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 care of yourself and get plenty of

he heard Winnie’s worried tone. That was exactly what he was aiming for. He intended to make

go to sleep first. There’s no need to wait for me. Do take good care of yourself when I’m not with you. If you need anything, tell Mary and the others. Don’t

you repeat yourself all the time!” Winnie

for a while more before hanging

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

be overthinking during the day. In fact, his attitude toward

thought ended there, the woman could not

become so paranoid? Why am I wasting my time

calming herself down, she went

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

back, she fell asleep as

she did not have

strange and grotesque creatures, and she could not escape from them. No matter how hard she tried screaming for

her half-awaken state, she suddenly felt

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

awake from her dreams when she felt a

on top of

out of reflex, but the person pressed down

still felt a

“Don’t be shy. I’ve pinned you multiple times before, and you never once complained that you couldn’t breathe. Why are you

irritated by his words that night. Perhaps it was because she wasn’t feeling well, or perhaps, it was the heavy odor of alcohol on him. Despite their previous

much did you drink? Why do you smell so

bad?” Harold unbuttoned his shirt and switched on the bedside lamp. “I didn’t drink that much. I came back in a hurry

voluptuous figure under her thin pajamas

metal buckle clicked, Winnie frowned and pushed him away. “What are

filled with both