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.

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

he was aiming for. He intended to

first. There’s no need to wait for me. Do take good care of yourself when I’m not with you. If you need

tired of hearing you repeat yourself all the

spoke for a while more before hanging

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

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

there, the woman could not help but laugh

am I wasting my time

calming herself down, she

good night’s sleep because she was worried

asleep

she did not have any good dreams

not escape from them. No matter how hard she tried

half-awaken state, she suddenly felt her

pressing down on her chest, making

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

was someone lying on

was unpleasant, so she kicked the person out of reflex, but the person pressed down on

returned. However, she still felt a little uncomfortable as

“Don’t be shy. I’ve pinned you multiple times before, and you never once complained that you couldn’t breathe. Why are you saying this now? Is it because I haven’t started touching

was the heavy odor of alcohol on him. Despite

I’m not feeling well. You should go and wash up. How much did you drink? Why do you smell so strongly of alcohol?”

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

thin pajamas and

metal buckle clicked, Winnie frowned and pushed him away. “What are you doing? Go to the

filled with both hatred