Silly Bride

Chapter 291

found her words amusing. “Hah! Trying to goad me, eh? You know exactly why your employer sent you. I’m sorry to break this to you, but I won’t be seduced by you just because you look like that. Tell you what, if I was not bound by the law and morality, I would’ve taken down this face of yours. Sure, I can save you, but I’m not obliged to do so. I can call the police for you instead.”With that, he left the bathroom.At the same time, in a house on the other side of the street, was Winnie, who was fuming with rage.Through the surveillance footage, Xavier could be seen walking out of the bathroom and looking for a phone to make a police report.Things had progressed to such a point, yet Wilhelm remained motionless. Winnie could not help but frown as she stared at him.“Are you done? He passed your test. Give me my phone this instant. Are you really going to let him make a police report? I don’t want to make such a big fuss out of this.”Wilhelm still found Xavier an eyesore, but the truth was clearly laid out before him.Expressionlessly, Wilhelm returned the phone to her. “Not bad. According to Grandma’s orders, you can bring him back to the manor to meet her and Grandpa tomorrow.”Winnie took the phone, giving him a brief glance. “Great. Finally, it’s over.”With that, she dialed Xavier’s number.The moment the call was connected, she said, “Xavier, it’s me. Don’t call the police.”Xavier was not surprised to receive a call from Winnie at that moment.He fell silent for a few seconds and asked, “Where are you now?”Feeling extremely guilty over everything that had happened that day, Winnie hurriedly replied, “I’ll go over to you now.”“Okay. I’ll be waiting for you.” Xavier hung up as soon as he finished because he heard a rather loud noise in the bathroom. I should check it out.Winnie put away her phone and was about to leave when Wilhelm called out to her.His brows were tightly knitted as he stared intently at her. “I just want you to be happy, and I hope you understand my intentions. Even if we made a mistake today, the Speiser family will always be your support.”The anger Winnie felt for Wilhelm made her forget to say goodbye to him when she was about to leave.However, deep down, she knew where he was coming from. In fact, he had done a great job from his stance.He was a relative who grew up with her, after all. Even if they got into a fight, she could never bring herself to blame or give him the cold shoulder. “Wilhelm, my love for you has never changed.” Looking at his eyes that were filled with stubbornness and gentleness at the same time, she could not help but step forward and hug him.When Wilhelm heard those words, he finally relaxed his deeply creased brows.He raised his hand and gently patted her back. “Grandma and I love you too. Now run along. Go to where you should be.”Winnie bobbed her head in response and marched out.It was raining cats and dogs outside as though someone had applied a grey filter to the night sky.Winnie was in such a hurry that she ignored her surroundings.By the time she arrived at the door and was about to unlock it, she noticed a shivering person standing beside her.Startled, she reached out and grabbed the person by the shoulder.The person wailed in agony, “It’s me, Nate! I’m an ally!”Sure enough, the voice belonged to Nate. However, it was also that he was Nate that Winnie did not release him right away.She asked coldly, “Haven’t you left already? Why are you still lurking outside?”Nate explained, “I wasn’t lurking. I was already standing out here, but you didn’t notice me. Can you let me go first? It hurts.”Winnie’s eyes narrowed, and she loosened her grip. “I don’t know why you came here, but I don’t have the energy to talk to you now. Stay here. Don’t go anywhere.”“Here?” Nate massaged his aching shoulder.