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?”

his question right away. Instead, she asked in return, “What about you? As Lord Joseph’s third son, are you free to

me the greatest freedom. I’ll only marry a woman I 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 finance and has nothing to do with politics. My family

marry someone. Despite being a pureblooded member of the Huxley family, you don’t need to

hypothetically speaking… What if your family were to ask you to enter into a political

while. “That does seem to be the case.”

Speiser family is sufficiently strong that it has long since been unnecessary for them to consolidate their social status through political marriages. Besides, I’m already married now. How could I possibly be part of a political marriage anymore? If my family were to propose that I do so, I would

I mean, are

brows furrowed. “What

currently in the hospital. If things were fine between the two

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

“Sorry, but I can’t answer this

need to apologize. I’m sorry for having asked something I shouldn’t

largely certain that something

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 always be

up and murmured, “Sorry,

Winnie nodded. “No worries.”

returned with a cup of steaming hot

to Winnie. “Black coffee with

twice in front of him. “I didn’t expect you to remember such a

for me to ask you out. We only had coffee together twice, and you had black coffee with milk both times. It’s simply

Winnie took

Enjoying life is the most important thing. Let everything that makes you unhappy be a thing of

the past? But some people and things

talking about Xavier, Nathaniel felt that there was still hope

we can’t forget what

at the black liquid in the coffee cup.

challenging some extreme sports such as skydiving, bungee jumping, or climbing Mount Albeise. If you need my company, I can go with

Mount Albeise? Winnie’s

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

for a look. She wanted to dig out the two cans of Sprite and snap a photo for Lawrence

about your matters. I’m not a kid, so I don’t need

in slight disappointment. “All

for some time, but she hadn’t

that moment, however, she had a

the plane landed at the airport in Yartran’s capital

“Is someone coming over to pick you up? Do

Who’s coming from the

second brother, Wilhelm

to pick you up!

Speiser was a prominent figure in Yartran. Someone whom he would deign to pick

experience the joy of being ferried around by Mr.

was merely joking with you. There’ll be a car

Winnie nodded. “Okay, then.”