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?”

away. Instead, she asked in return, “What about you?

political marriage

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,

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? After all, the Speiser family has

a while. “That does seem to be the case.” That’s

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

are the two of you… I mean, are things really fine between you and Mr. Fairchild? After all, I heard

brows furrowed. “What

currently in the hospital. If things were fine between

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

exhaled deeply. “Sorry, but I

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

was largely certain that something must

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

thought, he instinctively stood up and murmured,

Winnie nodded. “No worries.”

with

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

in front of him. “I didn’t expect you to

ask you out. We only had coffee together twice, and you had black coffee with milk both times.

see.” Lifting the cup, Winnie took a sip of the coffee. “It

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

But some

talking about Xavier, Nathaniel felt that there was still hope for

of our lives. Perhaps we can’t forget what happened in the past, but

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

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

Winnie’s

Back 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 in the past few years that we haven’t gone mountain climbing anymore.

suddenly felt like going there for a look. She wanted to dig out

you can just go about your matters. I’m

“All right, then. I hope you enjoy

to leave for some time, but she hadn’t decided

however, she

hours later, the plane landed at the airport

plane, Winnie asked Nathaniel, “Is someone coming

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

second brother, Wilhelm

Wilhelm is actually coming personally to pick you up! It

in Yartran. Someone whom he would deign

to experience the joy of being ferried around

his hand in demurral. “I don’t dare trouble him. I was merely joking with you. There’ll be a car coming to pick me up,

Winnie nodded. “Okay, then.”