Silly Bride

Chapter 372

that Winnie remained terrified after she sat up

were sharp in the first place. Due to her visual impairment, her sense of hearing had become far more sensitive.The bathroom door was opened. She was bent at the waist, washing her face, but she promptly stilled upon hearing the man’s footsteps. That aside, she even turned off the faucet.Distress swamped Xavier at the sight of her wariness.Not wanting her to suffer a fright, he called out to her.No sooner had Winnie heard the voice than she knew that it was Xavier.She relaxed entirely.She spun around, but she trained her eyes in the wrong direction. “Why did you come so early, Xavier? Where are you? Come here!”Having said that, she extended a hand toward the man.Xavier hurried over in huge strides and pulled her into his arms.“What happened just now? Why were you clutching at your chest? Were you hurting?”Gently pulling away from his embrace, Winnie put some distance between them. “How do you know that? Did you witness everything earlier?”“Yeah. What’s wrong?” Instead of answering Xavier right away, Winnie asked, “Don’t tell me you were outside for the whole of last night and didn’t go home?”“Yeah. I wanted to keep you company.”“So, you’ve been sitting outside all along?”“That isn’t important, Winnie. Tell me what exactly happened to you.”Not only did Winnie narrate her nightmare to Xavier, but she also voiced her suspicion. “Say, was the person who was shot dead at the elementary school in the mountains that day really Harold? Could it