Silly Bride

Chapter 263

her hand.Its tip was exceedingly sharp and fine, so it could be used as a weapon if she had a good grasp of the force and angle.She shook her hand earlier because she was looking for a suitable angle. By then, she already had a rough grasp of the position where she and Big Black Bear stood.After purposefully miswriting a parameter to attract his attention, she shot her hand back and stabbed him with the pen.While her blow wasn’t fatal, the tip of the pen punctured his throat unerringly.Never had Big Black Bear expected the woman before him to actually turn the tables and injure him with a mere pen.As the wound was at his throat, he couldn’t even shout. He could only make some low and unintelligible sounds.Following her success, Winnie continued striking while the iron was hot. She took out a towel from the drawer. Holding her breath, she poured the bottle of “white wine” on the table onto the towel.In truth, it was no white wine. Instead, it was a bottle of colorless and transparent ether.After knocking Big Black Bear out, she whipped out a lighter and went to a corner of the wall.The two crates of wine Leandro sent over previously were all there. Taking two bottles out, she poured the rest of the wine over the curtains and furniture before lighting the curtains on fire.When she had done all that, she climbed out the window with the remaining two bottles and left.By the time the men keeping watch outside and Leandro noticed something amiss, her room was already ablaze.The instant Leandro saw the fire, he stood frozen on the spot.He suddenly found himself foolish beyond belief.She was the one who set Harold’s lab on fire. She even managed to play a fool of someone like him; yet, I thought I could subdue her! He was so livid that steam was coming out of his ears. “D*mn it! Go and get that woman! No matter what, you’re to catch her! I want to cut her into a million pieces and feed her to the wolves! Why are you still spacing out? Hurry up and give chase!”But not long after he had given that order, he received another piece of bad news all out of the blue—his warehouse was on fire.All my stock and raw materials are in that warehouse, but that woman actually set fire to it all!The warehouse meant everything to him. At the end of the day, he could give up killing Winnie, but he couldn’t possibly give his warehouse up.Therefore, he hastily called back everyone he sent out to pursue her. Right then, they all worked to extinguish the fire to the best of their abilities to minimize the losses.Winnie had made preparations ages ago. After she had set two fires consecutively, especially the one at the warehouse, almost everyone in the entire Zeller residence was dispatched to put the fire out. Only the guard at the gate remained at his post.That granted her a smooth journey all the way to the doghole. In fact, it was far easier than when she escaped from Harold’s place.Aware that Leandro had no extra manpower to pursue her, she didn’t slip into the woods but sprinted along the main road.When she had run for about a kilometer, a car suddenly approached from ahead.She instinctively slipped into the woods at the side of the road, but the car abruptly honked.Not daring to expose herself, she hid in the woods motionlessly. Only when she spotted Greta jumping out of the car while calling out “Ms. Garland” did she realize that it was Xavier coming to pick her up.She swiftly stepped out of the woods and waved at Greta. “I’m here!”At the sound of Winnie’s voice, Greta promptly snapped her head around. Just when she was about to head over, a figure swept past her like a gust of wind.Xavier ran like the wind, reaching Winnie in a handful of steps.At the sight of her, he didn’t utter a single word but gathered her into his arms right away.Winnie enjoyed the sense of security in his arms, but still, she couldn’t help crying out, “Ouch! Darling, my hand is broken, and you’re hurting me.”“Sorry!” Xavier immediately dropped his hold on her. Cradling her face, he started kissing her face, from her forehead to her chin.Winnie initially wanted to dissuade him from being so frantic, but she suddenly realized that she wanted to kiss him as well. In fact, she yearned to share an intense kiss with him.Alas, it wasn’t an appropriate time then. Greta, who was far more rational than the couple, climbed into the driver’s seat and honked at them.At that, both of them became embarrassed. Winnie lifted her head and caressed Xavier’s face. “Come, let’s leave this place quickly.”Xavier stared at her unblinkingly. At the same time, he held her hand tightly. “Are you tired? Can you still walk?”But after asking that, he didn’t give her the chance to speak at all and scooped her up without delay.Winnie wrapped an arm around his neck. At that very moment, she felt incredibly relaxed.Subsequently, the two of them got into the car. Before turning the car around, Greta couldn’t resist glancing back over her shoulder.In the distance, she saw flames shooting into the sky.She couldn’t help glancing at Winnie through the rear-view mirror, querying with a chortle, “Ms. Garland, did you also set fire to Leandro’s place?”Exhausted, Winnie sounded weak as she spoke. “Yeah. I couldn’t have gotten out easily if I hadn’t created some work for them. They’re all busy putting out the fire right now.”“Haha, how impressive, Ms. Garland! You’re really incredible! You’ve only been here for a few days, but you’ve set fire to two drug caches consecutively. Hahaha, how gratifying!”Winnie could hear the thrill in Greta’s voice. She chuckled softly. “You seem to detest drugs.”Again, Greta cast a look at her through the rear-view mirror. “Yeah. Although I’ve been making a living from a related profession in such a place, it doesn’t hinder me from detesting it.”Pausing for a moment, she added, “I’ve always known what I’ve been doing.”Winnie couldn’t shake off the feeling that Greta was different from other mercenaries, but she didn’t question her further.After a brief silence, Winnie asked Xavier, “Have you relocated Christopher and Professor White?”Xavier smoothed her slightly messy hair as he reassured gently, “Don’t worry. I’ve made all the arrangements. We can convene with them soon.”Frowning, Winnie sighed. “It’s a pity that Yulissa escaped.”Xavier continued to console her as he murmured, “It’s okay. As long as Professor White is with us, I believe she’ll definitely make an appearance. You haven’t gotten your black badge back, yes?”“Yeah. She was adamant about only returning it to me after she had seen Professor White. Unexpectedly, I got the wrong person that night and took Professor White’s assistant instead.”“I was also shocked when I saw Professor White at that time. Fortunately, we all survived in the end,” Xavier lamented.Nodding, Winnie inquired, “Oh yes, I couldn’t contact you through the