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.”

them. Josiah snatched the pomegranates back from Winnie. “Come in and have a seat. Do you want a drink? I’ll get one for

the pomegranates. After all, you’re the one

asked, “No, it’s all right. It

“Talk about what?”

about your mental health as your friend. I’ve heard about what Nate’s fans did to you. You must be

skeptically. “It’s not that 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

if it is a serious case, the teenagers may carry a criminal record forever. It must be horrible for the parents to see their sweet

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

I think too. Tolerating them is one thing, but in the end, we

right. Tolerating is not the same as condoning. All right, I need to

Let me walk

a few steps away, Josiah walked Winnie to the

elevator arrived,

the day after tomorrow by the way. Let’s

“Okay, it’s settled then.”

just as she agreed to their

elevator doors

condone Jacinta’s mistakes

Harold out, Winnie made sure there were minimal changes to

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

occasions, she went to the mall to eat, and she always chose to

As usual, she headed to the

over the mall because the elevator was transparent, and she could even see the people in the elevator next to

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

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

to contact Josiah about it because