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 phone. After getting used to the voice, she asked, “Xavier, why haven’t

he heard Winnie’s worried tone. That was exactly what he was aiming for. He intended to make the woman so anxious that she would be

replied 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 care of yourself when I’m not with you. If you need anything, tell Mary and the

hearing you repeat

spoke for a while more before hanging up the

as attentive as before, but his voice

his attitude toward her had

the woman

Why am I wasting my time

down,

hadn’t had a good night’s

fell asleep as soon as her head hit the

she did not have any good

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 impossible for her

when she felt a cool

was someone lying on

she kicked the person out of reflex, but the person pressed down

when she thought Xavier had 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

feeling well, or perhaps, it was the heavy odor of alcohol on him. Despite their previous intimate encounters, which were even more daring than that

go and wash up. How much did you drink? Why do you smell so strongly of alcohol?”

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

her thin pajamas

frowned and pushed him away. “What are you doing? Go to the

his eyes filled with both hatred and