Silly Bride

Chapter 236

without permission because it wasn’t just a random, common matter.Even if Xavier knew nothing about it, he still wasn’t completely safe at their current location.Should he learn the truth, he would be in grave danger. The more he knew, the more perilous his situation would become.That was why Winnie betrayed her conscience and chose to lie. “I thought you were able to guess it by yourself. There’s another reason we’re here, and that’s to find Yulissa. With their additional help, our search will go much more smoothly, don’t you think?”The reason she provided was sound and valid, so Xavier had no reason to suspect it was an excuse and believed her wholeheartedly.He also explained, “I’m sorry. I wasn’t intentionally suspecting you earlier. I was just worried that you were making yet another dangerous decision by yourself behind my back.”With a smile, Winnie assured, “There’s no way I’d do that.”“Mhm. That’s great.”It was then Greta realized she might’ve accidentally spilled the beans and exposed Winnie in front of Xavier.After all, the mission they received wasn’t to find Yulissa.Thus, she believed she should do something at that moment to redeem her image in her boss’ mind, like changing the topic.When Greta’s train of thought ended there, she suddenly cleared her throat. “Oh yeah, Ms. Garland. Seeing that you were in such a hurry earlier, do you two have something urgent that you need to attend to? Do you need our help with it?”Glancing at Greta, Winnie answered, “Your words reminded me that we still need to go to the hospital. This is my keycard. You two should head inside first and wait for me there.”“Okay!” With a bright smile, Greta grabbed the keycard. “We’ll go and park our car first. See you in a bit!”“Yeah,” Winnie replied before holding Xavier’s hand again and continuing their journey toward the hospital.However, after they took a few steps forward, Winnie suddenly glanced back.Greta’s eyes met with Winnie’s in that instant because the former’s line of sight still hadn’t moved away from the latter.A very serious expression was visible on Winnie’s face when she looked at Greta. Silently, Winnie gestured for Greta to zip her mouth.Greta subconsciously nodded and waited for Winnie to vanish from her sight completely before letting out a sigh of relief.Then she turned to Mason. “Oh my god. You know, I’m pretty tough compared to a normal woman, but I didn’t expect to be stunned by a look from her. She’s really incredible!”Mason frowned. “You’re talking a bit too much today. No, actually, you always become quite chatty when it comes to Ms. Garland. You aren’t planning to befriend her, are you? We’re mercenaries, Greta. The only thing we care about is money, not people. Once we accept a mission from our employer, we will have to execute it, even if it means we have to kill her.”“I know that!” Her eyebrows furrowed intensely. “I just think she’s different from our previous employers.”As she spoke, she stretched her hand and pushed up the sun visor inside the car.Mason promptly shot a glance at her. “What are you doing? Does the sunlight not bother you?”“Nope!” Greta narrowed her eyes. “I like the sun. I hope it can illuminate this entire dark, dirty place!”Before Xavier and Winnie arrived at the ward, they could already see the bodyguard guarding the room at a distance.When the bodyguard saw them, he immediately trotted toward them.He halted his movements two steps away from the couple and informed sternly, “I’m sorry, Mr. Fairchild, Mrs. Fairchild. I couldn’t complete the task I was given. Additionally, because of my mistake, Mdm. Sumner was injured. Please punish me! I don’t mind if you both want to scold or hit me!”Winnie furrowed her eyebrows slightly. Just from a glance, she could see the scratch marks on both sides of the bodyguard’s face. Scabs had already formed on those wounds. It was pretty obvious that those marks were caused by fingernails.Truth be told, she did want to reprimand the bodyguard, but she was an understanding person.There was no way a muscular young man couldn’t keep an elderly under control. However, if one were to do that, the elderly would undoubtedly suffer some form of injury. If a man like that improperly exerted his strength, then the elderly in question might even get killed.The bodyguard must’ve been unwilling to restrict Jacinta by force, which then allowed her to escape and accidentally fall down the stairs. When Winnie thought about that, she took in a deep breath and asked, “How did you get the scratches on your face?”“Eh?” The bodyguard was dumbstruck for a moment because he didn’t expect that to be the first thing out of her mouth.The scratches were caused by Jacinta, but he believed he mustn’t complain about the old woman in front of Winnie, so he lied, “I accidentally got them when I ran and brushed against the wall. These are all just minor scrapes. It’s not anything serious.”Of course, Winnie knew he was lying, but the fact that he didn’t shift the blame made a good impression on her. He’s a loyal man.However, she still felt compelled to reprimand him. “I’ll deduct your bonus since you were unable to complete the very important mission we entrusted you with. Be more careful next time, all right? If something like this happens