Silly Bride

Chapter 282

In her dream, she was stricken with terror and struggled for a long time before finally waking up.She called Xavier as soon as she was awake.His phone rang for a long time, but there was no answer.When she finally fell back to sleep, it was three o’clock in the morning.She had planned to get up at seven o’clock that morning to keep her appointment with Elisha. However, since she did not sleep well, she ended up waking an hour later.By the time she washed up and appeared for breakfast, Joshua had already left to play golf.Meanwhile, Emily was arranging some flowers, and in a rare turn of events, Wilhelm was helping her.The pair turned around at the same time when they heard footsteps.Wilhelm noticed the dark circles under Winnie’s eyes at once and frowned as he asked, “Didn’t you sleep well last night? You look rather tired.”Winnie yawned. “Yeah, I didn’t sleep well last night. I would’ve stayed in bed until noon if I didn’t have an appointment already. You’re here quite early today. It’s only a little past eight o’clock.”“Should I take a leaf out of your book, then, and sleep until this hour?” Wilhelm teased.Winnie rolled her eyes at him without saying anything, then proceeded to ignore him as she ate her breakfast.Not long after, she suddenly heard a phone ringing inside the dining room.She was absolutely sure it was not from her phone. However, the ringing continued with no one answering the phone.Finally, she turned to glance at Wilhelm. “That’s your phone. Aren’t you going to answer it?”“It’s my phone?” Wilhelm was a little surprised, but he quickly returned to his senses and turned to pick up the phone on the chair.Winnie’s sharp eyes caught sight that the caller ID showed “Journalist Helen,” and she instantly put two and two together.Curiosity and thirst for gossip getting the better of her, she abandoned the half-eaten bun on her plate and walked over to Wilhelm’s side while holding her glass of milk.Puzzled by Winnie’s behavior, Emily could not help but frown and cast the former a look.Winnie smiled and pointed at Wilhelm’s phone. Then, she mouthed the word “Helen.”Realization immediately dawned on Emily, and she subconsciously took a step toward Wilhelm.Their actions did not escape Wilhelm’s notice.Meanwhile, Helen did just what the two ladies anticipated. She confessed her feelings to Wilhelm over the phone, then boldly proposed that they start dating.However, Wilhelm rejected Helen’s feelings firmly, angering the latter to the point that she accused him of being rude.Even so, Wilhelm could not care less and hung up immediately.Winnie stared at him, momentarily dumbstruck. “Wilhelm, did you deliberately say that to