Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Winnie furrowed her brows as she handed him the phone.

Josiah took it over from her and read the message out loud, “The celebrity has been bailed out. All that’s left to do is to wait for Xavier to come back. When will he be back?”

After reading through the text, Josiah scrolled through the phone’s inbox and said, “I don’t see any other messages. What does this mean? Who’s the celebrity? What are they planning to do?”

Winnie massaged her aching forehead. “I don’t know. Let me think…”

Josiah nodded and returned the phone to her. “Just take your time. Here, I’ll drive while you think about it.”

“Okay.” Winnie knew she was in no condition to drive, so she did as told and swapped places with him.

After getting into the passenger seat, Winnie rolled the window down fully to get some fresh air.

As it was quite a windy day in the countryside, the fresh air blowing on her face helped clear her head instantly.

She turned to look at Josiah and exclaimed, “Oh, I remember now! The celebrity named Shania Hamilton! She got arrested a while back for assaulting someone with a knife. She was aiming for me, but Nate shielded me from the attack. We then called the police and had her arrested.”

“Oh, right, I remember that incident! You told me she hated you because Xavier had her blacklisted, right?” Josiah asked with a frown.

“Yeah.” Winnie nodded. “That’s exactly what happened. Well, technically, she wasn’t just aiming for me. She was also going for Xavier.”

he doesn’t want to get his hands dirty, so he gets someone else to help him do it. Since Shania happens to have a motive

giving our statements at the police station. She told me that she asked the police officers about Shania’s motives, but they didn’t tell her anything. Had I not told my granny the truth, she wouldn’t have figured it out even if she had been present at the scene. Stuart somehow managed to find out about it and is using Shania to get at Xavier. How did he find out, though? Could it be that Granny provided him with

crying after saying that last

this upset before, and it pained

home instead? You could get some rest while I head over to see Old

after a brief pause,

pulled out her phone and called Mary,

all right?” Winnie asked the moment the call

“Same old. She still won’t eat, drink, or speak to anyone. Mrs. Fairchild, should we send

when I get back. For now, just try your best to talk her into eating. Remember, do not let her

Sumner would want to contact anyone

later. Inform me immediately

hung up the phone

glance and asked, “By the way, how will you reply to Stuart’s message? In

want him calling us,” Winnie replied

will you

then looked straight ahead as she continued, “Step on it. We

and floored

arrived at the Fairchild