Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

The building was located in an open field with paved roads all around, providing great visibility to those in the area.

Because of that, Winnie was able to spot a Jeep parked outside the building from afar.

She then had Mason drive their car into the forest and said solemnly,

“Tell the car behind us to stay out of sight. The men from the Horton family have just dropped my granny and Rachel off, so they’re probably still in the building. Let’s wait here until they leave.”

“Understood,” Mason replied as he drove the car into the dense jungle.

He then grabbed a pair of binoculars and went off to gather information on the building.

Greta, too, got off the car with her sniper rifle in her arms. She needed to familiarize herself with the terrain in order to pick the best hiding spot.

Just like that, Winnie and Xavier were the only ones left in the car.

As Winnie turned to look at Xavier, her gaze fell upon the bloodstained bandage on his left hand.

“Does it hurt?” she asked while gently lifting his arm.

“No, it doesn’t.” Xavier frowned as he continued, “I think I’ve gotten quite numb to the pain. Why are you asking me about this? Are you planning to use this as an excuse to leave me behind again?”

He sounded so calm that it seemed like he had gotten used to it.

You wouldn’t be sitting here in this car right now if I wanted to leave you behind!

quiet and stared at Winnie with an emotionless

gaze, she asked,

trying to pin it all on me. I’m not that unreasonable, am I?” Xavier said

of his memory loss, of course. Back then, he used to be a domineering CEO who couldn’t care less about my feelings. Now, he puts up with my antics and tries his best

his arm around

curled into a sly grin

outside the window

something bad had happened, Xavier immediately looked out

enough, there was no one out

Xavier turned around and asked, “What is it? I

off mid-sentence by

in the woods? What the heck are you up to this time?” Xavier exclaimed with

much! I’m just happy that I’ll be able to rescue Granny and Rach soon!

misspoken, Winnie quickly added, “Granny and Rach don’t know who Mason and the others are, so they might get scared and mistake them for bad guys. That’s why I need to go with them. Since you’re wounded, you can stay here and wait for our return instead. This isn’t anything dangerous, so you have nothing to

with a frown. “All right. See? I told you, you can always talk to me about

and gave him

the binoculars when he saw

to get a clear view

of them have their guns on them while

you see anyone else apart from these men?” she

for long. I’m guessing the people you’re looking for are being held inside one of the rooms. We can’t see it from here due to the trees blocking

“Okay,” she said as she