Silly Bride

Chapter 57

me a set of pajamas from the wardrobe.”When Winnie turned to get Xavier’s pajamas as instructed, she could not help chastising him inwardly again. D*mn it! How could this b*stard hit women? He slapped Yulissa just now and smacked my hand again! What a sc*mbag! Anyway, that heinous woman deserved it. In fact, he should have slapped her harder! Oh! How I missed those days when I used to disguise myself as a silly woman. I could order him to do anything back then and even tease him whenever I was in the mood.Winnie had only taken the pajamas out of the wardrobe before Xavier gave his orders consecutively. “Bring me the clothes and turn yourself around. You can give Josiah a call now.”She had no choice but to turn around. Hmph! What’s the point of covering himself? Didn’t he know that I’d already seen him naked before this?Seeing that Winnie remained motionless, Xavier queried impatiently, “What are you waiting for? Don’t you have his phone number?”“Yes, I do.” Winnie turned her back toward him before she whipped out her phone. “I’ll call Dr. Houghton now.”“Turn on the speaker.”“Okay, Mr. Fairchild.”Josiah answered the call very soon, and Winnie greeted him first, “Hello, Dr. Houghton. I’m Paulina.”“Oh! Paulina, what’s wrong? Aren’t you at Mr. Fairchild’s place now? Did anything happen?” Josiah asked on the other end of the line at once.“Nothing. It’s inconvenient for Mr. Fairchild to make a phone call now. Thus, he told me to relay his message to you that he has something to discuss with you. Would you mind coming over?” “Huh?” Josiah was stunned. “He only broke his leg, didn’t he? Don’t tell me he even has a broken arm now.”Winnie was rendered speechless.Meanwhile, Xavier chimed in, “Dr. Houghton, if you’re not busy now, can you come over at once?”“Okay! I’ll be there in half an hour,” Josiah replied, feeling surprised when Xavier addressed him as Dr. Houghton.When Josiah reached twenty minutes later, Winnie was about to step forward to brief him about Xavier’s condition. Nevertheless, he gestured to her to stop. “Wait a minute. I’ll go in to have a look first.”“Okay!” Winnie beamed sweetly, but two options had already popped into her mind at the same time.For the first option, she would make her way toward the door, open it, and leave at once. However, all her efforts would go down the drain.As for the second option, she would steel herself to take the risk. By then, Josiah would be impressed by her too.Without hesitation, she went for the second option.In the meantime, Josiah furrowed his brows in Xavier’s room. “What do you mean? Are you suspecting there’s a problem with the caretaker I looked for you just because you overheard her talking on the phone when you were half awake? Who knows, you were in your dream at that moment?”“Even if I was in my dream, anything wrong for me to have a sense of suspicion?” Xavier refuted and pushed the bottles of medicine beside him. “Help me to check this medicine if there are any problems.”“Okay! I’ll do that.”“Take a look at this too.” Xavier handed him his tablet.Josiah widened his eyes right after he took it over and had a look. “What on earth is going on? Isn’t Paulina here now? How’s it possible for her to purchase a train ticket to leave tonight?”“So my suspicion makes sense, right?”“Could it be she had bought it much earlier and forgot to request a ticket refund?”“She’s acting weirdly too. So far, I’ve never seen her taking off her mask. After all, it’s my home, not the hospital.”“If that’s the case, I’ll sound her out now.”At the same time, Winnie was standing in front of the bar counter and adjusting the invisible headset in her ears.Shortly after, Josiah walked toward her with a smile and asked, “Anything wrong? Are you feeling any discomfort in your ears?”“Nothing. It’s just a little itchy. How’s Mr. Fairchild now? His emotion seemed to be a little unstable a while ago.”“He’s fine. Come and take a seat here. Let’s have a chat.” Josiah led her to take a seat on the couch.Winnie sensed that Xavier’s room was facing the couch, and the door was ajar. If Xavier wished to know about the condition in the living room, he could observe them from his room.Hence, she chose a seat with her back facing Xavier’s room before sitting down.On the other hand, Josiah sat right opposite her. “We’re not in the hospital now, so there’re fewer restrictions here. You can take off your mask.”Hence, Winnie took off her mask as requested. “Dr. Houghton, do you want to assign me anything?”Josiah narrowed his eyes instead. “What happened to the corner of your eyes? Did you have an operation? Why do you seem to look a little strange?”“Do I look strange? You must have overthought. My eyes are actually a