Silly Bride

Chapter 4

Fairchild, look what I have here.” In the end, Mary had to resort to candy to bribe Winnie. Mary discovered that Winnie would listen to her obediently whenever she offered food. As expected, Winnie was attracted by the candy. Seeing that, Mary gave the remaining candy in her pocket to Josiah. “Mrs. Fairchild, listen to Dr. Houghton, and he’ll give you candy.” Winnie followed Josiah to Xavier’s room on the second floor. However, Xavier was nowhere to be seen in his bedroom. They heard the sound of running water in the bathroom and realized he was taking a shower. Knowing Josiah was still observing her, Winnie kept her act and deliberately drooled everywhere as she sucked on her lollipop. Suddenly, Josiah tossed one candy to the ground beside Winnie’s feet. He was obviously testing her, so Winnie stared at the candy for a while before picking it up. It was the first candy. The second candy was tossed to the TV cabinet, and the third landed at the corner of a wall. The fourth was dropped into the dustbin. Every time Josiah tossed out a piece of candy, Winnie would run over to pick it up. She seemed delighted by his actions and allowed herself to be teased like a dog. I’m trying to insult her, but she doesn’t seem affected at all. Josiah’s brows furrowed up. If she isn’t mentally challenged, she must be good at putting up an act! He strode over to her and was about to ask a few more questions when the bathroom door was pushed open. “That’s enough, Josiah.” It was Xavier, who was done with his shower. A towel was wrapped around his waist, exposing his upper torso. His expression was dark as he warned, “Don’t go overboard.” “I just wanted to confirm things. You know it’s an occupational disease of mine.”