Silly Bride

Chapter 325

to cover up for her, then I can’t say anything to that.”“That’s not what I mean.” Xavier chuckled. “Are you using reverse psychology on me? You don’t need to, really. I’ll agree to any of your requests if it’s reasonable. Heck, even if you are covering up for her, I can just call off the investigation. You know, all I want is for you to be happy.”“Okay.” Winnie’s throat tightened, and her eyes were a little misty. “Thank you, Xavier.”“You don’t have to thank me, Darling. No wife will keep saying thank you to her husband.”Winnie smiled. “Okay, I understand, Hubby.”“Say it again.”However, Winnie was not up for it. “Sorry, Xavier. I’m not in the mood. Maybe next time, all right?”“All right. Whatever makes you happy. Wait for my return, and promise me, no matter what happens, be it a big or a small incident, you have to tell me. I can’t be by your side for the moment, but my heart is always with you.”“Okay, I promise.”Just as Winnie stopped speaking, she heard Wilhelm’s voice in the background.I think Wilhelm’s looking for Xavier.“Oh, you should get back to work. We’ll talk next time when you’re free,” Winnie said before hanging up. She did not want to delay Xavier and Wilhelm’s matters any longer.After she put away her phone, she stood up and looked outside the floor-to-ceiling window, her mind wandering. Then, she photocopied a copy of the documents before putting the original ones back into Josiah’s bag.No sooner had she zipped up the bag than Josiah returned.Lifting the paper bag in his hand, Josiah said, “I’ve bought you a chicken salad. How’s this? It’s light enough for you, right?”“Yes, this is good.” Winnie pushed the briefcase to Josiah. “You can have this back.”Josiah smiled and jested, “Seems like you’re really not interested in my bag.”Winnie glanced at him before saying, “Thank you for trying to lighten the mood by spouting nonsense, but I’m really not up for it today. Sorry.”“Okay.” Josiah walked toward Winnie, sat in front of her, and took the salad from the bag before placing it next to her hand.In the meantime, she took the forks out of the bag and gave one to Josiah.“Do you want to know why I was able to listen in to your conversation with the private investigator?” Winnie asked.“Yes.” Josiah lifted his head and glanced at Winnie with a smile. “Honestly, it’s easy talking with you because you know what I want to know without me saying it.”Winnie ignored him and unlocked her phone.Next, she tapped on the picture gallery and showed him a photo.Josiah had never seen this person before, so he asked, “Who’s this?” Winnie explained, “Someone who had been tailing you. Actually, I saw you in the elevator earlier on, but I figured you might be busy, so I didn’t go over and greet you. However, I realized something was wrong when I saw someone following you. Naturally, I followed you two, too, and discovered he was eavesdropping on your conversation with the private investigator. When I confronted him, he kept denying he was eavesdropping. He’s cunning, all right. Since I couldn’t get any information out of him, I could only let him go. Fortunately, I took a photo of him. With this photo, I think it’ll be easy to find out who he is.”“Good!” Josiah nodded. “The photo is clear enough. Send it to me and I’ll have someone look into it, but…”“But what?”Josiah frowned and said, “Although I have never seen this person before, there aren’t many people who