Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Moreover, the gruff voice sounded familiar to Winnie. It was one that she had a deep impression of.

Just before she could clarify if it was Xavier’s father on the line, Benjamin preempted her. “Why are you answering Xavier’s phone? Where is he?”

His hostile tone brought a slight frown to Winnie’s face as she replied flatly, “He’s busy right now and can’t reach his phone.”

Winnie knew that she and Benjamin had nothing to talk about. Moreover, she couldn’t bring herself to curry favor with him.

Hence, she replied politely, “However, he’ll be back soon. I’ll get him to return your call later. Is that all right?”

Despite Winnie’s distinguished identity, Benjamin still didn’t approve of her, a view that hadn’t changed since the beginning.

In his mind, she would always be the clown who pretended to be a retard just so that she could seek vengeance for her father.

Obviously, that wasn’t the root of his dissatisfaction with her.

What infuriated him the most was her undue influence over his son.

as the masterpiece he had carved out with

expect Xavier to have done many extreme things for Winnie’s sake. Furthermore, his son was willing to sacrifice the Fairchild family’s

daughter-in-law due to her—in his mind—unwarranted

bimbo who could bear the latter children. A woman who was capable of manipulating Xavier was nothing but

is Xavier doing

right.” The frown on Winnie’s face deepened.

“Why? For work?”

the truth instead of lying, even though she could roughly guess the reason for Benjamin’s snarky tone. After all, there was no point in hiding the fact from the latter since he could

a daughter-in-law of the Fairchild family. Although Benjamin didn’t return to see her or show any concern, it didn’t mean he was oblivious to what

on, “I heard that your condition is pretty serious. Don’t you think that you’re being a burden to Xavier right now? I’m

of Winnie’s brows. Ignoring the fish that had taken the

“Dad.” “You’re not the daughter-in-law I want, a fact I have made abundantly clear while you were still pretending to be a fool. Even when you were well, you dragged Xavier along on many dangerous endeavors. Because of you, he has also ignored his responsibilities to the Fairchild family. Clearly, a woman like you isn’t good for him, especially with your deteriorating health. All you’re doing is holding him back. If

I’ll have to disappoint you. Xavier and I are a married couple, and our bond is stronger than the hardest steel. My affairs are now his. Even if I leave him today, he’ll still travel to the ends of

“You seem to be proud of yourself and enjoy having a man like Xavier fuss all over you. Have you

delve into something as private as this?” Winnie was a sea of

tone, Benjamin felt as if his

by her response, he could feel his hatred for Winnie

exposed to radiation, you had better get your body examined to see if you can still bear an heir for the Fairchild family. If you’re barren, you would be useless as a woman, even if you’re