Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Winnie was close to Nathaniel, and Wilhelm had not been soft.

Furthermore, there was no sound coming out of Nathaniel’s earphones.

He initially did not plan on eavesdropping on Winnie’s phone call, but when Wilhelm asked that question, he couldn’t help perking up his ears.

Alas, Winnie chuckled softly. “Not at all. Nothing bad happened between us.”

“Really?” Wilhelm sounded a tad skeptical. “Did the man pick on you?”

At that, Winnie couldn’t help bursting into giggles. “Of course not. If I don’t want it to happen, no one can take advantage of me, much less pick on me. Even if someone picked on me, I’d retaliate viciously instead of running home with my tail tucked between my legs.”

“I’d hope so! If that man dares to pick on you, I’ll never let him off the hook, nor will the entire Speiser family.” On the phone, Wilhelm’s voice became solemn in an instant.

The familial warmth and affection had a smile blooming on Winnie’s face.

“Got it, my beloved brother. I’ll tell him what you said later. I’ve got a friend with me right now, so I’ll talk to you another time. See you at the airport.”

She then said a few more words before hanging up the phone.

Seeing that, Nathaniel removed his earphones.

After doing so, he first apologized to Winnie. “Sorry, Winnie. I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on your conversation earlier, but I didn’t turn on any music, so there wasn’t any sound coming out of my earphones.”

Winnie cast a look at him. “I understand. Besides, this is a public space, not a space that belongs to me exclusively. If you must apologize to me, then I must say sorry to you too. I shouldn’t have answered a call in a public space.”

“No, no, that wasn’t what I meant. I seemingly heard your family asking about your relationship with Mr. Fairchild.” Nathaniel flashed her an embarrassed smile.

Winnie bobbed her head in affirmation. “You did.”

“Then… do you mind me prying into your private matters?” Nathaniel ventured.

They still had to wait for a long time for their flight, and Winnie didn’t want to be lost in her thoughts. If there’s nothing to divert my attention, I probably won’t be able to help myself from thinking about Christopher again.

It was a traumatic incident for her, and she didn’t want to be trapped in it forever without being able to step out.

She shook her head at Nathaniel. “Nope. But if it infringes my privacy, I’ll decline answering.”

In response, Nathaniel grinned. “Of course. That’s your right.”

“Go ahead, then.”

As Nathaniel stared at the alluring Aplothian countenance before him, his heartbeat inexorably sped up.

He started, “As far as I know, your family didn’t know about your marriage with Mr. Fairchild at first. Marrying him was likely an expedient measure at that time. Pardon my intrusion, but does the Speiser family acknowledge this marriage? It seems that even the duke’s heir is having a political marriage with another prominent family. What about you, then? Are you free to marry anyone you like?”

“What about you? As Lord Joseph’s third son,

love, for love must be present in my marriage. As for a political marriage for the sake of the family, it falls on whoever inherits the earldom. I’m merely a businessman who loves

“If so, we share the same sentiments. It must be out of love that I choose to marry someone. Despite being a pureblooded member of the Huxley family, you don’t need to have a

“What if… Just hypothetically speaking… What if your family were to ask you to

seem to be the case.”

has long since been unnecessary for them to consolidate their social status through political marriages. Besides, I’m

regarded her. “Then, are the two of you… I mean, are things really fine between

furrowed. “What did you

If things were fine between the two of you, why would

Winnie’s face. It turns out that no matter what we talk about, we’ll still make a full circle and speak about something related

but I can’t answer

don’t need to apologize. I’m sorry for having asked something I shouldn’t have asked.” Nathaniel immediately apologized to

largely certain that something

is good news for me. Once, Mother wanted to introduce the adopted daughter of the Speiser family to me, but I declined the political marriage before I’d even met her. Later, when I discovered the truth and learned that she was “Gator” and also the Aplothian daughter adopted by the Speiser family, I regretted it to the core! I should be happy now that something had happened between her and Mr. Fairchild. But at the sight of her despondency, I simply can’t muster any joy. With such a beautiful face, she should

he instinctively stood up and

Winnie nodded. “No worries.”

later, Nathaniel returned with

coffee with milk.

drunk coffee twice in front of him. “I didn’t expect you to remember

It has always been exceedingly difficult for me to ask you out. We only had coffee together twice, and you had black coffee with milk both times. It’s simply too easy to remember,” Nathaniel quipped with

see.” Lifting the cup, Winnie took

the most important thing. Let everything that makes you unhappy be a thing of the past,” Nathaniel said, trying to

she muttered, “A thing of the past? But some people and things are destined to

Nathaniel felt that there was still hope for

past holds, it’s a crucial part of our lives. Perhaps we can’t forget what happened in the past, but both

down at the black liquid in the coffee cup. “I know, so

Nathaniel suggested, “Or perhaps you should take this opportunity to go on a vacation. You can try challenging some extreme sports such as skydiving, bungee jumping, or climbing Mount Albeise. If you need my company, I

Winnie’s eyes

of Sprite at the summit, making a promise to climb to the top of the mountain and drink them together when we’re free. But then, we’ve both been truly busy in the past few years that we haven’t gone mountain climbing anymore. As a geologist, Lawrence is currently doing research in the Arcvas Desert in Alendor, so he probably

then, Winnie suddenly felt like going there for a look. She wanted to dig out the two

but you can just go about your matters. I’m

disappointment. “All right, then. I hope

some time, but she hadn’t decided what

that moment, however, she

later, the plane landed at the airport in Yartran’s capital

were disembarking the plane, Winnie asked Nathaniel, “Is someone coming over to

Nathaniel queried, “Are you sure it’s okay? Who’s coming from the Speiser family to

brother,

actually coming personally to pick you up! It looks like you’re not an

Yartran. Someone whom he would deign to pick up

to experience the joy of being ferried around

in demurral. “I don’t dare trouble him. I was merely joking with you. There’ll be a

Winnie nodded. “Okay, then.”