time, your mom begged me¡­¡±In the midst of being reprimanded, Spike quickly grabbed the phone and turned off its hands-free mode to prevent his humiliating secrets from being exposed. Subsequently, he lowered his head to continue the call.Shortly after that, Spike¡¯s attitude underwent a seismic change.He would not only bow and apologize profusely to Xavier but also p his own mouth.Under normal circumstances, Xavier was not into such drama. However, on the ount of Spike¡¯s sincerity, he decided to let the former off the hook.Relieved at being forgiven, Spike returned Xavier¡¯s phone respectfully before attempting to leave.Watching the scene that had unfolded, Hayden admonished him in a low voice, ¡°What are you doing? We haven¡¯t even gotten the girl and the money, so where do you think you¡¯re going?¡±Spike shoved Hayden aside. ¡°Are you an idiot? Can¡¯t you see this is someone you can¡¯t afford to trifle with? My advice to you is to apologize and leave.¡±As his words fell, Spike left with his men.Meanwhile, Hayden decided to lie on the ground shamelessly after watching Xavier break his mob apart with just a single phone call.This mansion costs at least a few million. Given that he¡¯s willing to pay three times its value, he must be filthy rich. No matter what, I must squeeze something out of him today.¡°Ahh, what a terrible life I have. After finally being matchmade in my fifties, someone had toe out of nowhere to steal my wife. This is a grave injustice that condemns the Briggs family to have no descendants. Why is my life so difficult? All I want is to continue the line of my family. Besides, are we still stuck in the olden days? Given the rule of the law applies now, how can one be allowed to take my wife just because he¡¯s rich and powerful? My fellow inders, I appeal to you to be the judge of my case. How can we, citizens of Sirona Ind, allow one of us to be bullied by an outsider? Just look at me, covered entirely with wounds. This is how badly they have beaten me when they took my wife.¡± At that moment, there were two groups of people who remained in the mob after Spike had left. One was in cahoots with Hayden, while the other naively wanted to seek justice for him after being lied to.As a result, Hayden¡¯s attempt at ying victim caused an uproar in the mob.¡°Exactly. So what if you¡¯re rich?¡±¡°Get out of Sirona Ind!¡±¡°Hand the woman over. Otherwise,pensate him for the mental distress he has suffered and us for missing work just to be here.¡±¡°That¡¯s right!¡± With the crowd hollering on his ount, Hayden began toment in tears, ¡°I¡¯ve spent a lot of money in marrying this bride of mine. When she first arrived, I gave her the best of everything. Now that he has taken her for the entire night, who knows what he has done to her? Therefore, I demand to bepensated.¡±¡°Huh,¡± Xavier snorted inughter. ¡°Who are you iming to be your wife? Are you even worthy?¡±¡°Her!¡± Hayden adjusted his exceptionally thick spectacles while lying through his teeth, ¡°The woman behind you is my wife, and we¡¯re officially married.¡±¡°Married?¡± The more audacious Hayden¡¯s words became, the graver Xavier¡¯s expression turned. ¡°What evidence do you have? Do you have a marriage certificate?¡±Xavier¡¯s words stunned Hayden. All he did was buy a retarded woman, and Winnie was not even her. Thus, it was impossible for him to have a marriage certificate.But this is Sirona Ind where locals rule the ce! Here, my word alone is enough.¡°Marriage certificate or not, she¡¯s my wife. Both my parents and my neighbors can attest to the fact.¡±¡°Hmph, you might not have one, but I do.¡± No sooner had Xavier spoken than he turned to look at Winnie.Not expecting him to suddenly turn around, Winnie reacted slowly as she looked in his direction. It was then that their gazes locked with each other.She was well aware that they were legally married, all thanks to Rufus. Back when Xavier was still lying in bed as a ¡°vegetable,¡± Rufus had completed the administrative process for it.Hence, Xavier was telling the truth when he imed that they had a certificate as proof of their marriage.Since Winnie had never seen it before, she was suddenly curious as to what it looked like.In Adrunian countries, the marriage certificate was different from the ones found in Chanaea. One could easily get one as long as the government authorized it.There were no pictures on them, and their exterior was not protected by a red cover.That was the reason why she was so intrigued by it.As she looked at Xavier, her eyes began to fill with anticipation.Retracting his gaze from her face, Xavier took out his phone.After censoring the sensitive portions, he shed his phone in front of Hayden and the rest of the inders to show them the marriage certificate.¡°Look closely. Both of us are the ones who are legally married. I¡¯m sure none of you have any doubts as to who the victim is and who deservespensation now.¡±As the inders crowded forward to take a look, they began chattering among themselves. ¡°It¡¯s true. I have no doubt it¡¯s them. The seal from City Hall is definitely real too. What¡¯s going on, Hayden? Don¡¯t tell us you actually bought a bride.¡±¡°Let me see.¡± Winnie was overwhelmed by curiosity, for she had never seen her own marriage certificate before. Yet, those who had nothing to do with it that got to see it first.She then walked up to Xavier and took the phone from his hand. Silly Bride Chapter 82 Silly Bride Chapter 82 Chapter 82 The next instant, her eyes popped wide open.My God, who took those pictures? One can easily tell that the two pictures have been doctored at first nce.In her photo, she smiled so stupidly that she looked exactly like a retard. It was obviously Hamish and Yara¡¯s attempt to humiliate her.On the contrary, Xavier looked dashing in his photo, as if it had been meticulously edited that way. In fact, their photos looked as if they were at two ends of a spectrum.It was one thing to have such an ugly photo. It had even been shown to many strangers.Truth be told, no woman on earth could tolerate her ugly photo being exhibited in public, especially when being contrasted with a beautiful one.Driven by her displeasure, Winnie confiscated Xavier¡¯s phone.Not pretending any longer, she shifted her gaze over to Xavier. ¡°What are you dilly-dallying for? Are you going to deal with them or not? If you can¡¯t, I¡¯ll take over.¡±The sudden change in her tone caught Xavier off guard.Nevertheless, a smile quickly broke out on his face. ¡°Hmm? You dropped the act?¡±Cocking her brow, Winnie threw the question back at him. ¡°Why? Do you enjoy watching me behave like a fool?¡±Stumped by her words, Xavier held her hand when she walked past him and repeatedly stroked it.Winnie allowed him to hold it for a few seconds before pulling it back.After that, she kneeled beside Hayden, who was lying on the ground as part of his charade.¡°Have you seen me before?¡± she asked.Hayden was taken aback. Isn¡¯t she a retard? Why doesn¡¯t she behave like one at all?Although he had no idea why she was wearing the clothes he bought for the retarded bride back then, he still expected her to be a fool.What the hell is going on? ¡±N- No, I have not.¡±¡°Hah, isn¡¯t that the end of it?¡± Winnie was amused. ¡°Listen, everyone, this man has dered he has never seen me before. Hence, it¡¯s clear he¡¯s trying to stage a scam today.¡±Winnie had hardly spoken when Hayden felt like pping himself for saying the wrong thing.¡°Don¡¯t think I¡¯m oblivious to the ill intentions that you harbor,¡± uttered Winnie. ¡°Let me just be honest with you. My husband is extremely rich, but he would rather set his money on fire than give any of it to you. For helping someone as despicable as Hayden to ckmail us, all of you are nothing but scum. By the way, Hayden, we¡¯ve taken away the retarded woman you bought. Her father and brother have collected enough evidence to put you behind bars forever. At least you¡¯ll have free food in prison. Also, it¡¯sFrom N?velDrama.Org. certainly morefortable than you lying here trying to ckmail us.¡±She continued, ¡°As for the rest of you here, let me give you a piece of advice. You either choose not to poach or hide whatever you poach better. Do you really think we¡¯re all blind? I have visited the Briggs residence, and guess what I saw in his yard? Leopard sharks and white dolphins. Given that you depend on the sea for your livelihood, don¡¯t you know what those are? Leopard sharks are a level two protected species in the country, while white dolphins are level one. Don¡¯t you dare tell me you don¡¯t have them in your home. All I need to do is make a call, and all of you will be investigated.¡±Here, she added, ¡°I¡¯m sure you¡¯re well aware of thews and punishments rted to endangered species. Illegal hunting, killing, and trafficking of endangered wildlife are punishable by at least ten years of prison on top of having all your assets confiscated. I bet no one here is willing to spend ten years in jail on Hayden¡¯s behalf. If I were you, I would leave this ce right away with my lips sealed. After that, I would clean out my house and stay away from anyone as despicable as Hayden. Otherwise, all he brings to your family is death and poverty.¡± Winnie¡¯s eloquence¡ªespecially when she brought up thews and punishments rted to endangered species¡ªcaused many of the inders to panic. After all, the majority of them were guilty of poaching, and obviously, no one was willing to go to prison.It¡¯s all Hayden¡¯s fault for lying to us about seeking justice when he was actually looking to extort money. And now, the opposing party could not only show a marriage certificate but also list out thews we have broken on top of buying the mansion outright.At that moment, the tide turned swiftly as everyone began to deride Hayden and ostracize him. In fact, there were even some who cut ties with him on the spot.With that, the entire drama finally ended.Staring at his ¡°retarded¡± wife, Xavier was unable to peel his eyes away.So that¡¯s what she¡¯s really like.Even the driver was stunned to see thedy of the house no longer behaving like a fool. In contrast to before, she was now smart, aggressive, and easily stood out from the crowd.Sensitive to the situation, the driver quickly disappeared now that the matter was over.It was not until the two of them were the only ones left in the living room that Xavier moved his wheelchair up to Winnie.After a long silence, he was the first to speak.¡°Dumbo.¡± He looked at her intently. ¡°Don¡¯t you owe me an exnation?¡±Winnie¡¯s glistening eyes met his gaze fearlessly. ¡°What¡¯s there to exin? Why should I exin to you?¡±A slight frown descended on Xavier¡¯s face. ¡°You lied to me. You¡¯re not a retard at all.¡±Winnieughed. ¡°So what? From the very beginning, your family lied to me when they said you were a vegetable. In the end, you woke up the second night after our wedding. What¡¯s wrong, Handsome? Are you the only one allowed to lie to me and not I to you?¡±She called me ¡°Handsome¡± again, and she¡¯s not even pretending anymore. All of a sudden, his heart began to race.When she pretended to be a fool, I was filled with an uncontroble urge to protect her and a terrifying sense of possessiveness. Now that she isn¡¯t, she has be beautiful and confident. It¡¯s as if she exudes an intoxicating charm that draws me closer to her.¡°Winnie.¡± Xavier could not help but hold her hands, his voice raspy. ¡°Why did you pretend to be a fool?¡±Winnie did not resist his advances. ¡°What else can it be other than for the mess with the Gand family?¡±¡°The Gand family is nothing to me. Whatever you want to do, I¡¯ll help you do it.¡±Winnie shook her head. ¡°That wouldn¡¯t be fun. Anyway, what other questions do you have? I¡¯ll answer all of them to clear things up.¡±¡°All right.¡± After giving it some thought, he asked earnestly, ¡°You¡¯re Paulina, aren¡¯t you? When I spoke to thedy on the fishing boat, you heard everything, didn¡¯t you?¡±¡°Mmhmm.¡± Winnie nodded, causing the man to furrow his brows.Her response is just too cold. How can she still stay so calm?¡°Those words were truly from the bottom of my heart. I didn¡¯t neglect you on purpose. I just assumed that you were lost for real. During that time, I made up my mind. So what if you¡¯re a retard? And so what if I¡¯ve fallen for you? No one can stop me when I really want you to be mine.¡±Winnie continued to nod.Unfortunately, herckluster response caused Xavier¡¯s heart to sink.¡°What does this mean? Do you not believe me?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 83 Silly Bride Chapter 83 Chapter 83 ¡°I can ask you the same.¡± Winnie grasped Xavier¡¯s chin and stroked it gently. ¡°Are you pursuing me?¡±Xavier swallowed the knot in his throat and grabbed her other hand. ¡°I thought we were already a married couple.¡±¡°It¡¯s just temporary. Besides¡­¡± Winnie smiled. ¡°You¡¯ve already announced our divorce in front of your father and my parents.¡±Xavier¡¯s gaze darkened, and remorse shed across his eyes when he met Winnie¡¯s upromising gaze. ¡°It doesn¡¯t count since I¡¯ve only said it verbally. Moreover¡­¡±With an arm circling Winnie¡¯s waist, he lifted her to sit on hisp. ¡°You addressed me as your husband in public earlier, didn¡¯t you?¡±¡°So what? It¡¯s just a nickname for show.¡± Winnie pushed Xavier with a chuckle. ¡°You better release me now, or your other leg will suffer the same fate.¡±Ignoring her warning, Xavier tightened his grip. ¡°What do you mean? Do you want to break my leg? I don¡¯t think you¡¯ll be that cruel.¡±Winnie arched a brow. ¡°Fine then. Let me ask you something else. What happened to this leg of yours? I heard you broke it when you were drunk. Is that true?¡±¡°Yeah. At that time, I searched for you everywhere for so long and used every method, but I still couldn¡¯t find you anywhere. When your granny went to pack up your things at the mansion that day, I drank so much that I didn¡¯t remember what happened. When I woke up the next day, all I saw was the bookshelf on top of my leg.¡±Winnie nodded. Seems like he was drunk that day, seeing as he didn¡¯t know I was the one who broke his leg with a kick. If I told him the truth, he might understand how cruel I could be if I wanted to.¡°Winnie, can you tell me where you were during the time you went missing? What happened? Why did you return to my side as Paulina? Why did you create a new identity? Is there something you can¡¯t tell me directly?¡±¡°These are my problems. You don¡¯t need to know, so I don¡¯t have to tell you.¡± Winnie had a clear line drawn between him and her. ¡°However, there¡¯s something rted to you that I figured you should know about.¡±Xavier was not pleased with Winnie¡¯s words. ¡°Winnie, we¡¯re a married couple. Your problems are my problems as well. It¡¯s not something you can avoid telling me just by saying I don¡¯t need to know.¡±¡°Mr. Fairchild,¡± she called, amusementcing her tone. ¡°So we¡¯re a married couple just because you say so? I have to reciprocate your feelings just because you like me? I have to do everything you ask? In that case, I don¡¯t think you know me very well. I¡¯m not some woman you can control.¡±¡°Oh, is that so? Then why are you flirting with me?¡± Xavier leaned closer to the despicable woman in front of him. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me you don¡¯t know anything before. You obviously faked your condition. I didn¡¯t see you drawing the line so clearly when you were clinging to me, asking for kisses and hugs!¡±¡°What choice do I have when you¡¯re born with such good looks?¡± Winnie pressed her forefinger against Xavier¡¯s lips.¡°It¡¯s human nature to like beautiful things. You have a delectable face and body. You slept next to me every night. I¡¯m not a nun. Do you think I don¡¯t have desires? Besides, do you seriously take the words spoken on bed seriously?¡± she spoke in a low voice. ¡°Winnie Gand!¡± Xavier clenched his teeth in anger. Before knowing her true character, I was oblivious that she had such an evil side.His rage was burning fervently. ¡°Don¡¯t joke with me about this kind of thing. I¡¯m being serious here. I already told you I liked you. I¡¯m waiting for your response. Since you¡¯re not a retard anymore, you have to give me a straight answer.¡±Honestly, I could feel Xavier¡¯s desire for me these two days after returning to his side, even when I had acted like a fool. He wasn¡¯t lusting for my body, but a strong sense of validation radiated from within him. I could feel them from the minor details of his actions. For example, sometimes his gaze would chase after me, or he wouldn¡¯t let me stray more than five steps from him. However¡­Winnie¡¯s brows furrowed. ¡°You want the truth?¡±¡°Of course.¡± Xavier locked his gaze with Winnie¡¯s as though he wanted to see into her soul.¡°All right, then.¡± Winnie laughed. ¡°I don¡¯t feel as strongly for you as you do for me. As of this moment, I only think you¡¯re not that bad of a guy,¡± she said honestly.Xavier frowned, feeling his heart sink at her answer.So this is how it feels like to be rejected.Despite his disappointment, he refused to give up. ¡°Then do you like me?¡±After a brief hesitation, Winnie asked, ¡°If I say I¡¯ve fallen for your handsome looks, does that count?¡±¡°Have you fallen for anyone else¡¯s looks?¡± Xavier¡¯s gaze darkened. If she says yes, I don¡¯t know what I¡¯ll do.Winnie contemted for a while before replying, ¡°I don¡¯t think so.¡±¡°Perfect!¡± The knot in Xavier¡¯s chest loosened as he stared fixated on Winnie. ¡°From now on, I¡¯ll be the only one in your eyes.¡±¡°How confident!¡± Winnie giggled as she circled her arms over Xavier¡¯s neck. ¡°That¡¯ll depend on your performance. If you make me mad or you¡¯re not attracted to me anymore, then naturally, I¡¯ll look at someone else¡¯s.¡±¡°You won¡¯t have that chance,¡± Xavier dered in a firm tone. Tightening his arm around her waist, he rolled his wheelchair with his other hand to his room, shutting the door.WinnieText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. shot a nce at Xavier. ¡°What are you doing? All I said is that¡¯ll depend on your performance, and you¡¯re already taking me to bed?¡±¡°What are you thinking?¡± Xavier¡¯s breathing began to break its steady rhythm. ¡°Even if I can, my leg won¡¯t let me. I just want to kiss you to death. Because of you, I thought I was crazy. And then you went missing, making me worry so much that I forgot to take care of myself. You have topensate me for this!¡±Xavier kissed her neck every time he listed his feelings.Their make-out session ended with another hit to Xavier¡¯s wound, which wrapped up this round of pensation¡± for this time.¡°You shouldn¡¯t start what you can¡¯t finish,¡± she mocked, with her gaze fixed on Xavier¡¯s leg in a cast.Xavier felt a stab in his pride. ¡°Didn¡¯t you see the little monster on me when you were Dumbo?¡±Winnie rolled her eyes at him. ¡°Let¡¯s talk business. Have you seen a badge in your car? It¡¯s ck with a rose on one side and a scepter on the other.¡±Xavier¡¯s brows creased. I¡¯ve seen it before, but wasn¡¯t that Yulissa¡¯s? I¡¯ve already given it back to her.¡°What¡¯s with your expression? The crease between your brow can form a trench. Have you seen it or not?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 84 Silly Bride Chapter 84 Chapter 84 From N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Yes,¡± Xavier replied. ¡°Speaking of that, I remembered you said you were looking for a toy in my car, but the thing you were actually looking for was this badge, was it?¡±¡°Yeah, you even brought Yulissa along that day.¡± Winnie scrunched her brows at the mention of Yulissa, feeling a deep sense of loath for thetter.Xavier caught the undisguised disgust in her eyes at the mention of Yulissa.¡°You seem to hate her a lot. Jealous much?¡± Xavier asked.¡°You have an overactive imagination. I don¡¯t feel possessive over you at that time. Who you brought back to sleep with was not my concern because in the future ¡ª¡±Before Winnie could finish, Xavier urgently cut her off, ¡°I never slept with her before!¡± Xavier knew he had to exin before she misunderstood him. ¡°I have never touched her from the day she was back, including that night. I still couldn¡¯t help but look for you. You have no idea how much I missed you, how much I wanted to look at your silly face. I truly thought I went crazy. I even asked Josiah whether I needed to consult a psychologist. He suggested I find a normal woman. The only one I¡¯ve ever felt something for was Yulissa. I was so troubled then. I didn¡¯t want to spend any time or effort looking for another woman, so I thought of her. But you have to believe me, Winnie. I wasn¡¯t the one who brought her back. I just met her at a charity g. She was the one who decided to return to the country, and you knew about the rest. I was such a joke. I thought I could win the fight against my heart but suffered a crushing defeat instead.¡±When he finished, Winnie nodded. ¡°I believe you. I trust you have never touched her, or she wouldn¡¯t have been so mad on that day when she pushed me down the hill.¡±¡°What?¡± Xavier frowned. ¡°Didn¡¯t you say Kylie was the one who pushed you? How did Yulissa get involved?¡±¡°Woah!¡± Winnie eximed exaggeratedly. ¡°This is another story. I¡¯ll tell you in a minute. For now, I want to continue the discussion about my badge. Now that you¡¯ve mentioned you saw it, where is it? Can you return it to me when you go back?¡±¡°Sure.¡± After a brief hesitation, Xavier added, ¡°But I forgot where I left it. It could be at home or in the office.¡±¡°I¡¯ve searched every corner of your house except for the safety deposit box. It¡¯s not there.¡±¡°Then it might be in the office. I¡¯ll help you look for it when I return. Oh, by the way, is that badge your family heirloom? Is it important to you?¡±¡°Something like that. It¡¯s very important to me,¡± Winnie stated gravely. ¡°I have to get it back as soon as possible.¡±Nodding, Xavier decided not to tell Winnie about how he had mistakenly returned the badge to Yulissa.I¡¯ll take it back from her once I return to Avenport, then give it back to Winnie.He then changed the topic. ¡°I recall I was already intentionally putting distance between us then. How did you lose that badge in my car? Could it be¡­¡± Xavier trailed off, letting out a chuckle.¡°You were the one who stole my car that night? You even knocked me out?¡±Rubbing her nose, the woman cleared her throat a couple of times before exining, ¡°It was a coincidence that day. I just coincidentally crashed into your car.¡±As Xavier heard her admitting to it, his gaze darkened. ¡°So it really was you. Do you know how dangerous that was? What in the world were you doing? Why did you have people chasing after you? Have you ever thought of the consequence if it wasn¡¯t my car you got on that night?¡± ¡°I had no choice. It was an emergency. What¡¯s wrong? Why are you angry? Were you mad that I knocked you out?¡±¡°Of course I am! I was so furious that I wanted to catch you and soak you in a pool filled with diethyl ether for three days straight.¡±¡°Haha, nice one!¡± Winnieughed. ¡°What about now? Are you still mad?¡±Xavier leveled his gaze at her for a while before his eyes softened. ¡°Yes, I am. I¡¯m mad about how careless you are. You don¡¯t take your safety seriously. What in the world are you doing the dark? Could you tell me?¡±¡°What¡¯s the rush? You haven¡¯t passed my test yet. Besides, this whole thing is a huge mess. I don¡¯t even know where to start. I think we should still keep some distance between us for now. Even real married couples have privacies, let alone a fake one like us.¡±¡°All right. I¡¯ll give you some time and freedom. I trust that you¡¯ll open your heart to me one day.¡± Xavier stared at her intently. ¡°I have a condition, though. You have to stay by my side.¡±¡°You¡¯re so bossy!¡± Winnie¡¯s eyes sparkled. ¡°That¡¯ll have to depend on your performance. I have legs, so I can leave whenever I want to.¡±Suddenly, Winnie¡¯s phone pinged, indicating she had received a message.Looking at the screen, she turned to Xavier with a grave expression.Xavier arched his brow at her. ¡°What?¡±¡°Let¡¯s talk about Yulissa next. Has she used drugs before?¡±Mulling over it for a bit, Xavier responded, ¡°No. Well, at least she wasn¡¯t when I met her.¡±¡°Did you notice there was something strange about her kidnapping?¡±Xavier nodded. ¡°That did cross my mind.¡±Winnie continued her barrage of questions. ¡°Would you believe me if I say she was the one who threw the smoke bomb and injected herself with drugs?¡±¡°I would,¡± Xavier replied without a second of hesitation.Stunned at his reply, Winnie asked, ¡°You don¡¯t even have the slightest hesitation?¡±¡°Yeah, it¡¯s suspicious how she chose to return to the country out of the blue. I suspect she might have some rtion with Zyon, so I had someone to keep a watch out for her. Are you investigating her too?¡± Xavier queried.¡°Not really. I wanted to ignore her at first, but she kept targeting me. I¡¯m not a benevolent person. I can¡¯t feign ignorance about what had happened. Okay, let me tell you what happened that day.¡±Winnie only told him about the crucial parts. By the time she finished, Xavier¡¯s eyes hadpletely dimmed.¡°Seems like Zyon¡¯s addicted to drugs, too¡ªI seriously never expected that. Murder and arson. Is there anything else he doesn¡¯t dare to do?¡±¡°He¡¯s a desperado.¡± Winnie snickered. ¡°He¡¯s most likely the culprit behind your car ident a year ago.¡±¡°Yeah.¡±¡°I heard you¡¯ve been looking for evidence the whole time?¡±¡°That¡¯s right. He¡¯s a direct descendent of the Fairchild family line. I don¡¯t want to repay his favor in secret. Even though I have a lot of ways I can make disappear from this world, I¡¯m different from him. I¡¯m not that foul. I can¡¯t do what he does underneath the table.¡±Hearing Xavier¡¯s words, Winnie chuckled. ¡°It looks like we have another simrity. We do things upfront, different from the scums who hide in dark corners. So, what are you nning to do next?¡± Silly Bride Chapter 85 Silly Bride Chapter 85 Chapter 85 ¡°I want to protect Fairchild Corporation. It isn¡¯t a good idea to destroy its future just because Zyon¡¯s family is a threat.¡±¡°Yes. Zyon and the others got themself involved in that stuff and could drag Fairchild Corporation into this mess,¡± Winnie agreed. She then shot Xavier an amused nce and said, ¡°Back when Yulissa wrongly used me of breaking her emerald bracelet at Lagune Mansion, you sided with her. I thought you were a lovestruck idiot. I wondered how you managed to run Fairchild Corporation when you¡¯re not even that smart.¡±¡°What about now?¡± Xavier took her hand and asked, ¡°Do you still think I¡¯m a lovestruck idiot?¡±Winnie shook her head. ¡°No. Back on the boat, you tore open my bulletproof vest and told the kidnapper you put two bombs on me. That was when I knew you¡¯re a scoundrel who treats women badly.¡±Xavier was staring at her with an expression halfway between exasperated and amusement. ¡°The bombs were fake. I didn¡¯t know you were ¡®Paulina.¡¯ If I knew, I wouldn¡¯t have allowed you to risk your life with me.¡±¡°Toote. It has already happened. No one saw that coming,¡± Winnie huffed. ¡°That is one thing I admire about you, though. You¡¯re fearless in the face of danger and adapt to the situation well.¡±¡°That¡¯s it?¡± Xavier lifted Winnie¡¯s hand and pressed a kiss to the back of her hand.¡°When you disappeared, I drove my car and ne and climbed mountains. I ate nothing for a few days and searched everywhere for you. I didn¡¯t even go to work at Fairchild Corporation. Don¡¯t you know what I did for you?¡± Xavier sounded frustrated as he gazed at her intently.That was the first time Winnie had ever seen him acting this way. It felt like seeing a wolf turning into a loyal dog that was wagging its tail gently.¡°Well, I¡¯ve heard a little about it, but I was also told that you were with Yulissa all the while. No one knows what¡¯s going on in your mind.¡±¡°Do you know now, then?¡± Xavier brought her hand and ced it on his chest. ¡°I wasn¡¯t lying to you. Dumbo, I don¡¯t need to lie to you.¡±Winnie parted her lips to say something, but before she could utter a word, Xavier interjected, ¡°I know what you want to say. It depends on my performance, right? Time will reveal a person¡¯s heart. As long as you stay with me, time will prove that I¡¯m sincere.¡±Winnie had nothing else to say. Right then, Xavier¡¯s phone rang.It was a new phone, and he did not manage to sync his contacts yet, so the screen showed the caller¡¯s number instead of the caller ID.Winnie recognized the number at once. ¡°It¡¯s Louis. You should answer it. Do you want me to leave?¡±¡°No need.¡± Xavier shot her a surprised look. ¡°You memorized Louis¡¯ number. Are you good with numbers?¡±Winnie did not know why, but she suddenly had the urge to show off to him.¡°Yeah,¡± she replied nonchntly. ¡°I have a photographic memory, I guess. It¡¯s quite annoying sometimes, for I couldn¡¯t forget many useless stuff.¡±Xavier chuckled. She¡¯s obviously showing off her skills. How cute!¡°Dumbo.¡± He reached out and ruffled her hair, just like how he used to tease her.After retracting his hand, he took his phone and answered Louis¡¯ call.¡°What is it?¡± ¡°Mr. Xavier, bad news. Old Mr. Fairchild is seriously ill and has been admitted to the hospital. Zyon¡¯s family has been talking to Old Mr. Fairchild¡¯swyer these few days, and I think it¡¯s rted to his will. Do you want toe back and see Old Mr. Fairchild?¡±Xavier frowned. ¡°Before I get back, assign someone to keep an eye on him twenty-four seven. Aside from Josiah¡¯s medical staff, no one else is allowed toe near him. Also, inform my father about this. I¡¯ll call you if I have other arrangements.¡±¡°Is Old Mr. Fairchild all right?¡± Winnie asked in concern after Xavier ended the call. Rufus was a kind old man, and she did not want anything to happen to him.Xavier furrowed his brows. ¡°Grandpa¡¯s heart is ailing, so I wanted to y along with Zyon. I failed to consider Grandpa¡¯s feelings, though.¡±¡°Old Mr. Fairchild looks healthy and robust, so I believe he¡¯ll be fine. Why don¡¯t you give him a call or pay him a visit in secret so he¡¯ll feel better?¡± Winnie suggested.Thinking about it for a while, Xavier refuted, ¡°No. If I return now, things will take a turn for the worse. Why don¡¯t you visit him on my behalf?¡±¡°Me? Dumbo Winnie?¡±¡°Yes. I¡¯ll ask Louis toe pick you up. Tell Grandpa this¡­ Then we shall start from¡­¡±That very night, Louis showed up to pick Winnie up.It was around three in the morning when they arrived at the hospital.The hospital was fairly empty, so she could visit Rufus without alerting anyone.Josiah came over to greet her once she stepped into the hospital.He was surprised to see Winnie safe and sound.No one but Xavier, his driver, and his bodyguard knew that Winnie was putting up an act, so Josiah had no idea that she was faking it.Giving her the once-over in the elevator, Josiahmented, ¡°I can¡¯t believe he found you. Dumbo, why did you go missing? You had no idea Xavier nearly went crazy trying to look for you.¡±Ignoring him, Winnie pretended to y Candy Crush clumsily.¡°Are you now a mute?¡± As Winnie did not respond, Josiah waved his hand in front of her eyes. ¡°Look at me. Do you still remember me?¡±Winnie had no choice but to say, ¡°Bad Specky, you¡¯re interrupting my game.¡±¡°Oh, you¡¯re finally talking. By the way, why did Handsome send you here alone? What can you do?¡±Winnie fought back the urge to sew Josiah¡¯s lips with a needle. He¡¯s so talkative!She waved at Josiah and gestured for him toe closer. ¡°Handsome told me he¡¯s supposed to be missing right now. Everyone thinks he¡¯s dead, so you¡¯re not allowed to mention him. Bad Specky you¡¯re so stupid!¡± she whispered.¡°Me? Stupid?¡± Josiah chuckled. ¡°You¡¯re quite smart, huh? I know. I asked that question, seeing as we¡¯re alone in the elevator.¡±Winnie broke into a wide grin. ¡°The elevator doors are open. Let¡¯s go visit Grandpa Rufus.¡±Rufus left a wallmp switched on in his ward. When Winnie arrived, he was still sleeping.Not wanting to wake him up, Winnie was about to leave when Rufus suddenly spoke. ¡°Winnie, is it you? You found your way back home?¡±Surprise flooded Winnie. She had no idea that Rufus would recognize her back instantly, even though the ward was dimly lit. There was even a hint of concern in his voice.Immediately, she approached him and took his hand. ¡°Grandpa Rufus, it¡¯s me, Winnie. I need to talk to you.¡±With that, she lowered her head and whispered something in his ear.Rufus was all smiles in the beginning, but his smile slipped by the time she was done.¡°Oh, this is horrible.¡±Text ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. Silly Bride Chapter 86 Silly Bride Chapter 86 Chapter 86 As Rufus seemed distraught, Winnie immediately consoled him, ¡°Grandpa Rufus, don¡¯t be sad. Handsome told me he won¡¯t let anyone bully me. He¡¯s amazing! He won¡¯t let anyone bully you, too.¡±¡°Good. Good girl.¡± Rufus sat up with Josiah and Louis¡¯ help.He asked, ¡°Why did Xavier tell you to come back first?¡±Winnie blinked helplessly. ¡°Handsome said I can be useful back here, but he cannot come back for now.¡±Hearing that, Rufus could not hold back hisughter. I forgot she¡¯s mentally slow.He then turned to Josiah and Louis. ¡°You knew that Xavier¡¯s still alive but kept it a secret from me.¡±¡°Old Mr. Fairchild.¡± Josiah pushed his spectacles up sheepishly. ¡°You can¡¯t me us for keeping it a secret from you. You know how careful Xavier is. We didn¡¯t want to ruin his n and had to keep it a secret.¡±¡°Mm.¡± Rufus nodded. ¡°Xavier¡¯s calm and mature. I trust him.¡±Josiah was speechless. Calm and mature? Did you forget how he went nuts when he was trying to find his wife?¡°Louis, let me know how I should help Xavier.¡±Louis immediately told him about Xavier¡¯s n. Bobbing his head, Rufus said, ¡°Got it. Let¡¯s do that. But you have to make sure to keep Winnie safe.¡±¡°Grandpa Rufus, you have to be careful, too.¡± Before leaving, Winnie waved goodbye to him.¡°I will. Winnie, you¡¯re a kind and respectful youngdy. Your granny has been worried about you, so she¡¯ll be delighted to see you back. I¡¯ll ask someone to give her a ride to your house so you can reunite with her.¡±It was prettyte, so Winnie was brought to Xavier¡¯s condominium, Aqua Moana, which was right smack in the city.She had just taken a shower and climbed into bed when Christopher¡¯s text arrived.As it was too long, Winnie did not bother reading it. While drying her hair, she sent him a voice message: ¡°Captain Bet, it¡¯s prettyte. Why are you still up?¡±Christopher was surprised to receive her voice message. ¡°I was afraid I¡¯d disturb you, so Ipiled everything into one text. I¡¯ve just gotten off work. You don¡¯t sound like you¡¯re asleep, either. Why are you still up thiste?¡±Winnie replied: ¡°I just came back to Avenport. Let me read your text.¡±After reading his text, Winnie thought about it and send him a text: Where are you? Are you free to talk?Christopher replied instantly: Wait, I¡¯m reaching home soon. I¡¯ll call youter.Winnie sent him an ¡°okay¡± emoji.Five minutester, Christopher¡¯s call arrived.He went straight to the topic. ¡°What is this about? Is anything the matter?¡±Winnie admired how straightforward and direct Christopher was.¡°I readText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. the text you sent me. You¡¯ve targeted the drug traffickers¡¯ den but couldn¡¯t find their contact. They didn¡¯t have a fixed time and location every time they deal with each other, right?¡± ¡°Yes, that¡¯s right.¡± Christopher did not hold back in praising her. ¡°You¡¯re brilliant. I didn¡¯t tell you anything yet, but you managed to guess everything urately. They have been secretive about their deals and how they decide the locations. The customs suspected several export orders under Fairchild Corporation involved smuggling two years ago. However, our department never suspected Fairchild Corporation at all. We found a breakthrough when you tipped us off and discovered something off about Yulissa. We then continued the investigation and found some clues in Fairchild Corporation.Winnie nodded solemnly. ¡°It looks like Yulissa is a key person. I can¡¯t harm her for now. I initially wanted to teach her a lesson, but it looks like I have to let her off the hook for now.¡±Christopher¡¯s voice grew stern. ¡°Even if you hold a grudge against her, you cannot break thew. You have to solve it legally.¡±¡°I haven¡¯t even done anything. Are you already trying to teach me what to do, officer?¡±¡°No.¡± Christopher sounded embarrassed. ¡°You¡¯re Lucas¡¯ best friend, so you¡¯re also my friend. I promised him that I¡¯ll protect you. I don¡¯t want to see yound in danger.¡±He hid his concern in his words.As he did not rify, Winnie had no idea about his concern. After all, she did not remember crossing paths with him previously.¡°Sure, I¡¯ll be careful and protect myself instead of troubling you, Captain Bet. I¡¯ll find a chance to head to Fairchild Corporation and investigate the courierpany you mentioned in the text.¡±¡°Okay, thanks. Be careful. I¡¯ll treat you to a meal one day to express my gratitude.¡±¡°No problem. Looking forward to the day when the evil guys get arrested.¡±After hanging up, Winnie was about to find her hair dryer when her phone rang again.ncing at the screen, she realized it was Xavier¡¯s call.¡°Hello.¡± Winnie answered his call and put him on loudspeaker. As she dried her hair, she asked, ¡°It¡¯s prettyte. Why are you still up, Mr. Fairchild?¡±Xavier¡¯s gruff voice rang out. ¡°I wanted to make sure you arrived home safely.¡±Hearing that, Winnie chuckled lightly. ¡°How sensible of you. It¡¯s a pass.¡±¡°Just a pass?¡± Xavier lowered his voice. ¡°Didn¡¯t you see how many missed calls I made?¡±¡°Huh? You called me?¡± Winnie returned to the homepage and saw a few dozen missed calls.¡°I was talking on the phone, and there wasn¡¯t any notification. You should¡¯ve sent me a text. I can see the text even if I¡¯m talking to someone else.¡±¡°I got anxious and didn¡¯t think about that.¡± Xavier paused before asking, ¡°Who were you talking to thiste?¡±¡°Why? Are you checking on me?¡± Winnie was tickled. ¡°Should I send you my location or record a video or something to prove I¡¯m in your house right now?¡±¡°Sure. I¡¯ll video call you.¡±Before Winnie could react, Xavier ended the voice call and video-called her.Once the call connected, Winnie started teasing him, ¡°What, are you insecure, Mr. Fairchild? You used to leave me alone in the mansion and disappeared for several days in a row. I don¡¯t remember you trying to video call me back then.¡±Xavier knew Winnie was mocking him, but her smile managed to heal his insecurity and anxiety.He could not wait to get home and lie in the bed behind her.¡°Winnie, I miss you,¡± he dered passionately. Silly Bride Chapter 87 Silly Bride Chapter 87 Chapter 87 Winnie arched a brow. ¡°Are you not busy? I¡¯ve been busy with my ns ever since I got off the boat and came to shore.¡±¡°Do you miss me?¡± Xavier asked longingly, wanting to hear from her lips that she missed him as well.s, Winnie did not share his sentiments. ¡°I told you I was busy, so I didn¡¯t have time to think about you,¡± she told him honestly.On the other end of the line, Xavier said naught a word. Though the silence onlysted for a few seconds, it was an awkward silence.The disappointment was written all over Xavier¡¯s face, but he quickly regained hisposure and shed a goofy smile.Gazing at her, he implored, ¡°Winnie, trust me. You will say that sentence to me one day willingly.¡±Winnie burst into giggles when she saw how stubborn he was. ¡°We shall see. I like seeing your confidence,¡± she responded calmly.Xavier scrunched up his brows. ¡°Are youughing at me?¡±¡°No, I¡¯m not.¡± Winnie shook her head.Xavier retorted, ¡°Fine. I have a question for you. After returning home, you weren¡¯t thinking about me. You didn¡¯t even bother calling me to tell me you¡¯ve arrived home safely. Who were you talking to on the phone?¡±By the time his question ended, Winnie could sense the change in his tone.His initial concern was long gone, and he sounded as though he was questioning her as his voice tensed.Winnie knitted her brows. For the past ten years, she managed to gain everyone¡¯s respect with her effort and capabilities. She had worked all the way to the top.No one had ever talked to her this way, breathed down her neck, or tried to control her every action. No one had the guts to do that.Displeased, she said, ¡°Xavier, I allowed you to court me. That doesn¡¯t mean we are at the stage where we share our secrets with one another. To prevent any misunderstandings, I think I should tell you I was talking to Captain Bet from the Narcotics Enforcement Department earlier. It¡¯s his job to gather evidence to arrest Yulissa, Zyon, and those involved in the case. We should cooperate with him as he investigates the matter. Since we¡¯re now on the topic, I need your help with something.¡±Winnie was as arrogant and confident as a queen. Suddenly, Xavier¡¯s urge to win over her heartpletely grew stronger.His heart was thumping as he answered, ¡°Go ahead.¡± He did not even realize how infatuated he sounded now.¡°I need to investigate a courierpany. The narcotics officers suspect Zyon used thepany previously. Ask Louis to contact me.¡±¡°Sure. Should we chat a bit more?¡±SinceText ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org. the atmosphere from the beginning had vanished, Winnie was no longer in the mood to talk to him. ¡°No. I¡¯m tired, so I¡¯d like to go to bed. You should go to bed too so your leg can recover faster.¡±¡°Okay.¡±After switching off the lights, Winnie climbed into bed. She tossed and turned but could not fall asleep.The entire bed smelled strongly of Xavier.Ugh, the bed smells of the b*stard. I should¡¯ve picked a guest room and slept there. But the bed in the master bedroom looked really comfortable.Perhaps she had missed the optimum time to fall asleep, for she was not sleepy at all.As she could not sleep a wink, she got up and called Nathaniel.Nathaniel had to keep in touch with many overseas contacts, so he kept odd hours despite arriving in Chanaea a while ago.As Nathaniel answered her call almost immediately, she presumed he was still working at this hour.¡°Hello, Vinnie. You finally remember your partner, huh?¡± Nathaniel had given her the nickname ¡°Vinnie.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry. I ran into trouble recently and didn¡¯t stay in touch for the past few days,¡± Winnie told him.¡°Oh, I should be apologizing. You don¡¯t know which will arrive first, trouble or tomorrow. Are you all right now?¡±¡°Yes, I¡¯m fine,¡± Winnie assured him.¡°Great. It might be half past four in the morning, but I think you won¡¯t be sleeping anytime soon. Are you interested in reading a proposal about Gand Group?¡± Nathaniel asked earnestly.¡°Of course. I want to talk to you about Gand Group, too. Send me the file, and I¡¯ll read it now,¡± Winnie responded.She put on her jacket and strode out of Xavier¡¯s house, heading to her own house one floor below Xavier¡¯s unit. Herptop and other equipment were there.She had no idea that Xavier called her again after iming she wanted to go to bed, but then she could not fall asleep. His call came when she was talking to Nathaniel on her phone.It was a different situation this time. Earlier, Xavier made a WhatsApp call. Thus, her phone showed his missed calls.As she was currently in the middle of a call with Nathaniel, her phone did not notify her about the missed calls.Not knowing that Xavier had called her, Winnie threw herself into work.On an ind a few hundred kilometers away, Xavier fell into deep thought after being told by the automated voice that Winnie¡¯s line was currently busy.She¡¯s a liar. She¡¯s lying to me. Who is she talking to this time?Back at her own ce, Winnie switched on herptop and downloaded the file Nathaniel sent her.She nced at thepanies and subsidiaries that belonged to Gand Group and deleted a few names before sending the edited document back to Nathaniel.¡°Don¡¯t touch all the ocean freight, shipping, travel, logistics, and courier