Silly Bride

Chapter 196

calling him. He is the captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Department. It is a common thing to go out on missions. You should know that they don’t bring their phones when they do that. Even if they need to use communication tools, they will definitely not use their own numbers. Before the mission is over, he cannot be contacted except by the personnel involved from the police station.”“That’s right,” Josiah chipped in. “You must not be so anxious. Even if Yulissa is really alive and is acting as an informant, he might not tell you the truth.”“I know. I only wanted to test him. I wasn’t going to ask him directly.” At this point, Winnie had already decided to give up on trying to contact Christopher. She knew it would be a wasted effort. After giving it some thought, she added, “The source of this venom is Yulissa. If she’s really alive, maybe we can find her to get the antidote.”“Then should we go look for Yolanda again?” Josiah suggested.Xavier grunted in reply. “That’s all that we can do for now.” With that, she took Winnie’s hand and stood up. “We’ll make a move first, then,” he said to Josiah.“Wait a minute!” Josiah hurriedly stopped Xavier. “You can leave, but you have to leave me a few cylinders of blood first. Why else did I insist that you come over in person? Come and draw some blood with me.”“All right.” Xavier gritted his teeth. “It’s a good thing you’re drawing some of my blood. Otherwise, you’d be dead for sure.”“What’s the matter?” Josiah glanced at Winnie for a moment. “Did I interrupt your good time?”Xavier cast him a sidelong glance. “Just watch it next time.”“All right, are you done?” Winnie clenched Xavier’s hand. “You can’t even figure out what is important or urgent after getting poison, now can you?” That night, Xavier kept going on and on.Winnie felt like a fish out of water and had a dire need for air.The first time was fine and she could feel it.The second time was acceptable.But after that, it was tiring.“Is this the after-effect of poisoning? Isn’t it almost like the blue pill?” Winnie had thought of just kicking him out of the bed.However, she was physically weaker than the man and was easily overpowered.She was arrogant and refused to surrender. When she looked at the time again, it was already three in the morning.“Go to sleep. Take a long rest. I’ll make sure that no one and nothing will disturb you tomorrow.” Xavier’s voice was hoarse, low, and needy.Held in his arms, Winnie hummed comfortably.She lifted her hand and stroked his face. “Then switch off my phone and wake me up at noon for lunch.”Xavier held her hand and chuckled. “Noon? You want to sleep for so long?”Winnie chuckled too. “Of course. Someone promised to do me so hard that I wouldn’t be able to get out of bed. Wouldn’t he be embarrassed if I got up before noon?”“Winnie!” Xavier lifted her chin and bit it softly. “How could you say that?”“Why not? Stop touching me!”“No. It’s too late to resist now.”Winnie smiled and nestled in his arms like a lazy cat. “By the way, you haven’t promised me.”“What?”“Wake me up at twelve noon.”“Must I wake you up?”“Hmm?” Winnie frowned and decided to open her eyes wide. “What do you mean? Aren’t you sleeping together with me? You haven’t been resting well, have you?”Xavier gave an irrelevant answer. “I’m not tired.”Winnie twisted Xavier’s ear. “I know. You are thinking of meeting Yolanda on your own, aren’t you?”Xavier’s eyes widened a little. “You can read my mind. Do you live in my mind?”“Hmph, why do you want to leave me and go alone?”“You should know the reason since you are so smart.” Xavier held her in his embrace. “You have been exhausted lately. I want you to rest more. It’s okay for me to meet her alone.”“Don’t underestimate her. Her needles are very powerful, and Josiah suffered from them in the past. But you know what I’ve done for you, and you’re considerate of me. That’s good. Please keep it up in the days to come.”“Certainly.”“Good. Let’s sleep.”The next day, after confirming that Yolanda was at home, Winnie and Xavier drove to the Xander residence.Winnie knew that Yolanda was precious to Sebastian and, at the same time, he was worried that she might harm Yolanda in some manner. Therefore, she invited him to be present when she talked to her.However, Yolanda did not want her grandfather to know about the things that she had done.A bottle of the venom that Nate had given her was missing from her room, but she did not mention it. Nor did she want Winnie and Xavier to let her grandfather know.Hence, she wanted to talk to Winnie and Xavier outside.However, Winnie insisted on not going out and went straight into Yolanda’s room instead.Yolanda frowned. Seeing that Sebastian was watching them, she had no choice but to enter her own room and lock the door.Xavier cut to the chase and said in a cold voice, “Ms. Xander, I want to know about your relationship with Yulissa. I hope you can answer me truthfully. If you reply honestly and turn over a new leaf, I can let bygones be bygones.”Yolanda was, by nature, not a cooperative character. Furthermore, there was nothing between her and Yulissa.If she had to talk about any relationship with Yulissa, it was only through Nate.Yolanda snorted. “What a joke! What if I don’t tell the truth? Besides, I don’t know this person you call Yulissa. If you want to find someone, I suggest you hack the police system. This way, the entire population of Chanaea will be under your control.”“Yolanda”—Winnie frowned—”you should know that we haven’t treated you as you deserve because you are Old Mr. Xander’s granddaughter. If you’re not his granddaughter, I won’t be so gentle to you now.”“What? Are you threatening me? Are you oppressing me because I have no one in Avenport?” Undaunted, Yolanda took out her phone, turned on the voice recorder, and placed it on the table. “I am recording everything that we will say. If you dare threaten me, I don’t mind sharing this voice recording online with the whole of Chanaea so that everyone can judge for themselves.”“I am not threatening you. Every word I say is the truth. Let me ask you again. Are there any dealings between you and Yulissa? Where did the bottle of venom in your room come from?”Yolanda had never thought of betraying Nate. “I found it by the roadside.”This answer was obviously perfunctory.Winnie was beginning to feel angry. Xavier’s brows were furrowed tightly, and it even crossed his mind to kill Yolanda.For a while, the two sides were deadlocked, and neither side spoke. The whole room seemed to be filled with the tension of an invisible war.Right then, the ringing of a phone broke the unnatural silence in the room.Strangely, it was not Winnie’s or Xavier’s phone that rang, nor was it the phone Yolanda had placed on the table.None of the three phones showed any incoming calls, but the room was filled with the sound of a phone ringing.Winnie had suspected that Yolanda had another phone on her, and now it was revealed.Yolanda realized that something was wrong.This second phone was only used to communicate with Nate alone. Now that the two visitors had discovered it, Nate would be exposed.Nate and Xavier were cousins. The ties that bound the Fairchild family and the Fraser