Silly Bride

Chapter 323

I’m truly sorry. I knew what I was doing from the beginning and that I would eventually have to deal with your wrath. I was wrong for hiding this from you, and I shouldn’t have suspected the person you trust the most. However, something is off and I know it. Your judgment may be clouded as this issue pertains to you personally, no matter how smart and knowledgeable you are. The truth about certain things might forever be buried if I don’t dig into it. Besides, don’t you want to know why your granny dislikes me and is constantly finding fault with me?”Winnie fell silent.Xavier knew that she was probably giving what he had just said some serious thought. He could’ve struck the iron while it was still hot and continued defending the validity of his intentions.However, he did not do so.He simply waited for Winnie to speak first.Yet, the woman remained silent after a long while. The chilly and tense atmosphere made him apprehensive.“Winnie! Will you please talk to me, Winnie? Can you share your thoughts with me? Please don’t keep your emotions bottled up and ignore me. You can scold or even hit me if you want. Winnie! I’m begging you! Talk to me! Please don’t punish me in this way.”In actuality, Winnie was merely pondering when she stayed quiet. It wasn’t because she wanted to punish Xavier.She was thinking about the documents she had perused just now.Initially, she was furious, but she quickly thought things through.I know Xavier is right. Besides, he did not cause any substantial damage to Granny. He’s merely looking into her. I can’t blame him because Granny hasn’t been nice to him. Considering it from another angle, I would have stormed off if Old Mr. Fairchild constantly looked down on me and disapproved of my relationship with Xavier. However, Xavier had never treated my grandmother unkindly. How can I be so strict with him when I myself can’t return a grudge with kindness? She regained her senses and replied, “I’m not trying to punish you. I’ll review the information you found out thoroughly. That’s it. I’m hanging up.”“Don’t!” Xavier stopped her, for he had a feeling that she would ignore him for a long time after the call ended. “Can we talk about something else? Anything is fine.”“No!” Winnie was in a foul mood, so her tone was rather icy. “I need to organize my thoughts now. If you insist on having a conversation with me, I don’t feel like talking about anything else other than my granny. I can talk to anyone about my granny tonight but you. I’m willing to accept your apology and even understand why you did all that, but I just don’t want to talk to you now.”“What about tomorrow?” Knowing that Winnie was someone who kept her word, he was sure that she would really ignore him if she said so.“Will you talk to me tomorrow?” he asked immediately.Winnie had yet to recompose herself, so she said harshly, “Who knows what will happen tomorrow? Can you not rush me? Maybe I’ll want to talk to you about something in the middle of the night, but I don’t feel like it after you asked that question.”Xavier surrendered almost instantly. “Okay, okay! I won’t rush you. You’re free to do what you want. I’m happy to know that you understand the reason behind what I did. I will wait for you to hang up first.”Winnie knitted her brows and hung up the call without even saying goodbye.Then, she turned around and stuffed the documents back inside the briefcase on the table.Noticing Josiah’s gaze on her, she lifted his briefcase right before his eyes.“Is there anything important in this bag I should know about before I take these documents away?”Josiah quickly shook his head when he sensed Winnie’s chilling aura that could almost freeze the room.“There’s nothing else valuable inside. You can have it.”Winnie rolled her eyes at him. “Who wants your trash?”Josiah responded, “You can throw it away, then I’ll pick it up from the trash.”Speechless, Winnie glared at him again and turned to leave.However, no sooner had she begun to walk away than she realized Josiah was following her.Winnie turned around while wearing a frigid expression. “I said I’ll take these documents with me, so stop following me!”Josiah chuckled awkwardly. “Of course, you can take the documents, but you still have my phone. I don’t mind you taking