Silly Bride

Chapter 75

sent him and Winnie to the local hospital.Initially, she didn’t want to visit the doctor, but Xavier insisted. Additionally, when the doctor was giving her a checkup, he was guarding the door outside. Despite his severe leg injury, he refused to go first.It wasn’t until the result of her check-up had been released that his tightly furrowed eyebrows relaxed.Winnie acted pitifully when she saw him. “My shoulder is in pain, Handsome. I want you to blow my pain away.”Basically, she wanted him to blow on her injury as though she was a child playing house.Even though it was childish, Xavier went along with it without hesitation after the look in his eyes darkened. “Okay, I’ll do that after we go back.”Winnie stared at him silently. Something’s not right. When I teased him in the past, he’d at least try to hold himself back. Now, it seems like he has changed, as though he had been freed from an invisible shackle.“Are you feeling pain anywhere else?” He gripped her hand tightly and focused all his attention on her face.With a silly smile, she shook her head. “No. The doctor said I’m fine.”“Good.” Xavier gently touched her face. “It seems like Hayden didn’t do much to you.”What he said sounded really weird to her, even though there didn’t seem to be anything off about the statement on the surface.“Now it’s your turn to have your leg examined, Handsome.” Winnie hugged his arm and tried to push his wheelchair into the emergency room from earlier.He smiled. “I need to go to the orthopedics department to treat my broken leg, silly. When I go inside for a checkup, just wait outside and don’t go anywhere else, okay?”Her eyes sparkled as she nodded. “Okay!”After arriving at the orthopedics department, the driver was going to accompany Xavier. However, he was asked to leave the room by the latter.“I want you to keep a close eye on her. Get a nurse to follow her if she goes into the restroom,” Xavier ordered.Winnie did need to relieve herself. So, soon after he went into the doctor’s office, she went to the restroom.Before she returned, Xavier’s bodyguard arrived.It was then Xavier exited the room because he needed to go for an X-ray soon.When the bodyguard saw his employer, he immediately approached him.“How’s Hayden?” Xavier asked.“He told me everything, including things that he probably shouldn’t.” Since the information was pretty private, the bodyguard bent down and whispered into his employer’s ear. “Mrs. Fairchild… She was bought by the Briggs family two days ago. It matches the information Calvert gave us. It seems like he’s not lying to us on that part. Also, according to Hayden, he had already…” The bodyguard found it difficult to finish the sentence.As Xavier’s eyebrows furrowed, he had a pretty good guess of what the bodyguard was saying. With a darkened expression, he urged, “Continue.” A troubled look was visible on the bodyguard’s face as he continued, “H-He said he had slept with her. Not only that, he often treated her violently. Two of her fingers were broken, and there are injuries on her legs.”“Her fingers were broken, and there are injuries on her legs?” Xavier frowned. “What about her shoulder? Did he mention an injury on the shoulder?”“That…” The bodyguard pondered and replied, “No, he didn’t.”“Aside from the Briggs family, did anyone on the island see the mentally disabled wife Hayden bought?”“No. According to Hayden, he had been keeping her in the house since he bought her. When people asked about her, he would say she was introduced by a matchmaker. So, the islanders should have never seen her face before until today on the beach.”“Okay, got it.” Xavier tapped his finger on his knees instinctively as he fell into deep thought. Dumbo didn’t have any other injuries aside from the one on her shoulder, though. There were no signs of her fingers being broken.“Also, I’ve set up a new phone on my way back here, Mr. Fairchild. Do you want to give Mr. Tanser a call?”“Yes.”The call soon connected. Louis immediately knew it was from Xavier. “Hello? Is that you, Mr. Fairchild? Are you all right?”“Yes, it’s me. I’m all right.” Xavier put the phone next to his ear. “There was a minor incident last