Silly Bride

“Yes. It’s very urgent. I’ll send you the number now,” Winnie continued talking to Christopher on the phone while making her way out of the ward.

Before stepping out into the corridor, she heard Yulissa feigning innocence, saying, “Josiah, what was that woman talking about just now? Why was she asking me to hand over Xavier? Is he in trouble? Josiah, tell me! This is so frustrating! Why didn’t you tell me about it earlier? Why did you hide it from me, Josiah?”

Hearing Yulissa repeating Josiah’s name disgusted Winnie. Hence, she slammed the door shut, preferring not to hear the former’s voice at all.

Winnie shut the door rather hard, and Yulissa put on a shocked expression as if startled by the sound. The latter asked, “Josiah, who’s that woman?”

Josiah adjusted his glasses, answering, “That’s what I want to know, too. Get some rest, and don’t worry about Xavier’s matter.”

With that, he hurried after Winnie.

Arriving at the elevator, he called out to Winnie, “Stop right there.”

Since the door had not opened, Winnie decided to turn around for the sake of being polite. “What’s the matter, Dr. Houghton?”

Josiah frowned. “Why are you so sure Xavier’s in trouble? He’s been looking for her for quite some time. Isn’t it normal for him to leave the hospital after getting a lead on her?”

“Are you going to believe what I tell you? If I told you that Yulissa wants to harm Xavier, and the lead Xavier received was just a trap, will you believe me?” Winnie responded with questions.

Josiah refuted instinctively, “Can you be more reasonable? Why would Yulissa want to harm Xavier? It doesn’t make sense.”

“What if I say Yulissa’s working with Zyon?”

“How’s that possible? Both of them barely contact each other. Besides, anyone would prefer to be in touch with Xavier instead of Zyon. There’s no need for Yulissa to contact Zyon, anyway.”

“See? I’m telling you the

she said that, the

was about to enter

do you want to do? You don’t even

had his suspicions about Winnie that she could harm Xavier. “What is your

the more danger Xavier is in. Not only are you not going out to look

your

eyes. “Fine. I’ll tell you. That jerk, Xavier, took my family heirloom. Where am I going to look for it if he dies in some unknown place? You’d better listen to me and get

hand away and

it was too late. Though he did not believe her words, he still had doubts about

Thus, he called Louis.

stepped out of the hospital when Christopher

moving at

does that highway lead to?” asked Winnie

are two possible locations—Avenport’s international airport or Avenport’s harbor,”

not the international airport. They were in a rush to carry out the mission. There’s no way they’ll be taking the plane. It’s too much of a hassle. Leaving on a private boat at the harbor sounds more plausible. Captain

you want to do. If the boat’s prepared ahead of

even if I drive at a hundred and eighty miles per hour. Is there

next train in five minutes. You should be able to reach the port in eight. That leaves you seven minutes to spare. If everything

station and got onto the maglev train that was headed

Winnie