Silly Bride

“All right.” Mary immediately went to get Winnie's phone upon her request.

Winnie dialed Louis' number after taking over the phone.

However, it was not Louis who picked up the call. Instead, it was a middle-aged woman.

Winnie furrowed her brows and asked, “Hello. I'm looking for Louis. You are?”

“You must be Mrs. Fairchild,” said the woman on the other end of the phone. “I saw the caller ID. I'm Louis' mother. He's already asleep, and I answered your call because I was afraid you might have something urgent to tell him. I'm sorry, Mrs. Fairchild. I heard that Louis was out with Mr. Fairchild for an appointment tonight. That was why he got drunk and fell asleep right after getting home. If you don't have anything urgent, could you wait until tomorrow? I'm afraid it won't be easy to wake him up right now as he's too drunk. Actually, he looked quite sober when he came back just now, but it seemed like the aftereffects of the liquor he drank today were quite strong as he fell into a deep slumber right after getting out of the shower. He wasn't usually like this. By the way, Mrs. Fairchild, I believe Mrs. Fairchild has gotten home safely, right?”

Louis' mother had spilled the beans on everything Winnie wanted to find out.

Initially, Winnie wanted to ask Louis how much Xavier had to drink and why Louis didn't stop his boss from drinking so much.

However, before she could do so, Louis' mother had inadvertently told her everything she wanted to know. Winnie got her answer. The aftereffects of the alcohol they drank tonight were too strong.

Since Louis was already fast asleep, there wasn't much Winnie could do.

However, Josiah's call came in right after she hung up.

“What's the matter, Ms. Garland? Why did you hang up the call right when I was about to pick it up? Did you dial the wrong number?”

“No, it wasn't that,” Winnie said. Then, Mary and the housekeeper in charge of cleaning came into the room.

Winnie decided against revealing too much in front of them and asked, “Where are you right now? Could you come over?”

come over in

rush.”

was already waiting at the study when

that something was wrong and asked Mary, “What happened? Why is your expression looking odd

briefly explained, “Mr. Xavier had one too many drinks and threw a drunken fit when he got home. He and Mrs. Fairchild got into a fight. Mr. Xavier

Dumbfounded, Josiah frowned. “He was drunk and got into

He even broke something,” Mary quipped.

in disbelief. “Xavier

true,” Mary said. “I won't simply make up lies about my employers right under their noses.”

look. Carry on with your duties. I'll head to the study.”

pace toward the study

he noticed that the door was partially

voice rang. “Come

turned on in the study, and Winnie

noticed the little scar on her

and asked, “What's the matter with your

and merely

to examine the injury on her face. He heaved a sigh of relief when he realized

in Alendor and became mentally unstable. I called you to come over and check on him, but he accused me of having an affair with you for calling you in the middle of the night. Then,

he to say such things? I'm going to give him a proper checkup when he's sober tomorrow. But I heard that

asked the driver. He went to Aqua Moana. I asked him to

how he should react. “He's sober enough to avoid drunk driving. Well, at least

He reeks of alcohol. The housekeeper won't let him out alone

discussing her employer's private matters and briefly explained, “Mr. Xavier had one too many drinks and threw a drunken fit when he got home. He and Mrs.