Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Chapter 274

Xavier froze for a while. He had tried his best to recall it, but he drew a blank.

“Xavier?” Josiah was worried that something had happened to Xavier when he noticed his unfocused eyes, so he gently patted his arm. “It’s fine if you can’t remember. Just get well first.”

“No!” Xavier did not want to end the topic just yet. He grabbed Josiah’s arm. “It’s true that I don’t remember much about what happened after Yulissa showed me the video, but”—Xavier drew his brows together—“you know that Jacinta’s words can’t be fully trusted. I’m still looking into her.”

“I know,” Josiah answered. “We haven’t come to a conclusion for the fire at the Fairchild residence yet. Even now, I still think of Jacinta as a suspect. But, Xavier, as I said, I was walking in front of Rachel back then, and Winnie came down soon after me. Just as she came out, Christopher fell onto the roof of the car. She asked Christopher about it. Although Jacinta’s words can’t be fully trusted, Christopher said your name. As far as I know, Christopher was an honest man. Do you think he would lie before he died?”

Xavier looked at Josiah in silence. A few seconds later, he frowned and asked, “Do you also think that I pushed Christopher off? Do you think I killed him on purpose?”

“That’s not what I’m saying, Xavier! Calm down,” Josiah replied. “I just want to figure out what happened back then. You were involved, but you can’t remember anything, and we can’t trust Jacinta’s words. That’s why the only thing we can do now is to reason. No one knows what happened—whether it was you who made a mistake or it was someone else who pushed Christopher off. We know none of this right now.”

“What about Yulissa?” Xavier’s frown deepened. “Is she saying the same things as Jacinta?”

“She… killed herself. You don’t remember it, but she and Christopher are dead. Jacinta’s the only witness now.” Josiah sighed. “But don’t worry. Even if you did push Christopher off, it’s understandable. After all, you were in a terrible mental state at that time. You were a victim too.”

A beat later, Josiah asked, “What did Yulissa show you that made you lose control?”

“She said…” Xavier started, Yulissa’s words ringing in his head again.

She had said that Christopher and Winnie were willing to give up on their dignity for each other and that the two of them had made a promise to be together in their next lives.

She even said that he had been cuckolded a long time ago. Without him, Winnie and Christopher would have been together.

She also told him that everything Christopher did was to separate him and Winnie and that Christopher wanted him gone from this world.

That was not all. In the end, she even told him that as long as he pushed Christopher off the building and killed him, Winnie would be his alone.

Those were the things he could remember Yulissa telling him. What happened after that was something he could not remember at all.

“I think I took a look at the video at that time. I saw Dumbo hugging Christopher, and Christopher wasn’t wearing any clothes. I was really…” Xavier could not continue as he tightened his fists. Seconds of silence later, he suddenly said to Josiah, “I’ll turn myself in.”

“What?” Josiah, who was still reeling in from the shock, was snapped back to reality by Xavier’s words.

“Why would you turn yourself in?” Regardless of everything, Josiah was on Xavier’s side. “I told you that you were a victim too. You can’t be legally prosecuted for what happened while you were mentally unstable. If we go by the books, even if you want to turn yourself in, you can’t do it in Avenport. You’ll have to go to Yeringham in Manchernius instead.”

“Is… that so?” Xavier stiffened for a second before curling his lips into a bitter smile. “Do me a favor and ask Professor White whether or not the drug Yulissa injected me will affect my intellect.”

Josiah’s jaw dropped. “I don’t think there’s any issues with your intellect if you can say that. Still, what prompted you to think that? Do you know how serious things will be if you turn yourself in?”

“It’s because it’s very likely that I was the one who pushed him. If that’s the truth, I’ll have to bear the

dismiss that possibility either. “Maybe he said that on purpose. As Yulissa said, he wanted to sow

He did not know the answer to that. Christopher was dead, and the

fell silent as well. Truth be told, he did not wish to do mindless guessing, but Xavier being

a sudden, a firm female voice rang out, breaking the silence in the

impossible. He would never do

even before the owner of the voice entered. He quickly got

hugged her tightly. “You’re finally here.

however, did not respond to the

looked past Xavier’s shoulders and

she hissed, “He’s dead, so can

see her scolding coming, and he frowned in

one who pushed Christopher off. I don’t mean to tarnish Captain Bennett’s reputation; I’m only

eyes and took in a deep breath. “Then I’ll tell you one

the only one who speaks the truth? Am I not even allowed to point out a possibility? If you believe in Christopher’s words, that means you think Xavier

But here’s the thing, Winnie. You, Xavier, and I have been through life-and-death moments too. When you wanted to head to that place to save your granny, Xavier and I went without a word of complaint. Do the perilous situations we’ve been through and the injuries Xavier and

Josiah’s harsh words toward Christopher despite the latter’s tragic death. That was why

did not expect Josiah’s

said, “I’m sorry. It’s not that I don’t believe you, I just feel bad. I can’t help the

he had made a mountain out

later, Josiah said, “Enjoy your talk. I’ll excuse myself now. Anything I say is wrong

he wheeled himself out of

say to him to diffuse the tension between them, but she was not in the mood to do that just

left, Xavier and Winnie were the only ones left

Winnie when

gone, Xavier did not hold himself back

Xavier before helping him sit up

However, Winnie remained standing.

held her hand to guide her

continued to stay quiet, her silence fueled

after she returned, the police had come

Christopher had sent important information back to the government when they were at Harold’s place, but Christopher had been missing in action since then. That was why the police had

was not only to authenticate the information they had given to them, but they also ended up talking about Christopher’s missing status

to be selfish about

saying that she saw Christopher falling off

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