Silly Bride

“What do you think? Do I look like I’m still drunk?” Harold looked pleased when he saw Winnie’s face turn pale.

He loved to mess with other people’s mind.

In comparison to simply killing someone, he preferred to instill fear in able-bodied people and watch them suffer in agony before slowly descending to their doom.

However, his hands were tied and he had not been able to behave in his usual ruthless manner since he left Lightspring for Avenport.

As such, he could only resort to petty mind games to torture Winnie, break her heart, and make her lose hope.

“I said the scars on your body are ugly and revolting. Which part of that sentence do you not comprehend?” he added.

Winnie was still in shock, and she blurted out, “What’s wrong with you tonight? Did you have one too many, or did something terrible happen? Who have you spoken to? Did you get a call from your dad?”

Other than Benjamin, she couldn’t think of anyone else who could have given Xavier that idea.

“I’m not drunk. Even if I am, a drunk mind speaks a sober heart. Haven’t I spoken the truth? Do you think those worm-like scars on you look beautiful? They are disgusting!” Harold was amused by the sight of Winnie desperately trying to find a reasonable explanation for the bewildering development.

“Are you feeling mentally disturbed again? Did you take your medication while you were away in Alendor?” Winnie asked worriedly.

It was Harold’s turn to frown.

He realized the only reaction he got from Winnie was how her face turned slightly pale from shock. The latter was not at all infuriated by his insulting words. It wasn’t the response he expected.

As if that wasn’t surprising enough, she even turned around to get her phone from the bedside table.

What is she doing?

guard, he marched over and growled, “What

him and activated the voice assistant on her phone

Houghton,” she

Josiah’s number was retrieved and

he was aware that Dr. Houghton was Josiah, but he had no

snatched

Winnie could protest, he started accusing her, chiding, “Why are you calling Josiah at this hour?

then you’re very sick. I need to get Josiah to come over and

Stop talking about Josiah! You rejected me earlier but now you’re going on and on

brainless!” Winnie couldn’t be bothered whether the man in front of her was drunk or crazy anymore. She had to teach him a lesson

her rising anger and the impulse

a woman, it would still be considered domestic violence if she were to hit

Xavier’s accident, so she made up her mind to practice self-control and only as a last resort, act in self-defense if he was to resort

breath, then turned around to grab a pillow and hurled it at

to see

being hit by the

his hand, he had a

her with the

Mary who brought

outside the room for a while as she had overheard

room was getting more intense, she became concerned for Winnie. Worried that the drunk Xavier might do something to hurt Winnie, she gathered her courage and entered the

seeing Mary, Harold suppressed his anger

the room

brought over the medication and said, “Mr. Xavier, here’s some

sarcastically said, “You came in at just the perfect

apologies, Mr. Xavier. I should have