Silly Bride

Chapter 264

the next second, she shoved Xavier away.A teasing push felt vastly different from a shove, and Xavier could differentiate them. He could sense that Winnie genuinely wanted him to move away from her.But why is she pushing me away all of a sudden?Xavier then raised his head and looked in the direction Winnie was staring at.As it turned out, Christopher was standing outside. He had not rested since he left the hospital because he was worried sick about Winnie.When he realized that the car stopped, and when he saw Greta going to Mason, he decided to come over to take a look 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 tucked away the yearning in his eyes and sighed. “Sorry for interrupting you just now. I know that I’ve crossed the line.”Christopher dared not look at Winnie anymore when he thought about what happened in the basement and in the forest. He was afraid that he would not be able to control his feelings if he did that.Therefore, he looked up and stared at a glowing firefly a distance away before continuing, “I know that I’ve requested something absurd in the basement. As for the promise… I know that you were pitying me because I was about to die. You think of me as a friend, and that was why you want me to leave this world without regret. I know that. So…”Christopher recomposed himself and made it seem as if he was unperturbed by all that. “Just pretend as if those things hadn’t happened. I don’t want you to look at me strangely anymore.”Winnie lowered her head and chuckled. “Do I? Are you talking about the look I had just now? That’s because I was feeling awkward. I’m sure you feel that too.”“Yes. Anyway…” Christopher rubbed the back of his head. “We’re still good friends. Do tell me if you need any help just like how you order Lucas around.”Winnie nodded. “That’s great.”The two of them then shared a smile.Meanwhile, although Xavier did not leave the car, he wound down the window and stared at Winnie and Christopher.He had sensed something amiss about Winnie when Christopher came over earlier.It felt as if there was something happening between the two.However, before anything happened to the ring communication device, he noticed nothing amiss about the two.Unfortunately, that device broke down midway. Xavier realized something must have happened during that period of time and there was an oddity in the air between the two of them.A good example would be the way Christopher looked at Winnie earlier.Furthermore, Winnie seemed to have reacted strongly upon her discovery of Christopher’s presence.My Dumbo is no ordinary woman. She kissed me by force in front of the reporters in the elevator the other time, so there was no way she would be afraid to kiss her husband in front of Christopher.The more Xavier thought about it, the more uncomfortable he became.After letting out a grim sigh, he opened the door and exited the car.However, he did not head toward Winnie and Christopher. Instead, he went to the driver’s seat to grab a pack of cigarettes.Even though he did not have a tobacco addiction, he would still smoke once in a while just like the time when he thought Winnie was dead.At that moment, he was feeling frustrated, and the darn toxin in him made it difficult for him to recollect himself.Maybe some nicotine will help with the frustration.He leaned back on the car a little roughly before letting his eyes drift toward Winnie again. Then, he took out a cigarette and placed it between his lips.However, just as he lit the cigarette, he recalled how Winnie disliked the scent of tobacco, so he threw the cigarette on the ground.Then, Xavier saw Christopher catching a firefly for Winnie. He could not hold himself back anymore.The blood coursing in him threatened to boil. How dare they flirt with each other in front of me? What have they been doing when I wasn’t around?Xavier crushed the cigarette under his foot until it was nothing but a pile of mush before striding over to the two.Frankly, Christopher was not catching the firefly for Winnie. It had been a subconscious action.A bug had flown to his face, and he had instinctively caught it. Only after catching it did he recall it was but a harmless