Silly Bride

Chapter 367

down the phone and started sobbing miserably.“Don’t be like this, Lisanne,” Winnie said, sounding cheerful. “I’ll get better. Trust me.”Right then, Winnie heard someone opening the door and coming in.She said to Lisanne, “The doctor must be here. I’ll hear what they have to say.”“Okay.” Not wanting to get in the way of Winnie’s treatment, Lisanne immediately put down the phone.This time, the ophthalmologists were not the only ones there; Josiah had come as well.On his way there, he had heard from the other doctors that Winnie had lost her sight.He desperately wished that it was just a joke or a misunderstanding.Yet, when he finally stood in front of her, he realized she did not notice that he was there as well, and his heart sank.Back then, he had guessed that something might go wrong, and he was hoping that the two of them would come back. Little did he expect to be greeted by the sight before him.The doctors gave Winnie her diagnosis. Their preliminary belief was that her condition might be blindness caused by temporary ischemia of the central retinal artery, but they could not rule out that it could be retinopathy caused by inhalation of radioactive gas, or that the optic nerve had been damaged instead.As for more details, they would need Winnie to head to the hospital for a thorough checkup. At the same time, they needed a specialist on her case.However, Winnie was currently under quarantine, and they had to wait until everyone was there for the specialist’s diagnosis.Hence, Winnie postponed her schedule by a day.Xavier wanted to make arrangements for everything immediately, for he was terrified that she would miss the golden hour.However, Winnie understood the condition mutation theories that the doctors had told her earlier, so she knew that nothing would worsen overnight. In fact, it was likely that her loss of vision was connected to her mental state.Winnie somewhat knew what was going on. Even though she appeared composed, she was feeling terrible inwardly.What she needed most at that moment was rest.She needed to give her body time to recover, and she needed to mentally prepare herself.At her insistence, the doctors left.The second the door closed, she frowned.Thinking that she was feeling unwell, Xavier quickly asked her what was wrong.Her frown deepened. “I remember hearing five people coming in, but why did only four leave?”“Oh, my god.” The eyes of Josiah, who was standing at the end of the bed the entire time, reddened when he heard her say that. “Are you a god or a monster? How did you even hear how many people came in?” Winnie followed the source of Josiah’s voice and turned toward him. “Oh, it’s you, Dr. Houghton. Why did you only come now? Are you really my friend?”“Hey, hey, hey. Why don’t you ask your husband who was the one who delivered food to him when he was outside? It was me! I only got to