“Xavier?”

Winnie turned around and lifted her head. Before she could make eye contact with the man behind her, she was pulled into an embrace.

At that moment, her head was gently leaning against a warm and familiar chest.

She wrapped her arms around the man’s waist tightly and exclaimed in surprise, “Why are you back so soon?”

“I completed my work sooner than expected, so I got back a day earlier,” Xavier answered, his tone filled with remorse.

After saying that, he couldn’t help but plant a light peck on Winnie’s hair before apologizing, “I’m sorry I got back late. Just leave everything to me.”

Winnie inhaled the familiar scent on Xavier’s body and finally felt a sense of relief after a few days of chaos.

“Okay.” She nodded as she relaxed and leaned against him entirely. “I need your help.”

“Sure,” he whispered. “I will always lend you a hand. You can leave it to me without worrying.”

The couple enjoyed a quiet moment in each other’s arms. After Winnie felt she had recharged her spirit, she finally got up and told Xavier, “Let’s talk outside.”

“Okay.” Xavier reached out and held her hand before falling silent.

Shortly after, they exited the ward together.

A dim light was switched on outside the ward. As soon as they walked there, Mason got to his feet swiftly and explained, “Ms. Garland, it was Mr. Fairchild who asked me to stay quiet just now.”

Winnie let out a soft hum in acknowledgment before telling Mason, “You may go back and rest now. Come back after you’ve got some sleep. We don’t need you for now.”

“All right!” Mason nodded and left the ward promptly.

in his arms and sat

about it. Currently, the possibility of Granny confessing her crimes is low. So, I’ll make a police report as soon as the sun rises. It’ll take another hour. What do

that, then.” She had already made up her mind. “It’s not a good idea to delay further. Is everything fine on Stuart’s end? We

under our control.

“Okay.”

Xavier frowned and felt his heart wrench. “Talk to me. Tell me everything

grievance when she was being called ungrateful and heartless

she must stay strong and

now that she was in front of Xavier, she could feel all the grievances she had suffered crashing down on

on his warm and strong

time when she would

his gaze fixed on her face from the

ranting about her problems, he comforted her gently, “Silly girl, just leave this to me. From now onward, you don’t have to worry about

flew as they embraced each other and shut

doctor who was doing their rounds informed Winnie that

after, Josiah also brought some breakfast and arrived

knew Xavier had returned in the early morning, he brought some food for both

glanced at his watch and asked Xavier, “Is it all right if we get

“We don’t have to wait another fifteen minutes. Let’s

matter any longer. He even wished that this entire situation would be

Rufus right when he

asked in confusion.

well. “When did you come back? I thought you’d be

“I got back early.”

responsibility to handle such a huge issue that happened at home. It’s been tough on Winnie throughout the few days you

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