Silly Bride

Chapter 344

will you be seeing him again? Can you pass him a message for me?”“What is it?”“Please convey my apologies and tell him that we’re happy to learn he’s alive and well.”“Sure, no problem.”“One more thing,” Winnie suddenly recalled something. “What about his parents? We met them two days ago and could see that both of them were devastated.”“I’m sure they must feel awful, but the organization has made plans to inform them about the good news, so don’t worry about it. Actually, he knows that I’m coming to see both of you and has asked me to pass a message and an item.”“What is it?”Greta gave Xavier a look before turning her attention back to Winnie. “Captain Bennett said that you asked him a question after he fell off the building. However, he lost consciousness before he could finish his reply. Worried that his incomplete answer would give you the wrong idea, he said that when you asked him who pushed him down, he replied with the name Xavier. Nonetheless, he didn’t mean that Xavier was the culprit. Instead, he just wanted to warn you that Xavier was in danger.”“Warn me?” Knitting her brows, Winnie turned toward Xavier subconsciously.Xavier, too, was curious. “Was I in danger then? Didn’t I push him off the building by mistake?”The frowning Greta shook her head. “I’m afraid not.” While speaking, she took out a ring and placed it in Winnie’s hand.“Captain Bennett asked me to hand this to you. He said that this is the listening device you gave him, and he was wearing it during the incident. Hence, it contains a recording of everything that happened back then.”“Yes!” Staring at the ring, Winnie explained, “Xavier gave it to me first before I passed it to Christopher. Do you have any playback equipment here?”“I do,” Greta answered at once, “but we disabled the ring the moment it came into our possession, as it is a listening device after all. There’s no way we can allow it to continue to function. That said, I swear, upon my honor, that we have not tampered with its contents, on top of the fact that it isn’t easy to do so in the first place.”Winnie nodded. “I trust you guys.”“All right then. I’ll play it back now. You had better prepare yourselves.”Once Greta turned on the equipment, voices could be heard from the recording.Recognizing when the dialogue occurred, Xavier furrowed his brows. “Can you fast-forward it? This isn’t from the day of the incident.”“Sure, please wait a moment.” Upon Xavier’s request, Greta fast-forwarded the recording to the day they were on the rooftop.Soon, the incident was relived through the voices in the recording.They heard how Yulissa injected Xavier with the drug, how she provoked him, and what Xavier said to rebut her.Nevertheless, Xavier’s voice became increasingly muffled.Thereafter, Yulissa continued with her provocations, while Christopher was heard persuading Xavier not to trust Yulissa and explaining that there was nothing going on between him and Winnie.Throughout the entire exchange, Jacinta didn’t say a word until Xavier’s illness acted up, causing him to lose control and get into a fight with Christopher.Amidst the sound of chaotic footsteps, the two of them reached the edge of the rooftop.However, in the middle of their struggle, Jacinta’s voice suddenly rang out.“Die, Xavier!”Subsequently, she could be heard dashing toward them, after which Christopher yelled, “Be careful, Xavier!”From the sounds of it, it seemed he had given Xavier a push back into the rooftop’s confines, but he—due to inertia—fell off instead.After that, Jacinta screamed, “Christopher!”She then bellowed, “Xavier, why don’t you just die? Captain Bennett has fallen off the rooftop for the sake of saving you! How many more do you want to kill before you’re satisfied? Just die already!”She sounded as if she was cursing at Xavier while pushing him to the edge of the rooftop.Unexpectedly, Yulissa stopped her. “You old hag, I never knew you were so cruel! Does Winnie know what you have done? Ha, you not only failed to kill Xavier but caused the death of a policeman. Winnie is about