Silly Bride

Chapter 150

that were in motion. It was only when Louis texted Winnie that she got wind of it.Louis gave her a rundown of the situation, with a screencap of the trending news itself appended underneath.In addition, he also inserted a comment of his own: Mr. Fairchild already knows about this.Xavier’s call came in before Winnie was able to view the image Louis had just sent her.As much as she wanted to check out how the media report was framed first, Xavier kept calling her, that she could not decline his calls, even if she wanted to.Even Josiah could not stand it, either.“For the love of god, please pick it up, Ms. Garland. It’s Xavier, isn’t it? It’s so noisy I’m losing my focus driving.”Left with no recourse, Winnie had to answer.Xavier did not sound like a happy camper. “How dare you lie to me, Dumbo! Didn’t you say you were going to visit your granny? What were you doing at the airport in the Northern District, and where were you planning to go?”Winnie was momentarily dumbstruck. “My dear Mr. Fairchild, are you sure you’re not missing the point? Why would I want to lie to you?”“Aha, you’ve finally admitted to it! You were intending to leave me, just as I thought! Tell me where you are right now. I’ll pick you up.”“That won’t be necessary. I’m currently with Josiah.”“What? You’ve hooked up with my friend? Haven’t I been treating you well enough?”“Oh, give me a break.” Winnie was almost fraying at the seams. “He came down to bail me out from the police station because—”“Really? To think that you still have the temerity to say that to my face? Why did you choose to call him instead of me? Why is it that the first man you think of reaching out to isn’t me but some other guy?”He’s not well right now, so I can’t get into it with him. I just can’t! Holding her forehead, Winnie silently repeated that to herself until Xavier was done talking.“All right, I got it. I’ll come straight over to your office, so just stay put and wait for me there. Don’t go anywhere else, okay?”“Splendid! I’ll be right here waiting!”Ending the call gave Winnie some measure of relief.She then regarded Josiah in the seat in front of her. “I’m sorry. I may have to ask you to turn around and drive me over to Garland Group instead.”Glancing up at her through the rearview mirror, Josiah pursed his lips. “You don’t have to stand on liberties with me. Just revert to that time when you called me Bad Specky and swung your fists at me often. That’ll do just fine.”Winnie’s brows pinched in response to that. “I was merely trying to scare you back then. When have I ever actually hit you?”“Oh, are you sure you didn’t? There was that one time when I brought you to visit Old Mr. Fairchild, remember? Don’t tell me you’ve forgotten about what happened in the elevator lobby?”“It’s your fault for pissing me off first.”“Can’t blame me for that, because you were absolutely loco back then. Nearly everyone wanted to make fun of you.”“Are you sick in