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.

weren’t able to get through to her. I was going to give you a call even if you didn’t

“What do

of answering her question, Josiah asked, “Is Xavier with you

he is. What’s

I need to talk to him about. Mind putting your phone on speaker for me? It’ll save me the trouble of having to call him,” Josiah replied after

put her phone on speaker as she continued, “What did you mean by that question

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

What happened after that? Did you follow her? Was there anyone else around her? Was she

like she was forced. I wanted to follow her, but I got stopped by a police officer for a parking violation. I assume your granny is home by now, but I’m

right, thanks!” Winnie said

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

exclaimed, “Oh, shoot! Josiah said he wanted to talk to

mind. That means

wanted to tell him

online. I’m guessing Mdm. Sumner either plans to make an escape or is trying

head back to Aqua Moana,” Xavier said as he got off the

as they walked out of

Jacinta answered the phone

is it, Winnie? Why are you calling me all of a sudden? Shouldn’t

when she heard how normal Jacinta sounded, but she was still a bit concerned after

Granny, who were you talking to on the phone? I tried calling you earlier, but I couldn’t get through.

the phone with Rach. She says she’ll be going home soon and asks if I could take her out

will she be leaving? Maybe I could

I’m not too sure when she’ll be leaving, though. Maybe in the next two days or so. Her dad says he hasn’t bought

By the way, do we have

we do. I just went out to withdraw some

of. But it’s fine if you don’t have enough

of money, so there’s plenty to spare. Don’t you young ones use your phones to pay for everything these

Winnie responded with another question. “Why did you

me there are plenty of starving children and old people in their village, so I figured I’d try to help them out. Things aren’t as modern in the village, so they use cash for everything there,” Jacinta