Silly Bride

His phone was on when Winnie called, but no one answered.

Feeling worried about his lack of response, she immediately contacted Louis.

The man answered quickly, but his voice was soft, sounding as if it was an inconvenient time for him to take the call.

Louis responded, “Mr. Fairchild is in a meeting and probably won’t make it in time for dinner. You don’t have to wait for him, Mrs. Fairchild.”

Winnie questioned in annoyance, “Since that’s the case, why didn’t he tell me earlier?”

After all, in the past, Xavier would always inform her in advance if he could not join her for dinner.

In truth, Louis was also a little puzzled. In the past, even if Xavier was caught up in a meeting, he would take the time to reply to Winnie’s messages.

Clearly, Xavier had not notified Winnie that day, or she would not have contacted Louis.

However, Louis could not blame his boss and said the man had forgotten the matter. He could only apologize and accept responsibility for not reminding her in time.

Winnie had no intention of blaming anyone. She was merely worried that something had happened to Xavier because he didn’t answer her call.

Initially, she hoped to speak with him, but when Louis said he was at a meeting, she abandoned the idea.

After finishing dinner alone, Winnie went jogging for a while before returning to her room to wash up.

It was already nine in the evening by the time she finished blow-drying her hair. Not only did Xavier not return home, but he did not even call to explain his whereabouts.

Winnie tried to dial Xavier’s number again.

After waiting a long time, the man finally picked up his phone.

she was slightly stunned when she heard the hoarse and scratchy voice on the other end of the phone. After getting used to the voice, she asked, “Xavier, why haven’t you come back? It’s so late! You must take

aiming for. He intended to

calmly, “I’m having dinner with a client. You can go to sleep first. There’s no need to wait for me. Do take good

repeat yourself all

for a while more before

Xavier on the phone was still as attentive as

that she might be overthinking during the day. In fact, his attitude toward her had not changed;

there, the woman could not

become so paranoid? Why am I wasting my time thinking about such

calming herself down, she went

had a good night’s

she fell asleep as soon as her

not have any good dreams

not escape from them. No matter how hard she tried screaming for

suddenly felt her body

was as if a huge boulder was pressing down on her chest, making it

jolted awake from her dreams when she felt a cool and wet sensation

on top of

the person out of reflex, but the person pressed down on her leg to

had returned. However, she still felt a little uncomfortable as she spoke. “Have you gone drinking? You’re crushing me, and I can’t breathe! Get off

that you couldn’t breathe. Why are you saying this now? Is it

was the heavy odor of

feeling well. You should go and wash up. How much did you drink? Why do you smell so

his shirt and switched on the bedside lamp. “I didn’t drink that much. I came back in a

her thin pajamas and felt aroused. Subsequently, he began to

and pushed him away. “What are you

eyes filled with both hatred and