Silly Bride

Chapter 156

and knock on the door, Josiah happened to open the door and walk out.“You gave me a fright!” Josiah exclaimed.Winnie directed her gaze beyond his shoulder to the lounge within. “Right back at you. Where’s Xavier? Why don’t I see him?”Used to wearing a white coat, Josiah made to stick his hands in his coat pockets out of habit.As soon as he did so, he realized that he only had a shirt on right then. Left with no other choice, he could only place his hands into his pants pockets.He didn’t behave thus in the past, but he was inexorably jittery at the sight of Winnie in recent days.He took a deep breath to calm himself down before explaining, “I gave him some cholinesterase inhibitor. He’s doing better and is washing his face with cold water inside.”Frowning, Winnie questioned, “Does that cholinesterase inhibitor you mentioned have any side effects?”Josiah nudged his glasses. “It varies from individual to individual. Some will indeed develop adverse effects after taking it, such as insomnia, dizziness, headache, nausea, vomiting, muscle cramps, and the like. Yet, some remain unaffected. But you don’t need to worry, for I’ll keep watch over him around the clock these few days.”“Okay. I’ll go and look in on him, then. The press conference is about to begin.”In the bathroom, Xavier was washing his face in front of the mirror.He wasn’t all that gentle with himself. After splashing water onto his face, a large portion of his hair scattered across his forehead got wet and stuck to his skin in clumps.That aside, a few droplets of water hung from his thick, ebony brows. A gratified