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 truth, but you

that, the elevator

about to enter the elevator,

“What else do you want to do? You don’t

his grip. He still had his suspicions about Winnie that she could harm Xavier. “What is your motive?

more danger Xavier is in. Not only are you

tell me your true

rolled her 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

shook Josiah’s hand away and entered the elevator before the door

wanted to continue pursuing her, but it was too late. Though he did not believe her words, he still had doubts

Thus, he called Louis.

of

at high speed on the provincial highway 301,”

that highway lead to?” asked Winnie because she was unfamiliar with Avenport’s

vehicle’s current trail, there are two possible locations—Avenport’s

came up with a deduction. “It’s definitely 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

If the boat’s prepared ahead of time, they’ll only need five minutes to get it sailing. That leaves

furrowed her brows. “Twenty minutes is too short. I won’t be able to reach there in time, even if I drive at a hundred and eighty miles per hour. Is there no

five minutes. You should be able to reach the port in eight. That leaves you seven minutes to spare. If everything goes well, you might be able to

the nearest interchange station and got onto the maglev train that was headed

minutes later, Winnie arrived