Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

“Okay. Winnie called me just now. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now,” Xavier said.

“All right. She called me too. You don’t think she has guessed something, do you?”

“What’s there to guess?” Xavier retorted, then continued, “It’s not like it’s shady for us to call each other. All we’re doing is withholding the fact that we are investigating Jacinta. I don’t want it to affect our relationship before I gather any solid evidence.”

Josiah hummed in response and said, “Yes, I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t tell her.”

“I know. I trust you.”

With that, the two of them quickly hung up.

Around ten minutes later, Josiah took out his phone and replied to Winnie’s message because he figured she would have ended her call with Xavier by that time.

He texted: I’m at home waiting for your arrival, Ms. Garland.

Winnie replied almost immediately: Wait. She reached Josiah’s doorstep in less than five minutes.

Josiah was pleasantly surprised the moment he opened the door and saw Winnie carrying a bowl of pomegranates.

“Have you come all the way to give me these?” Josiah asked in disbelief.

Winnie shot him an annoyed look. “Why else am I here? Is there someone else staying here? Seriously though, I thought I saw someone just now.”

“Don’t you try to scare me. I don’t believe in ghosts. Are you only giving me these pomegranates because you can’t finish them, and you feel like it’s a pity throwing them away?”

Speechless, Winnie snatched the bowl of pomegranates back and said, “You’re so fussy. Give them back if you don’t want them. I could’ve peeled fewer pomegranates if I can’t finish these.”

snatched the pomegranates back from Winnie. “Come in and have a seat. Do

some of the pomegranates. After all, you’re the one who

“No, it’s all right. It wasn’t really

“Talk about what?”

“I’m concerned about your mental health as your friend. I’ve heard about what Nate’s

bad, but I’ll have to admit that it’s kind of frustrating since Nate’s fans are mostly fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers. They are neither mature enough nor capable of taking full

a criminal record forever. It must be horrible for the parents to see their sweet and obedient daughters become someone who would do

allowed herself to ponder for a while before replying, “If it’s someone who’s close to me, I will be more tolerant of them compared to strangers. However, they must learn from their mistakes. If they insist on going their own way, there is nothing else I can do other than part ways

one thing, but in the end, we cannot condone

right. Tolerating is not the same as

Let me walk you to the

was just a few steps away, Josiah walked Winnie to

arrived, he called out to

day after tomorrow by

“Okay, it’s settled then.”

just as she agreed to their

elevator doors close after she

Jacinta’s mistakes

out, Winnie made sure there were minimal changes to

than her house, the company she was working at, and the mall near the company, she

to the mall to eat, and she always chose to dine on the

As usual, she headed to the mall to have her dinner

mall because the elevator was transparent, and she could even see

her surprise, she saw Josiah in the elevator beside her. He

that he came to the mall to meet her, but then she remembered their dinner arrangement was supposed to

didn’t intend to contact Josiah about it because he might have some personal matters to