Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

“It’s unlike him to not answer his phone. Even if he gets a call while he’s fast asleep at two or three in the morning, he answers it within five rings. I think we should head back and have a look.”

Xavier was about to get up from the bed when Winnie pushed him back down.

“There are only a few minutes left; it won’t make a difference. If you go now, these dozens of needles I’ve inserted will have been for nothing.” The worried look on Winnie’s face was replaced by a stern expression.

Xavier felt a warm sensation in his heart when he heard that. Winnie could see her reflection in his eyes as he held her hand and looked straight at her.

“Dumbo, am I as important as your granny to you now?” Xavier asked.

Winnie stifled a sob as she looked at Xavier, who had suffered many times for her sake.

The look in her eyes slowly grew gentle as she swallowed hard to fight back her tears. “What do you think? Do you not know how much you mean to me?”

Xavier tightened his grip on her hand. “I just had to make sure I wasn’t being delusional.”

Winnie let out a chuckle. “Haha! Who’s the dumbo now? Xavier, I want you to trust me unconditionally, okay?”

“Okay, I will. Do you trust me as well?” Xavier asked with a firm look in his eyes.

Winnie nodded. “Of course.”

Those words had barely left her mouth when Josiah’s call came in.

She quickly pulled her hand out of Xavier’s grip and answered the phone.

“Josiah? Are you at Aqua Moana? Why weren’t you picking up my calls?”

Noticing the anxiety in her voice, Josiah quickly explained, “It wasn’t convenient for me to answer the phone earlier, but it’s okay now. I called you back as soon as I could. Did something happen?”

“You could say that. I tried calling my granny, but I couldn’t get through. I was wondering if you could head over to my place and help check on her,” Winnie replied.

Josiah’s response, however, shocked her deeply.

you weren’t able to get through to her. I was going to give you

confusion. “What

her question, Josiah asked, “Is

he is.

Mind putting your phone on speaker for me? It’ll save me the trouble of having to call

as she continued, “What did you mean by that

I grew worried about her safety when I saw how anxious she looked, so I followed her using my car. That was when I saw her make her way into a bank to use the ATM. There’s nothing strange about a person withdrawing money, but she was on the phone the whole time. I was worried that she might’ve been conned into transferring her money to some stranger, so I decided to go talk to her. However, she was already leaving the bank when I parked my car by the roadside. Judging by the bulge on her handbag, I’d say she must’ve withdrawn a huge amount of cash using multiple cards. As you

slightly. “It’s strange indeed. What happened after that? Did you follow her? Was there anyone else around her? Was she being forced

violation. I assume your granny is home by now, but I’m still stuck here at the moment. Maybe you should go home and check on her,” Josiah

Winnie said

time for the acupuncture treatment was up, she removed the needles

needles, she recalled something and exclaimed, “Oh, shoot! Josiah said he wanted to talk to you about something, but I hung

I bet he’s so busy dealing with the traffic police that it slipped his mind. That means it probably wasn’t something important,

that Josiah wanted to tell him about

money via internet banking, so there’s no reason for anyone to carry so much cash on them. Unless, of course, they don’t want that transaction to be traceable online. I’m guessing Mdm. Sumner either plans to make an escape or is trying to help someone else escape. Considering

to Aqua Moana,” Xavier said as he got off

Winnie began calling Jacinta as

answered the

Why are you calling me all of a

breathed a sigh of relief when she heard how normal Jacinta sounded, but she was still a bit concerned after hearing

to on the phone? I tried calling you earlier, but I couldn’t get through. That was ten to

know because I was on the phone with Rach. She says she’ll be going home soon and asks if I could take her out for one last nice meal. I guess I got

When will she be

to do that? I’m not too sure when she’ll be leaving, though. Maybe in the next two days or so. Her dad

By the way, do we have cash

we do. I just went out to withdraw some earlier. Are you

statement. “Yeah, kind of. But it’s

spare. Don’t you young ones use your phones to pay for everything these days? What

Winnie responded with another question. “Why did you withdraw

their village, so I figured I’d try to help them out. Things aren’t as modern in the village, so they use