Silly Bride

Chapter 288

are you back?”However, just as those words left her lips, a wave of awkwardness hit her.The one outside the room was not Wilhelm but Nathaniel.Nathaniel gave her a small smile. “Sorry, Winnie. It’s me. Maybe you’d like me to get Mr. Speiser back here?”“No need!” Winnie rejected it right away. “I was rude not to have told you about my departure earlier. Please excuse me for that.”“It’s fine.” Nathaniel then studied Winnie from head to toe before his gaze landed on Winnie’s injured hand.“I heard from the reception that they were sending a first aid kit to your room. How is your hand? I’m not sure if it’s fine for me to ask this or not, but is your injury related to Mr. Speiser?”“No.” Winnie knew that Nathaniel was worried about her, but she shook her head. “I accidentally knocked over a glass in my hurry. Wilhelm was the one who asked for the first aid kit. It was just that we had an argument after that. My injury is nothing serious.”“But it looks like it’s still bleeding. Do you want me to bandage it for you?” Nathaniel asked politely.However, Winnie shook her head. “You don’t need to worry about me. I can deal with this myself. You should work on your stuff instead.”Winnie did not invite Nathaniel in, so he remained outside. “But you might have some trouble bandaging it yourself. Maybe I should get a doctor for you?”“There’s no need for that.” Winnie lifted her brows. “Not at all.”Nathaniel chuckled and deliberately said, “Then you must think I’m too clumsy to even help. Why don’t I ask for one of the staff to help you out instead?”Winnie did not want to make things troublesome, so she invited Nathaniel in. “I just didn’t want to waste your time. I don’t think badly about you.”As Nathaniel wrapped up Winnie’s wound, the two of them chatted away.Nathaniel asked none of the questions he was not supposed to ask. He only asked Winnie when she was planning to leave.Glancing at her hand, she replied, “I’ll leave once you’re done bandaging me.”Nathaniel was surprised by her answer. “That soon? Are you going straight back to Avenport?”“No,” Winnie said. “I’m heading home first. I’ll only be going back to Avenport a few days later.”“Well…” Nathaniel began. “Coincidentally, I’m going home too, so let’s go together.”Winnie drew her brows together. “Didn’t you say you wanted to go mountain climbing?”“Yes.” Nathaniel shrugged before fixing his aqua-blue eyes on her. “I wanted to do that, but something personal cropped up, so I have to hurry back.Mr. Speiser looked angry just now. If you don’t feel at ease with his presence on your way back, at least you’ll still have me around. We’re friends, I can even carry your luggage for free.”“Well, let’s go then!” Winnie did not try to question him anymore at that.The two of them soon packed and left the place.Winnie, who had been keeping an eye on her surroundings, noticed that Wilhelm was nowhere to be found.Nathaniel, too, noticed it and commented, “It looks like Mr. Speiser has left. It seems like the argument you had with him earlier was quite bad.”Winnie frowned and huffed. “Who cares about him? We’ll go there ourselves.”Nathaniel nodded and helped Winnie open the door. He had already called for a cab to send them to the airport, and that car was waiting for them a short distance away.“That way. We’ll be taking that car to the airport.”Yet, just as Nathaniel put their suitcases in the trunk and was about to open the car door for Winnie, Wilhelm popped out of nowhere.He grabbed Winnie’s arm and grumbled, “Why aren’t you going into my car?”Winnie’s eyes went wide. “I thought you left.”At that, Wilhelm became angrier. “I came here to look for you, so how can I possibly leave alone?”Nathaniel never expected Wilhelm to stay in a car outside the motel the whole time either.However, when he noticed the tension between Winnie and Wilhelm, he stepped forward, thinking of clarifying things up.Yet, just as he started his sentence, Wilhelm glared at him. “Stay away from my sister!”“Wilhelm Speiser!” Winnie stared at her brother in dismay. “Why are you taking your anger out on my friend? Have you lost your mind?”Instead of replying to her, Wilhelm took Winnie’s suitcase from Nathaniel’s hands and pulled Winnie into his own car.Winnie did not struggle, for she did not want to drag the innocent Nathaniel into the mess.Nevertheless, once Winnie was in the car, she exploded. “You’ve really let me down today, Wilhelm. Are you still the brother I admired?”Just as Wilhelm began driving, his phone rang.He grabbed his phone and threw it on Winnie’s lap. “Pick up the call.”Not only was Wilhelm ignoring her, but he was even asking her to pick up the call for him. That irked Winnie.Still, when she saw that it was grandma who was calling, the wrath in her chest dissipated partially.She then put the call on speaker before switching to a tone as lighthearted as she could.“Grandma, it’s me, Winnie. Wilhelm’s driving right now.”“Oh, it’s you, Winnie.” Emily’s voice soon traveled out of the speaker. “It looks like your brother has picked you up. That’s great. Are you planning to come back now?”“Yes, we’re on our way to the airport. We’ll be back soon.”“How was your mountain climbing experience?