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?

acupuncture needles were all applied, and it

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

Xander, there’s something I need to tell you. It’s about your grandson,

his initial shock, Sebastian soon became

about him? Have you found any

was, Winnie suddenly couldn’t bring herself to break

frowned and said, “No, Master. Didn’t I tell 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 whatever

Sebastian quickly recomposed himself. “Oh, well done! I didn’t even know he had a property in Avenport! Show it to

emotionally. After all, what were the chances of his grandson surviving when the latter had gone

a consolation to Sebastian if he could find out anything

handed it over. “Here’s the property in question. The house got purchased five years ago, but Harrison didn’t use it often. In total, he probably

he barely had time to head out,” Sebastian explained before looking through a

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

clearer picture of these

a second,” Winnie replied as she swiftly

the photos up for a closer look, his

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

behind her grandfather, couldn’t help but sigh. “Grandpa, you’ve been wearing your glasses this whole time.

his face, and only then did he

carefully studied the content on the postcards, and even though there weren’t any names, the dates

The sign-off date on one of

Epea! Do you think he could still be alive? He clearly wrote this to his future self, saying he wanted to drink his own homemade beer and watch his favorite movies two years later. Two years from the date on this postcard is this year! That means he must still be alive! He’ll be

postcard from her grandfather and glanced at it. Her reaction, however, was less than

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

that angered Sebastian. “Harrison’s your brother, Yolanda! Why can’t

scoffed. “In your 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 heart’s

mentioned Harrison, Yolanda would always feel heavy-hearted, to the point where she’d find it hard to breathe.

up in Sebastian’s eyes as he watched

you think Harrison might

however, is that the truth is out there. I’ll

period mentioned in the postcard, and that day is coming soon. I’m thinking of

arrangements. Xavier and I live in Avenport,

start packing up now,” Sebastian said

when Yolanda marched back into