Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Hence, he quickly went to the back and drove off the car with Riley and Jacinta in it.

When he was overtaking the car in front of him, Winnie had already crawled into the back seat to check on Rachel. The moment she heard a car approaching, she turned around subconsciously.

Coincidentally, she met Xavier’s eyes.

However, they only met briefly. In fact, it was so brief that Xavier did not manage to flash her a smile.

Winnie’s heart skipped a beat as she watched the car disappear from her sight.

She stood rooted to the ground with her eyes fixed on the car.

“Hey!” It was not until Josiah waved his hand in front of her she snapped back to reality.

When he saw her still in a daze, he could not help but smile and tease, “Why are you staring so intently when he’s already so far away? You’re going to turn into a statue if you keep that up.” Suddenly, he saw Winnie placing her hand on her chest. “H-Hey… Are you okay?”

He frowned and asked, “Are you feeling unwell? Where does it hurt? Your chest or your heart? Did Harold injure you just now?”

Winnie frowned and shook her head. “No. I’m fine. I’m just a little flustered and out of breath. Don’t bother about me. You should go check on Rachel. I found her when I got into the car, but she seems to have been unconscious the whole time. I’m guessing she was already like that when they brought her out of the hospital because they didn’t tie her up. She probably had no energy to struggle or resist. God knows what they have done to her?”

“Okay. Calm down. Let me have a look,” said Josiah as he took out a medical flashlight from his pocket.

That’s why she’s unconscious. Well, it’s a good thing too. With

wanting

could not use her right arm at that moment. Hence, she had

immediately held her left arm after noticing her struggle. “Don’t move your injured arm.

helped her to close the door. He then got out and

found Josiah’s medical flashlight by her feet. He must’ve

can’t believe you have this little thing with you, even at a place and

Josiah instinctively touched the pocket on his chest, which made

quite lucky. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have gotten the chance to

slightly. “Exactly. Harold is such a cruel person. We really thought we were done for. Unexpectedly, you suddenly appear in a

do you think? Did I look

pictured the scene from a while ago. “I don’t know about that, but you looked dramatic and even a

glasses. “Tsk… Looks like the megaphone has affected my image. Hmph!

chuckled and handed him the flashlight. “Here

her a glance. “Hold on to it for me. I’m driving. By the way, make

retracted her hand and glanced at

surprised, though he kept his eyes fixed on the unpaved road. “Didn’t Xavier tell you about the

didn’t have the time. We were planning to pick up my granny from the hospital first. But as soon as we opened the door, we found Harold waiting for us inside with a gun. Xavier

in. Xavier was too focused on protecting you when you were in danger back then. He can’t multitask, so I was the one who came up with the plan

side profile. “Okay. Let’s hear

cumbersome and it’ll take up too much time. So, I got ourselves a private chopper from our country. Unfortunately,