Silly Bride

Chapter 4

how he was observing her. He seemed reluctant to believe she was mentally challenged and kept scanning her with his eyes behind the glasses. “No. I don’t want to follow Specky.” Winnie curled into a ball and inched away to a corner in the room. Fear crept into her gaze as she said, “He’s scary when he looks at me with his glasses. I don’t want to leave with him! Mary, protect me!” Amused, Mary shot Josiah a look that seemed to say, “See? I told you she’s dumb.” “Mrs. 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.” Josiah shrugged nonchalantly. “Still, it doesn’t mean you can bully her this way!” At the moment, Winnie was busy digging through the dustbin but was laughing hysterically deep down. It looks like Xavier pities me for being dumb. If that’s the case, I don’t mind making my image more miserable. After finding the candy, she hurried over to Xavier and hugged him tightly, ignoring the fact that he had just stepped out of the shower. “Handsome, protect me. Specky is an evil man! He threw away the candy Mary gave me. They’re mine! Handsome, you should beat him up!” Xavier only had a towel wrapped around his waist. He felt extremely awkward as Winnie hugged him tightly and wriggled about. “Winnie.” Xavier stiffened as his voice grew gruff without him realizing it. “Let me go.” “No!” Winnie tightened her arms around him. “Specky is glaring at me. I’m scared!” She was no innocent woman. It wouldn’t hurt for her to hug someone as handsome and built as Xavier. If the chance were to arise, she didn’t mind sleeping with him a few nights. “Winnie, be good. I’ll teach him a lesson. So just let go of me first, okay?” How could she… This is pure torture! She has no idea how soft her body is, huh? Look at her, all pretty and seductive. Sensing the change in Xavier’s body, Winnie knew it was time to let him off the hook. After