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?”

return, “What about you? As Lord Joseph’s

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

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 political marriage, so it goes doubly for me. After all, I’m only an adopted daughter of the Speiser family. My

that’s true.” A wave of disappointment inundated Nathaniel, but still, he couldn’t resist querying, “What if… Just hypothetically speaking… What if your family were to ask you to enter into a political marriage with another family now? Would you decline?

pondered for a while. “That does seem to be the case.” That’s why Wilhelm and the others dote

political marriages. The 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

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

brows furrowed. “What did

admitted, “I heard that he’s currently in the hospital. If things were fine between the two of you, why would you leave him

that no matter what we talk about, we’ll still

exhaled deeply. “Sorry, but I

sorry for having asked something I

certain that something must

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

stood up and

Winnie nodded. “No worries.”

with a

handed the coffee to Winnie. “Black coffee with milk. This should be

that she had only drunk coffee twice in front of

difficult for me to ask you out. We only had coffee together twice, and you had

cup, Winnie took a

what, live in the moment. Enjoying life is the most important thing. Let everything that makes you unhappy be a thing of the past,”

some people and things are

talking about Xavier, Nathaniel

he asserted, “No matter what the past holds, it’s a crucial part of our lives. Perhaps we can’t forget what happened in the past, but both time and destiny are moving forward. We should also

lowered her head and stared down at the black

this opportunity to go on a vacation. You can try challenging some extreme sports such as skydiving, bungee

Albeise? Winnie’s

when I climbed Mount Albeise with Lawrence a few years ago, we even buried two cans 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

Nathaniel mentioned that place again right then, Winnie suddenly felt like going there for a look. She wanted to dig out the two cans of

can just go about your matters. I’m not a kid, so I don’t need someone accompanying

“All right, then.

for some

however, she had a

at the airport in Yartran’s capital right

asked Nathaniel, “Is someone coming

okay? Who’s

second brother, Wilhelm

coming personally to pick you up!

whom he would

experience the joy of being ferried

joking with you. There’ll be a car coming to pick me up, so

Winnie nodded. “Okay, then.”