Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

As Christopher was severely wounded, Winnie had him sit between her and Riley to keep him from falling off the motorcycle.

When the first rays of the morning sun poured into the dense forest, Winnie turned around and exclaimed excitedly, “The sun is up, Christopher! Now that it’s easier to see where we’re going, I can go a little faster! It won’t be long before we reach the rendezvous point! We can all go home soon! Just hang in there a little bit longer, okay?”

This time, however, she did not get a response from Christopher.

Feeling a little worried, Winnie turned around and called out to him again, “Christopher? Hey, Christopher! Are you okay? Say something! Stop scaring me! This isn’t funny!”

The main road was just up ahead, but Winnie decided to pull over to check on Christopher anyway.

Riley had the first aid kit in his hand when they fled the scene earlier, but they didn’t have time to treat Christopher’s wounds as they were too busy making their escape in the dark.

With the sun up in the sky and no threats in the area, Winnie was finally able to tend to Christopher’s wounds. With Riley’s help, she carried Christopher off the motorcycle and gave his body a quick examination.

Although there were no gunshot wounds, Winnie noticed a stab wound on his abdomen and identified it as the cause of his excessive blood loss.

Fortunately, Winnie was able to stop the bleeding with the supplies from the first aid kit. Nonetheless, she still needed to get Christopher to a hospital for a blood transfusion or he could go into shock.

Winnie then quickly packed the things back into the first aid kit and told Riley, “We need to get him to a hospital as soon as possible! Come on, let’s help him onto the motorcycle!”

“Right! I’ll take his left side, so you can take his right!” Riley replied, his voice sounding a little muffled by the motorcycle helmet.

After helping Christopher onto the motorcycle, Winnie kicked it into high gear and sped off as quickly as possible.

In just a matter of minutes, they made it onto the main road, which was a lot wider and smoother than the jungle trail.

Winnie was just starting to enjoy the smooth ride when the motorcycle ran out of gas all of a sudden.

The look on her face was frozen in shock when the motorcycle came to a complete halt on the main road.

What the… I don’t believe it! Why would this motorcycle fail me at such a crucial moment?

Still in disbelief, Winnie repeatedly tried to start the motorcycle, but to no avail.

Her sweat continued flowing down her cheeks and into the collar of her shirt.

At that very moment, she couldn’t even bring herself to face Christopher.

She didn’t want to tell him that he could’ve been rushed to a hospital but would end up dying because the motorcycle ran out of fuel.

Suddenly, Winnie had flashbacks of the explosion, the firefight, Christopher sobbing about his comrades dying before him, and Xavier asking her to meet him at the rendezvous point.

For some reason, she subconsciously glanced at the navigation device, only to realize that the blip representing Xavier’s car had been stationary for a long time.

As though her brain had stopped working, all of her logic and reason went out the window in an instant.

Riley patted her on the

far it is—I need to get him

when he saw Winnie’s bloodshot eyes. “I would’ve carried

should worry more about yourself.” Winnie knew about Riley injuring his leg when they went down the sewer, so she

unable to

on his torso, the wound

it woke him up

him a relieved smile. “Oh, thank goodness you’re awake! The motorcycle ran out of fuel. I’m getting you to a hospital

in confusion as he looked at the seemingly endless stretch of road

up ahead! We’re almost there, Christopher! You have to hang in there, okay?

deathly pale at that point. “You think I’m stupid or something? I know there isn’t a hospital nearby… Stop wasting your time trying to save me, or

him a fierce glare. “No, I won’t leave you! We’re getting out of here together! We’ve come way too far to

replied, “You have to… Sometimes, you need to discard some dead weight in order to keep on going. Right now, I am that dead weight that’s slowing you down. Just leave

so you have no right to give up as long as I’m still trying!” Winnie snapped back at him firmly

free, but he

death if you don’t stop dragging me along like this…” he mumbled with

of Christopher and turned around to check

“Why didn’t you say so sooner? Hold on; I’ll treat your

aid kit from Riley when Christopher grabbed

lie down somewhere safe while you go look for a vehicle. Who knows, I might still be alive when you come back for me,” he uttered with a

starting to

do if I agree to that suggestion of yours? What if

“Then remember where you left me and try to come back for my corpse later

shook her head. “We’re almost there, though. Can’t

my best to, but I don’t have much time left. You need to go right now.

the words were stuck in her throat. All she could do was stare at

one final glance before turning around and limping

after him and found him a clean and secluded

There will be hope as long as you have the will to

in his eyes, Christopher smiled and nodded at her. “Yeah, I believe you.

Winnie said, “Okay, I’ll be on my way now. I’ll come back for you as soon as I can, so make

stood up and got ready to leave, Christopher called out to her from behind, “Winnie, there’s something I need

immediately. “What

with his teary eyes

like her will only add to that guilt of hers. A dying man like me mustn’t be so selfish. I should just

live a happy life,” he continued

replied with a nod and ran off as quickly as her legs

stared at her until she

sounds of the wildlife around him. He could even feel the insects crawling over his exposed skin from time

amazing… Why does a beautiful place like this have to be

opened his eyes and stared at the trees and