Silly Bride

Chapter 188

Xavier’s direction.At that moment, Josiah had already started talking to Xavier.He spoke eagerly with such eloquence.However, Xavier was devoid of expression. He would look at Rachel, who was beside him from time to time.Rachel had absolutely no idea what was going on. She focused on savoring the food before her and would smile in satisfaction, appearing joyful and carefree.Winnie was reminded of her past self when she looked at Rachel.The corner of her lips curled up instinctively. Then, she took the opportunity to snap a picture of Rachel while the latter was smiling.After that, she sent the picture to Michael along with a voice message.She said, “Rach is safe now. Don’t worry. We’ll make sure to send her home later.”Winnie replied to a few messages and some work-related emails after she messaged Michael.One of the emails was about a tricky matter and took up quite some time.After Winnie replied to all her emails, she noticed Josiah was still talking to Xavier.Rendered speechless by Josiah’s efficiency, Winnie sent the man a message that read: Hurry up. I have something else to do. I’m in a rush.Josiah, who was talking with Xavier, was stunned when he read Winnie’s text.What on earth? Is she being serious? How can she say she needs to leave now when her husband is showing concern for another woman?However, Josiah kept his thoughts to himself and immediately sent the conclusion of their discussion to Winnie in the form of text.He texted: I’m done talking to him. We’ve agreed to send Rachel to your granny. She will stay at Aqua Moana. Xavier has a unit above you, so he’s not too worried. Why don’t you tell Mr. Zimmerman to let Rachel stay at your place for a few days?She replied: All right! That’s not a problem. I’ll give my granny a call now to tell her about this. But I’m not too sure about letting Xavier send Rachel there all by himself.Josiah replied: We can go with him.Winnie: You should go. I need to see Old Mr. Xander now. Send me your car keys right now.Josiah didn’t know how to react to her attitude. Then, he texted: Okay. Fine. I must have owed you something in the past life.Winnie: You’ll get rewarded for this. I noticed that your Bentley is getting old. Why don’t I gift you a new model of the Flying Spur Range series in two days?Josiah immediately sent Winnie a kneeling emoji along with a text: Thank you, boss. But you can drive it yourself. I can still afford to buy one.After Winnie read the text, she stopped replying to Josiah.Immediately after, she called Jacinta and Michael and told them about Rachel’s situation and what she had planned for her.Both of them showed no sign of disagreement. Hence, the matter was settled without difficulty.After she hung up the phone, someone knocked on the car window from outside.Winnie looked out the window and found Josiah standing there.Rolling down the window completely, Winnie extended her arm toward him. Then, she said curtly, “Your keys.”Josiah handed over his keys to Winnie and gave her a thumbs-up.“Ms. Garland, you’re indeed ruthless. No wonder even someone like Xavier is unrivaled when compared to you. Now, I’ve finally understood why. It isn’t enough for one to have tricks up one’s sleeve. One must also have a strong mentality.”“Of course. Now you know why pearls are so strong. After all, they’ve been ground countless times.”“That’s true. You’re too mysterious. I can’t imagine what you have gone through in the past.” Josiah stared at Winnie intently. Then, he continued, “Get going. Do what you have to do. Don’t worry about Xavier. I’ll be right beside him.”“Thanks!” Winnie nodded.Soon, Winnie reached Sebastian’s place.The two talked about Xavier’s condition for a while before Winnie asked to take a look around the doctor’s office.She wanted to check if what happened yesterday was because of something in the doctor’s office.In the doctor’s office, Winnie found something suspicious.A lot of items in the room were exactly how they were yesterday.For instance, the bed sheets on the bed, the fully-opened windows, and the slightly offset couch remained in the exact same position as yesterday.All these details proved that nobody had cleaned up the room since they left yesterday.However, in such a situation, Winnie found an exception.It was the calming incense in the incense burner.The inside of the incense burner was unexpectedly clean, without a trace of dust.Something felt strange. Obviously, someone had deliberately cleaned it up.Winnie immediately asked Sebastian about it.She did so subtly, without showing her suspicion of Yolanda.Sebastian said, “I was the one who made the calming incense, but Yolanda was the one who burned it. She was also the one who decorated the office. I’m old now, so she would help me with many things.”“So, she was the one who cleaned the doctor’s office?”“No,” Sebastian replied. He didn’t know Winnie was getting suspicious of Yolanda, so he told her everything. “Yolanda hired someone online to clean up the place. But it isn’t time for that person to come yet. Thus, the office has yet to get cleaned.”Winnie grew even more suspicious of the incense burner after she heard what Sebastian said.After she found out that Yolanda went to throw away trash just a few hours ago, Winnie immediately found an excuse and left the Xander residence.She endured the foul smell and searched all the trash cans near the Xander residence. Eventually, she found some leftovers of the calming incense.Then, she carefully examined the leftovers and found some unknown substance in them other than the herbs that Sebastian prescribed.Left without a choice, Winnie had to send them to the laboratory for further inspection since she didn’t know what it was.Something trivial like this could be arranged by Josiah easily.Meanwhile, Josiah was already back at the hospital.He spoke to Winnie over the phone while browsing through a form on his computer. “Don’t worry. I’ve sent Rachel to your granny safely. Louis came over and went to Xavier’s place to discuss something with him. I think he’ll go to the Fairchild residence later, but I’m not sure about his arrangements. You can be at ease. He won’t do anything to Rachel.”“Okay. I have something I need you to check. I need to use the laboratory of your hospital,” Winnie said as she drove. “I’m in a rush. Can you ask them to prepare the place for me now? I’ll be there in about half an hour.”Winnie arrived at the hospital in thirty minutes.As soon as Josiah saw Winnie, he brought her to the laboratory. In less than an hour, the test report came out.The test report showed a string of chemical compositions that Winnie did not understand.Josiah kindly explained to her, “In layman’s terms, this substance is a kind of hypnotic incense.”“But Old Mr. Xander’s prescription for the calming incense does not contain something like that. Moreover, this is a pill. Old Mr. Xander only used medicinal herbs.”Josiah felt something was off as well after he heard what Winnie said.Then, he asked two other doctors’ opinions. They both gave the same answer.The unknown pill was a hypnotic incense used specifically by psychotherapists.“Hypnosis?” Winnie