Silly Bride

Chapter 383

was the right one, for Winnie and Josiah came into the room five minutes later.Josiah didn’t stay in the room for long. He left after checking in on Xavier.Winnie sat by the bed and said something to Xavier. Still inebriated, he muttered something and held her hand to stop her from leaving. She decided to accompany him for another half an hour.Once Xavier fell back into a deep slumber, Winnie got up and returned to her room.It was already late when Winnie finally left. Abigail had fallen asleep in the closet.Obviously, sleeping in the closet wasn’t comfortable, so she climbed out of the closet in the middle of the night and slept on the bed.The next day morning, Xavier’s furious reprimand woke Winnie up.She felt the other side of the bed with her hands and noted the usual warmth wasn’t there. She finally recalled Xavier had spent the night in the guest bedroom after he got drunk.Suddenly wide awake, she hurriedly climbed out of bed and strode to the guest bedroom.When she opened the door, she heard Xavier say, “If it weren’t for your father, I would’ve chased you out of the house. Put on your clothes and get out now!”Then she heard a woman’s sob. It sounds like a really young lady.With a frown, she turned her head in Xavier’s direction. “Xavier, what’s going on?”Before Xavier could open his mouth to explain, the disheveled Abigail began to cry. “Are you even a man, Xavier? How could you not take responsibility after sleeping with me?”Xavier sneered. “When did I sleep with you? Stop putting feathers in your hat. I won’t even spare you a glance.”Mary and a few housekeepers rushed into the room after hearing the commotion.“Mr. Xavier, Mrs. Fairchild, what’s going on?” A confused frown marred Mary’s forehead when she saw Abigail curled up at the end of the bed.Xavier walked to Winnie and explained, “Winnie, you have to believe me. I never touched her. I don’t know when she came in. I might’ve grabbed her arm, mistaking her for you when she teased me. But after I realized she wasn’t you, I immediately pushed her away.”“You’re lying!” Abigail had slept beside Xavier the entire night but didn’t do anything because her brain was already asleep when she climbed out of the closet. She had tried to seduce Xavier when she woke up, but he had pushed her away without hesitation.Thinking the truth was too humiliating, she lied, “You didn’t just grab