Silly Bride

Chapter 274

impossible.”Josiah tried to hold himself back, but he failed. “So you’re telling me that Christopher is the only one who speaks the truth? Am I not even allowed to point out a possibility? If you believe in Christopher’s words, that means you think Xavier was the one who pushed him off. Is that what it is?”Rage suddenly crashed into Josiah like a tidal wave as he continued, “I know you’ve experienced some things with Christopher—even life-and-death moments. But here’s the thing, Winnie. You, Xavier, and I have been through life-and-death moments too. When you wanted to head to that place to save your granny, Xavier and I went without a word of complaint. Do the perilous situations we’ve been through and the injuries Xavier and I sustained mean nothing to you? Are we not worthy of your trust? Xavier’s head hasn’t properly recovered, and I’m still in a wheelchair. Yes, Christopher’s dead, but can only the dead gain your unwavering trust?” Winnie had been overwhelmed with fury earlier when she heard Josiah’s harsh words toward Christopher despite the latter’s tragic death. That was why she had been equally harsh with Josiah.She did not consider the consequences and did not expect Josiah’s response to be that bad.Taking in a deep breath, she said, “I’m sorry. It’s not that I don’t believe you, I just feel bad. I can’t help the negative emotions from seeping out of me.”Josiah, too, felt that he had made a mountain out of a molehill, as Xavier did not even say anything.A pause later, Josiah said, “Enjoy your talk. I’ll excuse myself now. Anything I say is wrong anyway.”With that, he wheeled himself out of the ward.Winnie turned to look at him. There were some things she wanted to say to him to diffuse the tension between them, but she was not in the mood to do that just yet.After Josiah left, Xavier and Winnie were the only ones left in the ward.Xavier had already let go of Winnie when Winnie began arguing with Josiah.Now that Josiah was gone, Xavier did not hold himself back from staring at Winnie in silence.Winnie lifted her head to glance at Xavier before helping him sit up from the bed.However, Winnie remained standing.Seeing that, Xavier held her hand to guide her to sit down beside him.Winnie continued to stay quiet, her silence fueled by guilt.Not long after she returned, the police had come to get a statement from her.She and Christopher had sent important information back to the government when they were at Harold’s place, but Christopher had been missing in action since then. That was why the police had come to her.Her time with the police was not only to authenticate the information they had given to them, but they also ended up talking about Christopher’s missing status as well.Winnie chose to be selfish about the matter.She lied to the police, saying that she saw Christopher falling off the building, and didn’t tell them what Jacinta said.She said she knew nothing and heard nothing. All she knew was that the scene on the rooftop had been chaotic and that many people had died at that time. She was uncertain how Christopher had ended up falling off the building.As the incident happened overseas, the local police