Silly Bride

Chapter 123

when your addiction kicked in?”“Xavier?” Yulissa sounded utterly surprised. “Are you currently with Josiah? No wonder no one opened the door when I rang your house doorbell. I originally wanted to look for you to tell you something, but my drug addiction suddenly relapsed. Where are you two now? Can you tell Josiah to come quickly? I’m currently at the entrance to your house. I feel extremely horrible.”“All right then…” Josiah was dumbfounded. “You should hide first. Don’t let the police arrest you before we return.”“That won’t happen. No one will know about it. Please hurry back,” Yulissa responded.Josiah hummed in acknowledgment before swiftly ending the call.The displeased Josiah complained, “Does that woman think of us as a shelter?”“Let’s go back now.” Given the current situation, Xavier certainly didn’t want Yulissa to meet with a mishap.Firstly, it was because the woman could still be of use to him.Secondly, she had taken Winnie’s badge, and Xavier had to retrieve it.“Okay, let’s return. I intend to drive you back anyway. I’m your driver for today,” Josiah babbled. He then added, “Take it that I’m begging you. Quickly settle that branch family of yours. I’ll truly die of fatigue if you continue pretending to be dead.”Xavier scowled. “You don’t have to urge me.”I also hope to “rise from the dead” soon. I still need to collect some debts from Dumbo. These emotional debts are very complicated. I’m afraid they can’t get settled within a year and a half. I can’t possibly sneak around like this for that long!Thus, before Winnie could walk over, the suspicious black car that Nancy mentioned left the scene.The black car sped off and was also far away from Winnie. Therefore, she couldn’t see the license plate clearly.On the other hand, Josiah caught a glimpse of the woman’s silhouette in the rearview mirror.He couldn’t help but exclaim, “Fortunately, we left earlier. If not, she would have come over and caught you on the spot.”As the car disappeared from her sight, Winnie couldn’t refrain from furrowing her brows. “D*mn!” she cursed under her breath.I can’t believe that car just left like that!Just as she was trying to come up with a solution, she received a phone call instantaneously.Winnie immediately answered the phone. “What’s the matter, Nathaniel?”Nathaniel responded on the other end, “Vinnie, my dear. Between the report about the progress and a predicament, which of the two do you want to hear first?” “Tell me about the progress first,” Winnie answered. “I prefer handling a predicament at the end.”“All right, miss. The latest progress is that we’ll be able to conclude the matter in at most two weeks. By then, Garland Group will belong to us.”“Okay. You didn’t lay a hand on the travel and the logistics companies, did you?” Winnie wanted confirmation from Nathaniel again.She would never want anything that had any connections to drugs.“Don’t worry!” Nathaniel chuckled. “I’ll absolutely not touch that if you forbid me.”“What’s the predicament you mentioned before?” Winnie inquired.Nathaniel answered, “It’s the other ten percent of the shares, aside from the shares that Hamish and the Garland Group’s minority shareholders