Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Nonetheless, Wilhelm didn’t answer her instantly. Instead, he glanced at Winnie to seek her opinion. After all, attending the dinner didn’t matter to him, so it mainly hinged on his sister’s wishes.

Seeing that he didn’t seem averse to accepting the invitation, Winnie agreed with a faint smile.

Since the two families had been having quite a lot of interaction in recent years, it wouldn’t be appropriate for her to show Elisha such disrespect publicly, as she was a member of the Speiser family.

“Thank you for the invitation, My Lady. It’d be our pleasure.”

“I’m glad to hear that. I’ll make the arrangements. I look forward to our next meeting,” Elisha replied gracefully.

“Sure. At that time, I’ll definitely bring your favorite red wine along,” Wilhelm promised.

“Okay. I’ll undoubtedly be over the moon then.” After saying that, Elisha turned her gaze to Winnie. “We’ll be leaving first, then. Wishing you a speedy recovery.”

Winnie wore a cordial smile on her face. “Thank you for your concern, My Lady.”

Having bade each other goodbye, Elisha twisted sideways and took the arm of her son, Nathaniel, as she made to leave.

Before Nathaniel left, he couldn’t help glancing over his shoulder at Winnie once more.

Their gazes met in mid-air. Nathaniel was all smiles. “We’ll be meeting again very soon, my beloved Winnie.”

Winnie flashed him a smile. “Yeah. See you.”

Even when Nathaniel had walked a distance away, Wilhelm was still staring at his back.

Glimpsing his deeply creased brows, Winnie lifted her hand and waved it in front of him. “Wilhelm? What are you looking at? Is there a problem with them?”

Wilhelm wrapped an arm around her lightly. “There’s something off about the look in the eyes of that Nathaniel fellow when he gazes at you. Have you both known each other for a long time?”

“Yeah. He has always been my business partner. When I ran into a tricky problem back then, he was the one who helped me resolve it. As for the look in his eyes when he gazes at me…” Winnie chuckled softly. “It’s somewhat similar to you, Wilhelm. But he’s probably even more obsessed with Aplothian girls than the lot of you. Even if we weren’t acquainted, my face would have likely been enough to attract his attention. Anyway, he’s a shrewd financier and businessman. He knows what he wants and will also precisely calculate the possible gain and loss in every single matter. Besides, he has long since known that I love someone else. He won’t do anything reckless.”

Still, Wilhelm’s brows remained scrunched together. Dipping his head, he pinned his eyes on Winnie.

“Are you sure you’ve decided on that man? The Huxley family has quite a lot of young and talented men available. On top of that, there are other families. Have you really made up your mind?”

Winnie knew that the man he spoke of referred to Xavier.

Without an ounce of hesitation, she bobbed her head. “Yes, I’ve already made up my mind.”

Clocking her firm attitude and the resolute look in her eyes, Wilhelm nodded. “All right. Although I won’t try changing your decision, nor do I have any way of doing so, Winnie, you’ve got to bear in mind that Xavier fellow has only passed your test for the time being. He hasn’t obtained my acknowledgment or that of the family.”

Winnie didn’t want to talk about that matter then, so she changed the subject. “Let’s speak of this another time. I came back this time for business. Back then, many things couldn’t be explained over the phone, so I can only make a trip back personally.”

“I know.” Lifting his hand, Wilhelm stroked her head indulgently. “Let’s go home. Mushroom soup is beckoning at you.”

While they conversed, they had already walked out of the airport. As Winnie gazed up at the setting sun in the sky, she couldn’t help exclaiming, “Ah, how beautiful!”

I unexpectedly made it in time for dusk. It

who was determined to go back to Chanaea. Otherwise, you could’ve stayed by our sides for the rest of

tilted her head back and looked at the sky. “The

she spoke, she couldn’t help tarrying a few seconds under the setting

such lovely scenery outside Xavier’s window. And I wonder where

time she spaced out,

instinctively stretched taut even as her instincts screamed that someone had placed something on her head. She

she realized it was actually Wilhelm, placing a

doing? The sun has already set, so it isn’t meant

doll that would shatter at the slightest touch. If there’s a chance, I hope you can get more sun and have a healthy complexion. That would make

thanks. I don’t like tanned skin. So,

slipped them on her. “You’ve shaken the entire world now. Your trip home this time

world? Winnie frowned deeply. “What does

in the car. It isn’t quite appropriate to be discussed in the open.”

quickened

two of them

divider between the backseat and the driver’s seat,

as she got into the car, Winnie took

throughout the related circle across the globe. They have also been pretty rampant in Yartran recently. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have needed to entrust you with the mission of destroying Big Black Bear. I really couldn’t spare any manpower over here. Unfortunately, it’s exceedingly difficult to uproot them once and for all. You’ve already snagged some people’s attention, so

deeply. “I see. In that case,

years you’ve been in Yartran. But since you went to Chanaea, not only has identity been exposed, but there are also a lot of pictures of you on the internet. And I reckon you probably didn’t create a new identity on purpose when you went over to Jipsdale to execute the mission,

on the spur

one of the countries with the most developed internet in the world, so your identity will be easily known to all. I’m worried that someone who saw you in Jipsdale might recognize you by a stroke of

then. Fortunately, netizens have a short memory.

continued, “It looks like we’ve got to figure out a way to delete all my pictures on the Chanaean internet. Only then will there

need to worry about this. Your priority right now is to

trusted wholeheartedly, so she had no qualms entrusting things to him. “I’ll nap for a while, then. Wake me up

that, he helped her adjust

heard him consulting someone about deleting photos from

“By the way,

her speaking to him, Wilhelm immediately put his phone away.

closed, Winnie muttered, “My black badge has gone missing. Help me report the loss, please. I don’t know where it is or whether it has fallen into someone

“Okay.”

to sleep,

sooner had Winnie’s words fallen than Wilhelm received

call, for he didn’t want to

guilty that she had injured her arm because of the mission he had entrusted her

end, Winnie still missed having

didn’t realize it even when Wilhelm carried her from the car all

her to have an uninterrupted rest, Wilhelm had even set her phone into airplane

slept until

far away in Avenport, didn’t

as he stared at the phone that remained

Josiah entered the room in a wheelchair, he was greeted by the sight of the man clutching