Silly Bride

Chapter 264

at Winnie. He wanted to discern whether she was safe and sound.Yet, the sight that greeted him was Winnie and Xavier flirting.At that very moment, a pang of pain struck his heart. He wanted to turn and leave immediately, but unexpectedly, Winnie turned in his direction. That was how their eyes met.Now, even Xavier had noticed him.Awkwardness washed over Christopher like lapping waves, but he managed to squeeze a smile to his lips. “Sorry, I just wanted to come over to say hello. I’ll leave now.” Winnie knew that Christopher was worried about her, so she told Xavier, “I have some things to talk to Christopher about, so I’ll get out of the car for a moment. Are you going to stay here, or are you going to stretch a little outside?”Xavier studied Christopher and Winnie before muttering, “Go on. I’ll be waiting for you in the car.”While speaking, he moved his hand away from Winnie’s shoulder and leaned over to open the car door for her.Winnie stepped out of the car and walked by Christopher’s side for a while. Soon, the two of them came to a stop not far from the car.The area they had stopped at had beautiful scenery without any traces of air pollution. Moreover, the night sky was starry.Christopher stared at the twinkling stars above for a moment before lowering his head to look at Winnie, who looked even more brilliant than those stars.With a smile, he said, “It looks like everything’s going well tonight. You aren’t hurt, are you?”“I’m not. I set Leandro’s warehouse on fire. He doesn’t have enough men, so his focus was full on saving the warehouse instead of coming after me.”Christopher sucked in a deep breath. “The name Vivian is going to shake the entire Lightspring and maybe the entire world too. You’ve gotten rid of two nests of evil at once.”Winnie turned to look at Christopher with smiling eyes. “Are you teasing me?”It was only after Winnie turned did she notice the way Christopher looked at her.Stumped, she scratched her head. “I… I didn’t tell Xavier about what happened in the basement. After all…”“I understand.” Christopher was not going to put Winnie in a tight spot. He