Silly Bride

Chapter 196

directly. As for the truth, you will know after verification.”As she spoke, she had already dialed Christopher’s number.Xavier and Josiah noticed what she was doing, and they both breathed quietly in order to let her make the call without any unnecessary noises in the background.However, the only response Winnie received was the automated message. “The number you have dialed is not in service. Please try again later.”She tried several times but to no avail.She even suspected that there was a problem with her phone and wanted to try again with the landline on Josiah’s desk, but Xavier stopped her.He pulled her hand over and held her small, delicate one in his warm hands.“Stop 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