Silly Bride

Chapter 280

that they threw a huge welcoming party for her.If it weren’t for the fact that she needed to rest and recuperate, there was no doubt they’d have plied her with wine.It was nine at night in Yartran by the time Winnie managed to check her phone.Because of the time difference, it was around four in the morning in Chanaea, when the sun had yet to rise, and everyone was still sound asleep.She looked at the long list of messages that Xavier had sent, not knowing what she should reply.Xavier had asked various questions, such as what she was doing, if she had eaten, and if everything was settled.As much as Winnie wanted to answer each question individually, she was more worried that her flood of messages might wake Xavier up.In the end, she consolidated her replies into a single long message and sent it to the latter.When Winnie failed to receive any response after waiting for ten minutes, she concluded that Xavier must still be sleeping and decided to keep her phone away.Not long after, she was invited to dance, to which she agreed out of courtesy.Just as Winnie was dancing, however, Xavier’s call came through. Alas, the music in the hall was so loud that it drowned out her ringtone completely, and not a single person noticed the blinking notification light.Due to the significant time difference and the fact that Winnie had many social events to attend over the next few days, she could barely find the time to talk to Xavier. Their phone conversations were often interrupted, and even text messages were left unanswered for a long while.Winnie was so busy that she didn’t have time to mope around, but Xavier, on the other hand, found it to be an agonizing ordeal.Soon, it was the day for Emily’s interview with Helen, and she had Winnie vet her scripts before the journalist arrived.Wilhelm was also present when Winnie skimmed through the script. The latter’s expression instantly slid into a frown when she was done reading.“Grandma, are you sure you want to share these old stories? Wouldn’t they affect Steffen and the family’s reputation?” Winnie asked. “Steffen is poised to become the youngest member of parliament. If his future gets affected because of my background, I’ll feel very guilty.”“Don’t worry, Winnie. I’ve already discussed this with Steffen and even had him vet the script,” Emily reassured. “Both your grandfather and eldest brother have no problems with it, so you shouldn’t let it bother you either.”“Really?” Winnie asked, still frowning slightly. I’m more than aware that Grandma only agreed to do this interview because she dotes on me and wants to give me a proper acknowledgment. However, I honestly don’t care about the title. It doesn’t matter whether I’m blood-related or adopted, so long as I know Grandpa and Grandma