Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

“Silly you!” Winnie said as she patted him on his shoulder. “Everyone will be happy once you recover. That way, you’ll finally be able to sleep well and—”

“I’m not sleepy,” Xavier suddenly interrupted.

“Fine,” Winnie mumbled, sighing inwardly. Gosh. I realize I’ve been sighing a lot more ever since knowing him.

After a while, she added, “You might not be sleepy, but I sure hope you haven’t forgotten what we’ve been through.”

Upon hearing that, Xavier furrowed his brows. “Very well, then. Let me investigate the guy called Harrison Xander. I’ll make the arrangements once I’m back at the hotel.”

“Sounds good,” Winnie replied with a nod. “With your help, I’ll be able to make a lot more progress.”

“What?” Xavier uttered as he cupped her face. “Are you still planning to continue the search on your own? There’s no way I’d allow that. I won’t let you spend your time and effort on other men except me!”

Needless to say, Winnie was more than amused.

To think he was so serious earlier, only to return to his domineering self at a flip of the switch. That said, I must admit this quirk of his is starting to grow on me. I’m finding it rather adorable.

Josiah, however, laughed so hard that he spat his water out.

As efficient as always, Xavier launched an investigation into Harrison Xander and received news the next day.

Winnie wasted no time looking through the information sent over by the private investigator and felt it was all highly credible.

Thus, she decided to share everything she knew with Sebastian when she sent Xavier to his treatment that day.

This time around, not only was Winnie present at the acupuncture session, but Yolanda had also tagged along to learn from her grandfather.

Since the former was still unfamiliar with acupuncture and couldn’t possibly take over the reins of the treatment, it was no surprise that Yolanda remained Sebastian’s first pick.

Even though Winnie had doubts about Yolanda’s motives, she, unfortunately, couldn’t find any evidence to back her assumptions up.

She had gotten people to keep tabs on Yolanda, only to find out that the latter had hardly left the house in the past few days, and even her call history didn’t seem unusual.

Yolanda was either truly innocent or had another phone that was very well-hidden.

Alas, what else could Winnie do when she hadn’t found any concrete proof? She couldn’t approach Sebastian to voice her suspicions about Yolanda wanting to harm Xavier, could she?

needles were all applied, and it was time

had wanted to use the opportunity to get Winnie familiarized with the various acupoints on the human body, but to his surprise, the latter had other

I need to tell you. It’s about your

shock, Sebastian soon became visibly

found any information? He’s still

happy and hopeful Sebastian was, Winnie suddenly

you before that I found out he has a property in Avenport? I had to stop the investigation back then for personal reasons, and it was only yesterday that I asked Xavier to help me with it. Thanks to him, I was informed earlier that we finally tracked down Harrison’s residence in Avenport. That’s why I wanted to share

well done! I didn’t even know he had a

reacted too emotionally. After all, what were the chances of his grandson surviving when the latter had gone missing in the Arcvas Desert for two

if he could

consent, Winnie promptly took out the collated information and handed it over. “Here’s the property in question. The house got purchased five years ago, but Harrison didn’t use it

always kept him busy in the research institute, so he barely had time to head out,” Sebastian explained before looking through

items we found in Harrison’s mailbox, which include utility bills and postcards. However, those postcards were all sent

a clearer picture

I believe there are two more. Give me a second,” Winnie replied as she swiftly dug

photos up

I recognize it! Where are my glasses? Yolanda, fetch me

been wearing your glasses this whole time. Where do you

felt his face, and only then

postcards, and even though there weren’t any names, the dates on them were clear

a minute. There’s something odd about this. The sign-off date on one of the postcards is

“The date written on this postcard was after your brother had gone missing, and I’m sure that’s his handwriting. Furthermore, the postage stamp is from Epea! Do you think he could still be alive? He clearly wrote

and glanced at it. Her reaction, however, was less than

years, Grandpa, but has he bothered to contact any of us? That shows he doesn’t want us to know anything related to him,” she reasoned. “Besides, the postmark and sign-off date are different. I think the sign-off date was merely an error, and he mailed the postcard before he went missing. He probably visited Epea before going

brother, Yolanda! Why can’t you wish the best for

eyes, your new student’s the only one who cares about Harrison, isn’t it? Fine! The two of you can continue playing detective to your

always feel heavy-hearted, to the point where she’d find it hard to breathe. As such, she couldn’t bring herself to stay with Sebastian or Winnie

in Sebastian’s eyes

am I overthinking? Do you think Harrison might

truth is out there. I’ll get someone to look into this matter and check out the place where Harrison

uncover so much. By the way, there’s a two-year period mentioned in the

make the necessary arrangements. Xavier and I live in Avenport, so you can

start packing up now,” Sebastian said before

had barely left for a few minutes when Yolanda marched back into the room with a