Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

“Don’t worry. He’s one of us,” she announced to everyone inside the car, then whispered something

next to Xavier’s ear.

Xavier knitted his brows after listening to her, but he still opened the car door for her chivalrously.

Seeing that Winnie and Xavier were about to get out of the car together, Jacinta quickly grabbed

Winnie’s arm and uttered anxiously, “Where are you going, Winnie?”

Winnie hurriedly consoled her, “I’m going down to take a look. It’ll be fine. That person is one of us. I’ll

be right back. There won’t be any danger.”

“Okay.” Only then did Jacinta let go of Winnie’s arm. “Be careful, then.”

Winnie nodded. “I will.”

With that, she hopped out of the car with Xavier trailing closely behind her.

However, instead of moving forward, he stood beside the car and waited for her while helping her keep

an eye on the surroundings.

Winnie strode toward the car in front of her.

Before she even reached the vehicle, the door to the passenger seat was pushed open by someone

inside the car, hinting at her to be their guest.

Quickly, she got into the car.

“Captain Bennett, what are you doing here at this hour? Isn’t it risky for you to do this?” Winnie asked

Christopher, who was sitting in the driver’s seat.

Even though he was wearing a face mask at that moment, she could still sense the faint hint of a smile

dancing in his eyes.

“It is a little inconvenient for me. That’s why I’m dressed like this. Although Zyon was not a significant

figure, Harold will not let you all off the hook so easily after you killed so many of their members. I’m

here to escort you all. All of you must leave Lightspring at once.”

“Yes, you’re absolutely right. We should indeed leave this place after pulling off the rescue mission, but

Rachel is very sick. We need to send her to a hospital now. Otherwise, I’m not sure how long she can

survive.”

“All right,” Christopher assented. “I’ll bring you all to the hospital now. You two follow my car while those

mercenaries you hired should go on their separate way so as to not attract attention with our large

numbers. I received news about Zyon’s fate earlier. Thank you for helping me to eliminate this huge

trouble. Otherwise, the years of hard work by the organization would have gone down the drain.”

“I’m glad that your effort is not wasted.” At the mention of Zyon, Winnie recalled Jacinta’s frightened

appearance earlier. She frowned slightly and changed the topic of their conversation. “I’ll go and call

them over. You should move your car. You’ve really scared us just now.”

Christopher chuckled. “Do you get scared so easily? I doubt that.”

Winnie grinned at him in silence and got out of the car.

Rachel was swiftly transferred to Christopher’s car. After Winnie informed Mason of a few important

matters, she got into Christopher’s car too.

Christopher drove the car at high speed the entire way. Before long, they arrived in a different city, and

the vehicle eventually stopped in front of a hospital.

The hospital seemed to be relatively huge, but the larger the hospital they visited, the more worried

Winnie felt. “Isn’t this hospital too conspicuous? Will Harold’s men track us down here?”

Christopher replied confidently, “They won’t. This is General Kane’s territory. This place is different from

the shambolic Lightspring. Harold wouldn’t dare to pursue you all the way here.”

“Okay. I can rest assured if you say that,” Winnie said while supporting Rachel. “You should hurry up

and leave. We can handle the rest.”

Christopher grunted. Then he pondered briefly before saying to Xavier, “Keep her safe.”

Xavier was momentarily stunned. With a frown, he said, “I know that without needing you to remind

me.”

That should have marked the end of the conversation, but Jacinta suddenly leaned forward and

suggested, “Captain Bennett, can you stay here to protect Winnie? This place is too dangerous. I can

only feel at ease if you’re here to keep her safe.”

Xavier was rendered speechless, and his expression darkened at once.

A frown marred Winnie’s forehead as well as she said, “Granny, what are you saying? I don’t need

Captain Bennett’s protection. Besides, he has other important matters to attend to. I’ll go back with all

of you right after I bring Rachel to see the doctor.”

With that, Winnie gestured to Xavier for him to handle Rachel while she went to help Jacinta get out of

the car.

After that, all of them entered the hospital. Rachel’s condition was severe, so she was admitted straight

to the intensive care unit.

Winnie’s head ached because of the turns of events. Under such circumstances, Rachel would not be

fit to be transferred out or travel long distances. The only thing they could do at that moment was to

remain in the local hospital for Rachel to receive medical treatment.

They had no choice but to wait for her condition to improve and for her to be transferred back to the

regular ward before they could arrange for Rachel to return to the country.

Seeing that Winnie was worried about Rachel, Xavier could not help but step forward to comfort her,

“She will get better. Worse come to worst, we’ll stay here for a few more days and send Granny back to

the country first.”

“Yeah. There isn’t a better way for now.” Winnie pinched the space between her brows. “Actually, I’m

also a little concerned about Granny’s condition. She’s been acting weird on our way here.”

“Indeed.” Xavier had noticed Jacinta’s unusual behavior too.

Something about her felt off the moment she suddenly fired a shot at Zyon. Judging by her demeanor

at that time, I think her killing intent was not motivated by anger or hatred. It seemed more likely to me

that she was trying to shut Zyon up. After all, dead men tell no tale. Does that mean…

Xavier ruminated briefly before asking Winnie, “What do you think of the things Zyon mentioned before

his death?”

“What thing?” Winnie looked up at him. “Are you referring to Zyon claiming himself to be Granny’s

grandson?” She furrowed her brows. “That’s impossible. I’ve checked his chest, but there wasn’t any

birthmark as described by Granny.”

“Then could it be that Granny remembered wrongly? After all, this is a matter from so many years ago.

Besides, based on the current situation, it seems that Granny can be very emotional under certain

circumstances, so there could be a possibility for her to misremember an important matter or be

confused.”

“No way…” The frown on Winnie’s face deepened. “Is there still any doubt about Zyon being your

Uncle Stuart’s trueborn son?”

“If you put it that way…” Xavier paused for a few seconds. “Indeed, there isn’t any doubt. Zyon is

definitely my Uncle Stuart’s biological son.”

“Okay. Now is not the time to discuss this issue. Since we’re at a hospital, I should just let a doctor

examine Granny’s condition and prescribe her some anxiolytics.”

Xavier found a hotel nearby the hospital.

Winnie and Jacinta stayed in the same room, while Xavier occupied a separate room by himself.

At night, after taking her medicine, Jacinta went to lie on the bed.

Winnie waited for Jacinta to fall asleep before going to the next room to find Xavier because she had to

discuss matters related to their return to the country with him.

Unexpectedly, the electricity supply in the room was disrupted halfway through their conversation.

Xavier opened the window and looked out. He realized theirs was not the only room affected by the

blackout. Apparently, the whole hotel and the buildings opposite the hotel experienced a power failure.

The only facility that remained lit was the nearby hospital.

Winnie immediately called the front desk to enquire about the situation.

Only then was she informed that power outage was very common in that area, and if they needed

illumination, they could light the candles available in each room.

The receptionist was telling the truth because right after Winnie entered the room, she noticed candles

and lighters placed in every prominent corner of the room.

She had been under the assumption that the candles were to set the mood inside the room. Little did

she expect they were allocated for lighting purposes.

After hanging up the call, she took out her phone to switch on the torchlight function of her device.

However, her phone was damaged during the day when the car exploded. The device could still be

used for communication purposes, but the flashlight function was impaired.

At that sight, Xavier placed a hand on her shoulder and said, “Sit here. Let me handle it.”

Soon, all the candles inside the room were lit, and the room was bright again.

Meanwhile, Jacinta, inside the room next door, had also lighted the candles.

She had drifted off after taking her medicine, but her nightmare had haunted her slumber.

She dreamed of Zyon, covered in blood, seeking her out to claim her life. She ran for her life, but no

matter how hard she tried to escape, she could not move an inch forward as she continued to run in

place.

By the time she woke up with a jolt, her body was drenched in sweat.

The pitch-black surroundings following the blackout instilled fear in her heart, prompting her to get off

the bed and stumbled in the dark to illuminate the candles.

Staring at the flickering candlelight, she involuntarily took a walk down the memory lane.

Back then, Jacinta was still living in a small mountain village very far away from Avenport.

She was young and at the peak of her beauty. Her appearance was the most outstanding among all the

women from that region, causing her to garner a widespread reputation among the communities.

Her admirers and suitors constantly flocked to her house to ask for her hand in marriage. Initially, there

was a boy she fancied, but her materialistic parents disdained him because he was poor.

Jacinta’s parents knew her beauty was an asset, so they were determined to marry her to a wealthy

family.

Coincidentally, a private plane crashed in the mountainous area at that time.

To the members of the Sumner family then, owning a private plane was equivalent to sitting on top of

vast amounts of fortune.

The person who piloted the private aircraft was none other than Rufus.

Back then, he was still a young, handsome man. He was dressed in expensive clothes and wearing

extravagant accessories.

Jacinta’s parents knew he came from an affluent family at first glance, so they brought him home and

took great care of him. In the end, they even forced Rufus to marry Jacinta.

However, Rufus refused. He confessed he already had a family back home and told Jacinta’s parents

he would be willing to compensate them with a large amount of money.

Her father and mother were tempted to accept the offer, but they had grander ambitions. They

considered how loaded Rufus must be to offer them the handsome amount of cash. If Jacinta became

his wife and had his children, the Sumner family could live a comfortable life for generations in the

future.

As such, Jacinta’s parents used an underhanded method to drug Rufus and let him sleep with their

daughter.

After that, Jacinta became pregnant and gave birth to a healthy baby boy ten months later.

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