Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Greta rubbed her nose awkwardly in response.

Something tells me this man has been standing here for quite a while. He must’ve heard me asking Ms. Garland about her skills in bed! I think it’s best if I leave now…

“Ahem!” Greta cleared her throat and said, “I’ll be heading upstairs now. I need to call my man and find out where he and the boys are at.”

As there were quite a lot of people around, Winnie decided to take their conversation elsewhere.

She looked Xavier in the eye and said calmly, “Greta’s leg is injured, so it won’t be easy for her to go up the stairs by herself. I’ll help her up the stairs, and then we can talk in our room. Would that be okay?”

“Of course.” Xavier nodded. “After all, you’re the one calling all the shots here. Who cares about what I think, right?”

Winnie was about to say something in response, but the words were stuck in her throat.

Greta felt so awkward that she wished the ground would open up and swallow her whole. “S-Shall we head upstairs now?”

“Let’s go.” Winnie then grabbed Greta’s arm and started helping her toward the back door.

Xavier felt his blood boil when he saw Winnie treating a mercenary better than him.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm himself down, he threw away the item he was holding and rushed forward.

The next thing they knew, he swept Greta off her feet and carried her in his arms.

“Hey! What are you doing?” Greta asked instinctively.

without even looking

hurting my wound!” Greta

with it!” Xavier snapped back

silent

him, but he ignored

to chase after Xavier when she noticed

to pick it up, she

scarf I bought after arriving at Lightspring! I either

at her clothes and saw that her skirt had been torn in

gone to retrieve the scarf when he

stairs, only to see

Winnie saw that Xavier had tossed

mad that he’s taking it

room, revealing

she shut the door behind her

take a cold shower to cool off!”

quickly ran after him. “Watch

is still injured!” Xavier paused in his tracks and turned around to glare at her as he yelled, “Is that why you decided to drug me, huh? I told you that I love you with every fiber of my being! I love you so much that I can’t live without you! I believed you when you said you loved me too, but now I question if you even know what it means to love someone! I woke up later in the morning, only to realize that you and those mercenaries who would give their lives up for money were nowhere to be found. Do you have any idea how I felt? How could you be so cruel to me, Winnie? Even if you can’t put yourself in my shoes, you could at least respect my opinion and the promise you made. Why do you keep lying to me again and

let me explain, Xavier! What I told Greta earlier

for drugging him, so she was sincerely trying to apologize

not backed away in time, her nose

the poisoning. I only did it out of concern for your safety, Xavier! It had nothing to do with trust! Why would I not trust you when you’ve sacrificed yourself for me time and time again? I’ve always thought of you as a wise man, Xavier. You may lose your cool once in a while, but you’re usually calm and rational when faced

upset because love is just a game to you! Well, guess what? You won! Congratulations!” Xavier

Now, will you please open the door and let me in?” Winnie protested, but all she heard was the sound of water running in

to talk to her at all, but she insisted on waiting for him to come out