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.

on the other end of the phone. After getting used to the voice, she asked, “Xavier,

tone. That was exactly what he was aiming for. He intended to make the woman so anxious that she would be unable to eat or

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

tired of hearing you repeat yourself all the time!” Winnie

spoke for a while more before hanging

Xavier on the phone was still as attentive as before, but his

his attitude toward

her train of thought ended there, the woman could not help but laugh at her own

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

calming herself down, she went

past few days, she hadn’t had a good night’s sleep because

back, she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the

did not have any good dreams

from them. No matter how hard she tried screaming for help, not a single sound came out of

she suddenly felt her body

boulder was pressing down on her chest, making it

her dreams when she felt a

lying on top of her, reeking of

so she kicked the person out of reflex, but the

woman relaxed a little when she thought Xavier had returned. However, she still felt a

multiple times before, and you never once complained that you couldn’t breathe.

because she wasn’t feeling well, or perhaps, it was

You should go and wash up. How much

switched on the bedside lamp. “I didn’t drink that much. I came

thin pajamas and felt aroused. Subsequently, he began

frowned and pushed him away. “What

his eyes filled with