Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Winnie felt touched when she heard that. Chuckling gently, she said, “Looks like our years of friendship aren’t for nothing! Since you’re worried about me, I’m sure that you can also understand our worry for you, right? We don’t want you to take risks too.”

“Yeah, I’ve been too rash earlier. I understand that. Actually, I’ve already met Christopher’s parents. They know nothing except that their son has sacrificed his life. They believe that the organization will definitely bring Christopher back and I believe that too. However, it happened outside the borders. The organization would have to think about every step carefully since even the tiniest detail could have a huge impact. That’s why I want to do this myself. Often, it’s much more efficient doing things personally than to rely on an organization. Yet, I was too anxious and ignored your feelings. I’m sorry, Winnie. I’ve been acting too selfishly toward you in the past few days.”

“I understand, Lisanne.” Winnie held her hand. “This is just human nature. You don’t have to apologize to me. We’re good friends, after all.”

“No.” Lisanne was not someone to take advantage of relationships. “I want to apologize to you. I said something quite hurtful at Yartranthe the other day. I don’t regret it. Regarding the incident at the research center, I don’t regret helping you at all.”

“I know.” Winnie smiled. “I know that you said that in a fit of rage.”

“You don’t need to look for Lucas. Just tell him to deploy more men to Manchernius.”

“It’s fine. I’ve already decided.” Winnie chose to stick with her decision. “All of you are telling me to stay hidden but that doesn’t solve the root problem. I don’t want to keep being hung up on something so uncertain, so I want it to end quickly. Well, it looks like luring Harold out is the best solution. After all, he was the only one left other than us back then. As it’s highly possible that he has taken Christopher’s corpse away, the most direct method is to look for him.”

“No, Winnie. That’s too dangerous.”

“I admit that it’s quite risky. However, instead of waiting for him to appear one day, I’d rather take the initiative. At least, I can gain some control.”

Lisanne had already regained her rationality by then. After mulling over it, she thought that what Winnie said made sense.

“I need to discuss with Lucas first.”

Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”

Just when both of them were about to leave, the two phones on Winnie’s desk rang at the same time.

connected to the internal line would only ring when she was in the office. Furthermore, all

both

about to answer the call, someone pounded on

urgent,

a security guard

Jasmine anxiously, her

“What happened? Be clear.”

guard’s hands and played a

Winnie grabbed the tablet and asked, “Have

He said that he’ll kill the hostage if we called the police.

video was in black and wearing a

cap was pulled over his face, concealing it when viewed from the

he shielded the receptionist’s neck with his thumb even when wielding the knife. Since it seemed like he did not have the intention to harm the receptionist, she guessed

does he want? Did he ask

clothes were so disheveled and he did not have an appointment, the receptionist refused to let him come up. He continued to

me?

“Yes!”

“Okay, I’ll go down.”

Winnie!” Lisanne pulled her back. Taking in a deep breath, she said, “Don’t go.

“He’s quite skinny and

possible that you didn’t recognize him because of the

similar to

“Let’s observe how things go first. Why don’t we call the

Jasmine. “Let’s call

was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of a circular scar on