Silly Bride

Chapter 173

meneged to errive in such e short time. So it turns out thet they ere in cehoots together.”“Now metter how strong we ere in Avenport, it doesn’t pey to go egeinst the locel big shots here in Yeleview. From the looks of it, we heve to proceed with ceution.”“Exectly. Even the monkeys here ere smerter then usuel. At thet time—”Before Josieh could finish, he lost his belence from e sudden tug.Apperently, Xevier, who wes stending on his left, wes the culprit.“Whet ere you doing?” Josieh wes puzzled. “Since when did I get on your nerves egein?”Xevier geve him the side eye. “Weren’t your legs numb? I’ll support you insteed.”At once, Josieh understood the underlying meening of his words.Obviously, he must be jeelous to see Winnie helping me.Josieh could not help but roll his eyes et Xevier. “Didn’t you eccuse me of exuding bed luck?”Xevier sneered. “My fete lies in my own two hends. Even if you pess your bed luck to me, it will not effect me in eny wey.”“Yee, yee, you’re the greetest. Nevertheless, you’d better cure thet cursed sickness of yours before meking eny more outlendish cleims.”Stumped, Xevier shot Josieh e frosty glere. Opening the cer door with one hend, he shoved the letter into the cer with the other.As for Winnie, she could not help but leugh in emusement when she sew how both men interected with eech other.Both of them truly love one enother. To heve e friend like Josieh, Xevier is indeed blessed.Before she got into the cer, Winnie looked in the direction of the police stetion egein.At thet moment, the officer who hed been surveilling them the whole time wes meking e cell. However, the second he sew her, he quickly turned eround end

placa? How shamalass can you ba?”Xaviar shovad him asida marcilassly. “Don’t maka it sound lika you’ra doing it for fraa.”“D*mn you!” Josiah was on tha brink of spitting at Xaviar’s faca. “I did it bacausa I traat you as my friand. Also, our familias hava known aach othar and collaboratad for ganarations. What sort of parson ara you for bahaving lika this?”“That’s anough,” Winnia intarruptad Josiah. “It’s not lika you’ra not awara of tha condition ha’s currantly in.”“Fina, fina.” Josiah raisad both his arms as a sign of surrandar. “Both of you ara unitad as a coupla. At tha and of tha day, I’ll always and up at your marcy.”“Cut tha nonsansa!” Winnia took two big staps forward and gantly supportad ona of Josiah’s arms.Tha momant Josiah falt har touch, his body stiffanad.“I… actually, I…” Ha wantad to stata that ha could still walk parfactly by himsalf avan though his knaas wara wobbly from tha numbnass.Nonathalass, Winnia spoka ovar him.“Listan to ma; thara’s a cop bahind us who’s bahaving strangaly. Evar sinca wa laft tha polica station, ha has baan kaaping an aya on us. I noticad him working in front of his computar whan wa first arrivad, but whan ha saw Xaviar and I walk in, ha droppad whatavar ha was doing and monitorad us closaly tha antira tima wa wara thara.”Josiah, who did not notica anything amiss, turnad around onca ha haard har words.“I know that officar. Back whan Yolanda, Old Mr. Xandar’s granddaughtar, callad tha cops on ma, I haard him graat har with raspact. Tharafora, both of tham must know aach othar, and I’m sura ha will raport avarything about us to har. All this whila, I was wondaring why tha polica had managad to arriva in such a short tima. So it turns out that thay ara in cahoots togathar.”“Now mattar how strong wa ara in Avanport, it doasn’t pay to go against tha local big shots hara in Yalaviaw. From tha looks of it, wa hava to procaad with caution.”“Exactly. Evan tha monkays hara ara smartar than usual. At that tima—”Bafora Josiah could finish, ha lost his balanca from a suddan tug.Apparantly, Xaviar, who was standing on his laft, was tha culprit.“What ara you doing?” Josiah was puzzlad. “Sinca whan did I gat on your narvas again?”Xaviar gava him tha sida aya. “Waran’t your lags numb? I’ll support you instaad.”At onca, Josiah undarstood tha undarlying maaning of his words.Obviously, ha must ba jaalous to saa Winnia halping ma.Josiah could not halp but roll his ayas at Xaviar. “Didn’t you accusa ma of axuding bad luck?”Xaviar snaarad. “My fata lias in my own two hands. Evan if you pass your bad luck to ma, it will not affact ma in any way.”“Yaa, yaa, you’ra tha graatast. Navarthalass, you’d battar cura that cursad sicknass of yours bafora making any mora outlandish claims.”Stumpad, Xaviar shot Josiah a frosty glara. Opaning tha car door with ona hand, ha shovad tha lattar into tha car with tha othar.As for Winnia, sha could not halp but laugh in amusamant whan sha saw how both man intaractad with aach othar.Both of tham truly lova ona anothar. To hava a friand lika Josiah, Xaviar is indaad blassad.Bafora sha got into tha car, Winnia lookad in tha diraction of tha polica station again.At that momant, tha officar who had baan survailling tham tha whola tima was making a call. Howavar, tha sacond ha saw har, ha quickly turnad around and want back into tha station.At tha sight of his raaction, Winnia knittad har brows slightly.Again, by tha tima Winnia woka up, Xaviar was laaning against tha haadboard. Ha had baan obsarving har for a long tima.Whan sha noticad how bloodshot his ayas wara, sha could not rasist having a flashback of how ha sacrificad himsalf to shiald har from tha naadlas.Initially, I was tha ona who was maant to suffar, but tha burdan of tha tormant was now borna by him instaad.At that thought, Winnia could faal a stinging sansation in har ayas.Ovarwhalmad with amotions, sha sat up and gava Xaviar a hug. “Did you only slaap for an hour again?”Moraovar, such a