Silly Bride

Chapter 223

my abilities. Zyon is hardly my match. I won’t let him ruin our plans.”Winnie nodded earnestly. “I believe you! You’ll definitely be safe.”“Thank you for your conviction.” Christopher smiled at Winnie tenderly and said, “Come on. I’ll send you out.”Christopher brought Winnie to the yard.It was now bright enough for her to ascertain her surroundings.Winnie surmised that the shootout had happened in this very yard.There was a swimming pool in the center of the yard, and someone was still dragging a body out of the blood-stained water. Winnie quickly averted her gaze from the pool.Further ahead, she saw the innkeeper gathering all the women he had brought over last night.He was counting the number of people before him. Suddenly, he exclaimed, “Why are we missing one person? Was she shot dead last night?”He had barely finished speaking when beside him, a woman tucked in a man’s embrace smacked her lips in Winnie and Christopher’s direction.“She’s not dead. There she is!”The innkeeper looked toward Winnie and was relieved to find her unharmed.He could not care less if Winnie had found the person she wanted to save. All he knew was that he would get paid as long as he sent her home safely.He shot Winnie a knowing look and teased, “I was just wondering where you went. So you went to Chris’ room, eh? You’re really something else. Chris never likes any of the women I bring here. Come on. It’s time to go home. You can come here again and entertain Chris!”Winnie glanced at Christopher before striding toward the innkeeper.Suddenly, Christopher pulled her into a tight hug.They acted like a pair of lovers who could not bear to be separated, but it was merely a cover for them to exchange information.After conveying his message, he released Winnie, who hurried to the innkeeper’s side.She looked around the place and asked, “Where’s Greta? Why isn’t she here?”The innkeeper explained, “Ah, the poor girl ran into the shootout while she headed to the bathroom last night. She took a bullet in the calf, and I’ve settled her in the car. You’ll see her soon enough. I say, the two of you are as close as sisters, but why isn’t her luck half as good as yours? Enough chitchat; let’s go.”They promptly left the area.As informed, Winnie saw Greta in the car, though she looked rather pale, probably due to excessive blood loss.Winnie quickly sat beside her and gently asked about her condition.Greta pretended to complain, “I must’ve lost several pounds of blood! All these stupid men care about is bedding us. They don’t care about our safety at all. He only bandaged my leg when it was almost daybreak. Thank goodness the bullet wasn’t lodged in my leg.”Winnie looked at Greta’s leg and agreed that the wound was quite haphazardly bandaged.She remembered what Christopher had whispered to her before their departure and said to the innkeeper in the driver’s seat, “Drive faster! Greta’s injury is pretty serious. We need to get her to a doctor ASAP. Hurry up!”That was an exaggeration. Winnie made up the excuse to hurry back to the inn.That was because Christopher had mentioned that the shootout occurred after the innkeeper’s arrival. They even found backup outside when they chased down the assailants.He and his men suspected the innkeeper was in cahoots with the traitors and planned to ambush the inn for an investigation.Winnie knew the backup Christopher had mentioned was probably Mason’s group.She had been inside