Silly Bride

Chapter 381

affect you. That’s a risk I don’t want to take. I’m really sorry, Xavier. I can’t… Not now…”Xavier understood what she meant, and he held her tightly. “Don’t apologize. This isn’t your fault; it’s mine. I can’t believe I’m thinking about these things even when you’re sick. It’s fine, Winnie. You’ll get better. I’ll be the perfect partner in bed the next time.”“Okay.” Winnie tightened her hold around his waist and rested her cheek against his sweaty chest.Although things had abruptly been called off, Winnie could still sense the fire burning in Xavier’s body.As she lowered her hand, she whispered, “Why don’t I help you out?”“It’s fine.” Xavier took Winnie’s hand and held it by his lips to kiss it. “Your husband here isn’t an animal. I know how to control myself.”“Don’t you feel uncomfortable holding it in?”“I’m fine, Dumbo.” It was only desire that had nowhere to be unleashed. What right did he have to speak of discomfort if he were to compare his with the agony she was currently going through? What he felt meant nothing.Xavier continued hugging Winnie for a while before he calmed down again and said, “I’m all sweaty, so I’m going to wash up. You should sleep first. You don’t need to wait for me.”Winnie quietly hummed in agreement before letting go of him. “Go ahead, then.”Ten minutes later, Xavier exited the bathroom after his shower.When he walked over to the side of the bed, he saw Winnie with her eyes closed. He sat beside her and softly called out her name.Winnie did not respond.Thinking that she was asleep, he turned off the lights.He had initially wanted to hold her in his arms and go to sleep, but he changed his mind at the very last minute.Instead, he got down from the bed and put on some clothes before leaving the room.Once Xavier was gone, Winnie turned around and lay on her side.Although she could not see anything, she still opened her eyes.She had yet to fall asleep. She had only pretended to be asleep because she wanted to give Xavier some time alone. He was too stressed out by her illness.Xavier took a pack of cigarettes and a lighter and headed to the garden at the back.With his eyes closed, he walked from the main mansion to the side mansion.He wanted to find out what the world felt like to Winnie. It was less than a kilometer’s walk between the main mansion garden and the side mansion garden, but Xavier had already stumbled several times. He could not imagine how Winnie remembered every corner of the house.Once he was tired from his walk, he sat on a bench and started smoking one cigarette after another. In no time, cigarette butts were littered on the ground around his feet.Right as he lit another cigarette, he heard approaching footsteps.Subconsciously, he assumed that it was Winnie.Not wanting Winnie to find out that he had been smoking half a pack of cigarettes in the middle of the night, he quickly threw the cigarette he just lit onto the ground and stomped on it.Once he was done with that, he stood up and turned around.However, he realized with one glance that it was not Winnie.The person had a torchlight in their hand and could walk fast. It could not be Winnie.Winnie could not see anything, so she was slow when she walked.He sat back down and lit another cigarette.He did not care who it was. No one mattered to him if they were not the woman he loved.Soon, the light from the torch shone at his feet.Then a young woman’s voice sounded out. “Who are you? Why are