Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

After her initial shock, Winnie frowned and glared at Harold, who was standing less than two meters away.

He didn’t seem surprised at all.

In fact, he gave Winnie a sinister grin.

“Why? Are you shocked, Ms. Vivian? I thought you were a smart woman, but I can’t believe you assumed I’d hand a loaded gun to you. Have I ever told you that you have gorgeous eyes? However, you’re blind. Open your eyes wide and see what this is.”

Harold smugly showed her what was in his left palm.

Winnie noticed there was a bullet lying there.

He tricked me. There is no bullet in this gun.

Unafraid, she threw the gun away. “It appears that I’m not quite as skilled as you in these sorts of games.”

Harold let out a loud, haughty laugh as he held up his gun with his right hand and pointed it at Winnie. His expression was one of extreme contempt and disappointment. “You’re really quite bold to be able to stay so calm and collected in the face of imminent danger, huh? I’m sure someone else would be so scared that they’d be peeing their pants if they were in your shoes right now. Ms. Vivian, do you even know what you’ve done? You’ve betrayed my trust and broken the rules. How dare you try to kill me with my own gun! That’s outrageous! Despite this, I still can’t help but admire you since I got to know you in Lightspring. That was why I trusted you enough to collaborate with you. Little did I expect you to blow up my factory and warehouse! Here, take a good look at this!” Harold grew increasingly emotional as he strode to Winnie. “Open your f*cking pretty eyes and take a good look at me! Look at my face! Look what you did to me!”

Winnie glanced at his contorted and grotesque appearance and curled her mouth into a mocking smirk, a gesture that made it evident that she found his presence to be quite disagreeable.

“Why? Are you expecting me to apologize? You look ugly now. Will you feel better if I apologize?”

The provocation that came from her speech served only to intensify Harold’s wrath, causing his expression to become further distorted with rage.

“Winnie Garland!” he hissed through gritted teeth. “You have a death wish!”

“Whatever you say.” Winnie didn’t seem afraid at all. She looked him straight in the eye mockingly. “You have the gun, so just shoot me. Why aren’t you taking action? Do you need me to show you how it’s done?”

wrist, guiding it so that the barrel of the

curved up as she continued, “Just like how I fired at you earlier, shoot me until your

gun barrel seeped through the fabric of Winnie’s clothing, pressing firmly

the chill of the metal even against the protection of

had given her instructions to buy some time, so she was left

had heard three long and one

was Greta’s

here to help

she heard that signal, but Greta

was unable to act as she

crouched down when he approached Winnie and told her to look at

completely blocked

was hiding

but Winnie doubted whether she could shoot Harold accurately given the

Harold

tugged him backward, changing their

Winnie did that, but he knew

fingers reacted faster than his brain. When Winnie tugged

as Winnie said, he wanted to fire

he soon ran out of bullets after three rounds.

took aim

Greta had no idea Harold’s subordinate would suddenly rush out

bullet

and a sickening sensation of warmth began to seep into Harold’s clothing as the man’s blood trickled into his collar.

glowered at Winnie. “You