Silly Bride

“What do you mean they look identical? And what is it about being shortsighted? What is going on?”

Josiah didn't head to Rodunst with Winnie back then, so he didn't know about the incident. Thus, he was confused as he listened to the conversation between Winnie and Lucas.

“Okay, so here's what happened.” Lucas immediately explained the incident to him, recounting what happened at the dock.

When he was done, he turned to Winnie and vowed, “I swear I'm telling the truth. Although I'm shortsighted, that didn't hinder me from recognizing him. Trust me, Winnie. It's true!”

Winnie frowned. “Let me think it over.”

With that, she fell silent.

Josiah pondered carefully before looking at Lucas. “So you're saying the current Xavier is not the guy we know, and is the person you saw who looked identical to him?”

“That's right!” Lucas said, “I think this makes sense. Otherwise, how will you explain Xavier's abnormal behavior recently?”

“So, you're saying Xavier turned into another person after returning from Alendor?”

“No, he didn't turn into another person,” Lucas corrected. “Instead, someone else replaced him. I once asked him if he had any twins or a hidden half-brother, but he gave me the cold shoulder. I even got told off.”

Josiah was rendered speechless by Lucas' response before saying, “Of course, he'd ignore you when you've asked him such a ridiculous question. But I can assure you that he doesn't have a twin.”

“What about a maternal half-brother?”

sure he doesn't have a maternal half-brother. When Xavier was a teenager, his mother became a nun. You grew up in Avenport, so I'm sure you've heard about it.”

it's still possible for him to have a paternal half-brother. I heard Xavier's

Fairchild did have a child with another woman, from a genetic point of view, it is impossible for the child to look exactly

if that woman happens to be Xavier's mother's

listening to Lucas' absurd conjectures any longer, so she

even people in this world who are not at all related

related by blood but look almost alike.

more plausible if you say he had gotten plastic surgery.”

absent-minded suggestion from Winnie to retort Lucas, but she soon had an epiphany upon proposing that

you examined his face carefully? Was there any trace of

those were just scratches and were handled

“Now that things have come to this, why don't we let our imagination

is?” Josiah adjusted his

to this idea. “He must've done this to inherit his family's assets. Once he took Xavier's identity, everything under

he spoke, he took out his phone. “One

“For what?”

fact, I suspect he planned the accident at the cave. He deliberately ruined his vocal cords and burned his fingerprints since both are unique and essential traits to identify a person. Isn't it obvious what his

he spoke, the call went through.

put the phone on

have something to ask

Lisanne. I have something to

was a lot of noise in the background on the other end of the line. “I'm busy. Why did you call? Can

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