Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Apparently, the accelerant for the fire had been found.

Initially, he thought that the accelerant would be something like gasoline, but the photo he received was a photo of a few empty wine bottles.

The wine bottles… Xavier narrowed his eyes and turned toward the wine bottle on the rack. This guest room has a bottle of wine as part of its decoration?

Winnie noticed Xavier rooted to the spot by the doorway for a long time, so she could not help but walk over to him.

“What’s the matter?”

Xavier glanced at Jacinta before keeping his phone back in his pocket.

“Nothing. I’m going to the security room to take a look. I’ll send a few security guards over, but you and your granny should still be on your guard. Call me right away if anything happens.”

Instead of answering him verbally, Winnie nodded and smiled at him.

Xavier furrowed his brows amidst her silence.

“I’m talking to you. You should be careful. If there’s anything—”

“If there’s anything, I should call you. I heard you.” Winnie was amused. “Aren’t you supposed to be a cool and aloof man of few words? Why have you become long-winded?”

“Are you trying to say I’m annoying?” Xavier arched a brow. If not for the fact that others were around, he would have sealed her lips right away.

Winnie knew what he wanted to do, but she did not want to flirt with him in front of her grandmother. Moreover, Jacinta did not like Xavier all that much.

“To be honest, I’m tired, and I’m out of energy to talk. I’m thinking of resting. You should do the same. Leave your men to deal with this. Don’t overwork yourself.”

“Okay.” Xavier nodded. Then, he raised his hand to ruffle her hair. “Rest now. Just leave me be.”

Winnie nodded. “I’ll send you off, then.”

With that, the two discreetly held hands and ambled out of the house.

It was breezy outside, and Xavier didn’t want Winnie to catch a cold despite how he wished he could carry her all the way into his room.

“Go in now. See you tomorrow.”

As Winnie looked at the gentle and tender man under the warm light, she was suddenly disinclined to see him leave. That was a sensation she had never experienced before.

When she turned around, she noticed that her grandmother was no longer behind her, so she dashed forward to wrap her hands around the man and bite his lower lip.

“Good night!”

Having been abruptly kissed by the woman he loved, Xavier’s eyes lit up with passion.

Just as he was about to take a step forward and pull her into his embrace, Jacinta’s voice came from inside the house.

you coming

answered,

was only then

Jacinta was no

on the

saw Winnie enter, she explained, “It reeks of alcohol, so I’m washing it. The wind is strong tonight, so if I hang it up in the corridor, you’ll be able

it, Granny. You were frightened earlier today, so it’s

fine,” Jacinta insisted. “I’m almost done washing. They have a clean bathrobe in the room cabinet, so get a piece out and start

it. By the time she brought the bathrobe and towel over, Jacinta

the bed and began talking

of application on your phone the last time we were looking for people here.

hummed in agreement. “Yes, but my phone broke after it went for a dip in the ocean, and after I changed to a new phone,

the Fairchilds’ surveillance cameras. Honestly, I don’t trust the Fairchilds

the entire Fairchild

wry chuckle

in return for it. But he doesn’t have anything now, so who will do anything for him? Moreover, not only did he hurt Old Mr. Fairchild’s grandson, but he even wanted to burn Old Mr. Fairchild and the rest

mulled over her words for

know whether or not Zyon

confused

Though, I doubt they’ve found him. If they’d found him, Xavier would have told me about it. By the way, I installed the application on your phone the other time too, but I forgot to remove it later

“I’ve long deleted

right, the house we’re in is facing east. The surveillance cameras there are older and have not come with infrared rays. If it’s too dark at night, I’m afraid the cameras won’t be able

house eastward earlier, the surveillance cameras might not have captured him. However, he might not have been aware of that. After all, not even Xavier noticed such

still

“I hope he doesn’t have

will be fine as long as he doesn’t come back here.” Jacinta turned and yawned.

“Sleep, then.”

hours later, Winnie fell

sat upright and turned on her phone to delete a surveillance camera

the exact locations in

next morning, Xavier personally sent Winnie and

Jacinta took the seats in the first

in the second row,

had come to hitch a ride after being summoned over to give Rufus a body checkup the

vehicle, especially with the chatty Josiah

ended up

managed to escape despite the huge commotion. I have to say, your

to change them,” Xavier noted with a

before voicing his suspicion. “Is there a mole in the house? How did he enter? He shot Nate first. Then, he went to start a fire. Don’t you think the gap between those two events is too short? Moreover, they found empty wine bottles at the scene. Clearly, he used it for the fire. Is it possible he already had the bottles with him when he shot Nate? Then how did he manage to take the bottles

analysis as Josiah

had not come

did not answer Josiah, but

Josiah noticed Xavier ignoring him, he turned to ask Winnie, “Ms. Garland, you’re a smart lady. What

realized someone must be helping him too. The one who fired the gun and the one who set the fire should be two different people. Moreover, Zyon must have escaped the scene with the other culprit’s help. I saw the surveillance footage last night, and the one who started the fire was someone else. Nevertheless, the person’s far too familiar with the Fairchild family’s surveillance cameras. They seem to know every single blind spot in the house. This makes it hard for us to find any clues that will lead us to their identity. Now, the only thing we can do is find out whether or