Silly Bride

Chapter 226

her.“You’re hurting my wound!” Greta exclaimed with a frown.“Bear with it!” Xavier snapped back at her.Greta fell silent after that.“Xavier!” Winnie called out to him, but he ignored her completely.She was about to chase after Xavier when she noticed the item that he discarded earlier.As she went over to pick it up, she realized it was a rather familiar-looking scarf.Wait a minute, this is the scarf I bought after arriving at Lightspring! I either use it to cover my face or drape it loosely over my shoulder…With that in mind, Winnie glanced at her clothes and saw that her skirt had been torn in quite a few places during the chaos at the Horton residence last night.That was when she realized Xavier had gone to retrieve the scarf when he disappeared earlier.She quickly ran up the stairs, only to see him leaving Greta’s room and storming toward their room.While passing by Greta’s room, Winnie saw that Xavier had tossed her onto the floor instead of the bed.Oh, no… Xavier is so mad that he’s taking it out on Greta!Xavier had taken off his shirt by the time she entered the room, revealing his muscular upper body as he stood there in his shorts.“What are you doing?” Winnie asked as she shut the door behind her and walked up to him.“I’m so mad that my blood is boiling. I need to take a cold shower to cool off!” Xavier replied angrily as he threw his shorts on the floor and entered the bathroom.Winnie quickly ran after him. “Watch it! Your arm is still injured!”“Yeah, you’re right! My arm is still injured!” Xavier paused in his tracks and turned around to glare at her as he yelled, “Is that why you decided to drug me, huh? I told you that I love you with every fiber of my being! I love you so much that I can’t live without you! I believed you when you said you loved me too, but now I question if you even know what it means to love someone! I woke up later in the morning, only to realize that you and those mercenaries who would give their lives up for money were nowhere to be found. Do you have any idea how I felt? How could you be so cruel to me, Winnie? Even if you can’t put yourself in my shoes, you could at least respect my opinion and the promise you made. Why do you keep lying to me again and again? Am I just a toyboy who you happen to come across in life? Is that why you keep toying with me?” “Please let me explain, Xavier! What I told Greta earlier wasn’t true!”Winnie knew she was at fault for drugging him, so she was sincerely trying to apologize and ask for forgiveness.However, Xavier simply slammed the bathroom door in her face. Had she not backed away in time, her nose would’ve been smashed in right then and there.Xavier had yet to turn on the shower, so Winnie knew he could still hear her. She kept banging on the door as she shouted, “I’m sorry! I really am! Not only are you wounded, but your reflexes are also slower due to the poisoning. I only did it out of concern for your safety, Xavier! It had nothing to do with trust! Why would I not trust you when you’ve sacrificed yourself for me time and time again? I’ve always thought of you as a wise man, Xavier. You may lose your cool once in a while, but you’re usually calm and rational when faced with problems. Had I known you’d get this mad at me for drugging you, I would’ve discussed my decision with you instead!”“Yeah, you’re right. You didn’t know I’d get this mad and upset because love is just a game to you! Well, guess what? You won! Congratulations!” Xavier shouted through the bathroom door.“Love is not a game, Xavier! I have never treated it as such! Now, will you please open the door and let me in?” Winnie protested, but all she heard was the sound of water running in the shower.Winnie knew he wasn’t in the mood to talk to her at all, but she insisted on waiting for him to come out anyway.She then leaned against the bathroom door while thinking about what to say to him. The next thing she knew, she lost her balance when the door was flung upon without warning, and she fell backward as a result.Xavier then wrapped his arm around her waist and spun her into a soaking wet embrace.His movement was so rough that he nearly broke Winnie’s nose in the process.“Hey! Can’t you hug me normally for once? You’re always strangling or crushing me to death! Are you trying to kill me or something?” she yelled while pushing against Xavier’s chest.“You know what? There have been times when I actually felt like killing you, you vile woman!” Xavier muttered through clenched teeth as he lifted her chin and rubbed his finger against her lips.“Ow! What the heck are you doing?” Winnie felt like he would scrape