Silly Bride

Chapter 274

Josiah did not wish to suspect Christopher’s involvement, but he could not truly dismiss that possibility either. “Maybe he said that on purpose. As Yulissa said, he wanted to sow discord between you and Winnie. That’s not completely impossible, is it?”Xavier fell silent. He did not know the answer to that. Christopher was dead, and the dead could not prove his innocence.Josiah fell silent as well. Truth be told, he did not wish to do mindless guessing, but Xavier being the culprit was a genuine possibility.All of a sudden, a firm female voice rang out, breaking the silence in the air.“That’s impossible. He would never do that. I have faith in him!”Xavier recognized the voice even before the owner of the voice entered. He quickly got out of bed and hurried to the doorway.“Winnie!” Xavier pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly. “You’re finally here. I miss you so much.”Winnie, however, did not respond to the hug.She looked past Xavier’s shoulders and met Josiah’s eyes.As she stared at him, she hissed, “He’s dead, so can you stop the mindless guessing?”Josiah did not see her scolding coming, and he frowned in response.“I just refuse to believe that Xavier was the one who pushed Christopher off. I don’t mean to tarnish Captain Bennett’s reputation; I’m only mentioning one of the many possibilities.”Winnie closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. “Then I’ll tell you one more time that it is 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