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.

shouted without even looking at

my wound!” Greta exclaimed with

it!” Xavier snapped back

fell silent

called out to him, but he ignored

when she

went over to pick it up, she realized it was a

minute, this is the scarf I bought after arriving at Lightspring! I either use it to cover my face or drape it loosely over my

mind, Winnie glanced at her clothes and saw that her skirt had been torn in quite a few places during the chaos at the

Xavier had gone to retrieve the scarf when

to see him leaving Greta’s room and

had tossed her onto the floor instead

no… Xavier is so mad that he’s

taken off his shirt by the time she entered the room, revealing his muscular upper

doing?” Winnie asked as she shut the door

cold shower to cool off!”

him. “Watch it! Your arm is

My arm 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

explain, Xavier! What I

so she

face. Had she not backed away in time, her nose would’ve been

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

is just a game to you! Well, guess what?

you please open the door and let me in?” Winnie

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