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.

when she was in the office.

was quite rare for both

was about to answer the call,

the knocks sounded extremely urgent, Winnie immediately responded, “Come

security guard rushed

Garland!” reported Jasmine anxiously, her

“What happened? Be clear.”

hands and played a video for Winnie. “A man

grabbed the tablet and asked, “Have

we called the police. He has already disconnected

the video was in black

over his face, concealing it when viewed

receptionist’s neck with his thumb even when wielding the knife. Since it seemed like he did not

asked Jasmine, “What does he want?

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

for me? Are you

“Yes!”

“Okay, I’ll go down.”

in a deep breath, she said, “Don’t go. What if

affirmed Winnie. “He’s quite skinny

you didn’t recognize him because of the surveillance footage’s

similar to Xavier’s. There’s no way I’ll

observe how things go first.

agreed Jasmine.

to call the police, Winnie nodded. Just when she was about to speak, she caught a glimpse of a circular scar on the