Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Winnie was utterly oblivious to his considerations.

She glanced at him dejectedly and replied, “My hubby’s heart will not ache for me because he has some problem here.”

Winnie pointed at her own head as she spoke while wearing a poker face.

At that sight, Josiah chimed in sarcastically, “That’s right. There’s something wrong with his husband’s brain. His condition has been unstable and cannot be fully cured. I can’t even bring myself to describe how awful it is. At times, he even acted no different from an insane person!”

“Exactly.” Winnie curled her lips into a fake smile and raised her hand in Josiah’s direction.

Josiah fathomed her intention and gave her a high-five.

The corner of Xavier’s mouth twitched imperceptibly as he took in his wife and his best friend collaborating to mock him.

He stared at Josiah’s hand, which came into contact with Winnie’s palm, and thought to himself. I think it’s time for someone to lose a hand now.

“Let’s get down to business. I thought that’s why you two are here looking for me,” Xavier uttered impassively.

“That’s right. I was asking you a question, but you interrupted me. I answered your question about the origin of the hypnotic incense. It should be your turn to answer my question now, right?”

Xavier frowned. “Okay. I don’t remember. I’m not sure if someone hypnotized me.”

“All right then.” Josiah nodded. “This is within our expectation. However, we suspect this to be the reason. Besides, from our investigation, we found out Yolanda studied the art of hypnosis. Since you do not remember anything, we’ll skip interviewing you. Let me talk about my—”

“Hold on!” Winnie interjected Josiah’s speech.

She turned to look at Xavier. “At that time, you remained unconscious for a long time after the needles were removed. This situation had never occurred during the previous acupuncture sessions. What happened that day? Were you feeling extra sleepy or what? Or did you hear a special sound in the end that instantaneously awakened you?”

“She’s right! Did you wake up because you heard or sensed something? This is very important. How could I have forgotten about this?” Josiah urged Xavier to answer the question.

Initially, Xavier was reluctant to tell, as the uncertainties regarding his situation were piling up.

Besides, he had planned to maintain his current condition in order to fool Yolanda.

Having said that, after witnessing how much Winnie had done for him, he could not bring himself to cause her more trouble and waste her time on irrelevant matters.

Therefore, after giving it some thought, he decided to divulge some information.

“I have the slightest recollection in this regard. At that time, I tried my best to open my eyes, but I could not control my body as if I was experiencing sleep paralysis. This lasted until I heard a series of ticking sounds, prompting me to jolt awake.”

“Ticking sounds…” Winnie mumbled that phrase repeatedly while taking off her wristwatch with her head lowered. She placed the watch beside Xavier’s ear and asked, “Try to recall your memories. Is this the ticking sound you heard?”

“The sound is similar, but the ticking sound I heard previously was louder.”

“The sound is similar, but the ticking sound I heard previously was louder.”

She nodded. “That is most likely a pocket watch. A pocket watch is a usual and convenient hypnotic tool to carry around.” Winnie kept her wristwatch and added, “I think it is highly possible Yolande had hypnotized you. Nevertheless, I could not think of her motive in doing this.”

Josiah knitted his brows. “You’re right. Yolanda is very discreet and will never tell the truth, regardless of how we interrogated her. Now, I even have the feeling that she will not provide us with the answer we need even if we catch her red-handed and torment her.”

“In that case, we shouldn’t alarm her. We can just play along with her scheme,” Xavier suggested.

Winnie furrowed her brows. “That is plausible, but we need to think of a way to counter her hypnosis because we cannot predict what instructions she’ll be giving next time. Your brain should not and cannot be manipulated further.”

Xavier nodded. Nonetheless, he did not want his wife to overwork. “We’ll let Josiah handle this since he’s a modern medicine practitioner. He should be more familiar with hypnosis. As for you, a traditional medicine practitioner, I think there’s no need for you to take part in these issues.”

Winnie could not be bothered to argue with Xavier regarding that matter. However, she could never rest assured letting Josiah deal with everything.

Josiah agreed with Xavier’s statement. “Okay. I will consult a professional when I return. Perhaps I can reply to you two by tomorrow morning.”

“Okay.” Xavier got to his feet. “It’s getting late. Let me see you out.”

“No, it’s okay…” Josiah was dumbfounded. What the heck? He’s chasing me away without even trying to be polite or subtle.

Still, he did not call Xavier out for his uncourteous behavior. “I know the way around here, so I can leave on my own.”

his car keys from the table

steps forward before realizing Winnie was still

and

motionless on the couch. “You can depart first. I have a few things

should carry on. I shall take my

him to the

the door before turning around and shifting his pensive and calm gaze

Dr. Garland? Why can’t

This is a personal matter

lips into a

What personal matter could

next to her. “Take a seat here, and I’ll tell

brow. “Are you sure? Aren’t you afraid your husband will get mad if he knows that I

my patient to sit next to me so

already facing a

she did not ask him to sit beside her, he had the urge to do so

his other hand. He wanted to let

he did not succumb to that impulse. Instead, he carefully contained the eager beast within him and slowly stepped

of an arm’s length between them when sitting

when he caught whiffs of her body’s fragrance, he felt a surge of desire within

his desire, and that

you want to say

nothing.” Winnie took out her phone and launched the camera application. Then,

and uttered nonchalantly, “I’m afraid you’ll

appreciate the sight of her while she lowered her head

everyone else. Even if the virus takes control of my brain one day and causes me to forget everything, I believe

picture, so she was oblivious to Xavier’s passionate gaze that was

the image. Due to the simplicity of the task,

picture to you.

phone rang right after Winnie uttered those words. Evidently, he had received

was taken from an excellent angle. As

the captions she added were

the patient” beside his face and “Winnie Garland,

the urge to laugh

well. I’ve kept you in my

“Thank you.”

sensed that Winnie was about to go after she expressed her gratitude, but he was reluctant

after parting his

have to do is pretend

you have my contact information, and why

looked up at him. “What do you think? In your opinion,

your contact because you have the same name as my

In that case, aren’t you smart to have done something like

was going to change the contact name as he spoke, but he could not bring

asking, “How do I spell your name? Why don’t you do it

She received his phone and amended the contact name

name, she did

for a few moments and directly set

his brow at her. “What are you doing? Are you trying

eyes. “You call this enticing? I’ll

the couch, pinned Xavier down,

had been indulging in pleasure most of the time. Perhaps a more

that day, she told him she would show him

but being caught in

and the intense lust that overwhelmed his sanity prompted him to

lifted Winnie’s legs and pinned her against the coffee table in front

his intention to exert so much force, but he simply could

her back

pain due to the injury. Otherwise, she would

started