Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Winnie had only taken the pajamas out of the wardrobe before Xavier gave his orders

consecutively. “Bring me the clothes and turn yourself around. You can give Josiah a call

now.”

She had no choice but to turn around. Hmph! What’s the point of covering himself? Didn’t

he know that I’d already seen him naked before this?

Seeing that Winnie remained motionless, Xavier queried impatiently, “What are you

waiting for? Don’t you have his phone number?”

“Yes, I do.” Winnie turned her back toward him before she whipped out her phone. “I’ll call

Dr. Houghton now.”

“Turn on the speaker.”

“Okay, Mr. Fairchild.”

Josiah answered the call very soon, and Winnie greeted him first, “Hello, Dr. Houghton. I’m

Paulina.”

“Oh! Paulina, what’s wrong? Aren’t you at Mr. Fairchild’s place now? Did anything

happen?” Josiah asked on the other end of the line at once.

“Nothing. It’s inconvenient for Mr. Fairchild to make a phone call now. Thus, he told me to

relay his message to you that he has something to discuss with you. Would you mind

coming over?”

“Huh?” Josiah was stunned. “He only broke his leg, didn’t he? Don’t tell me he even has a

broken arm now.”

Winnie was rendered speechless.

Meanwhile, Xavier chimed in, “Dr. Houghton, if you’re not busy now, can you come over at

once?”

“Okay! I’ll be there in half an hour,” Josiah replied, feeling surprised when Xavier

addressed him as Dr. Houghton.

When Josiah reached twenty minutes later, Winnie was about to step forward to brief him

about Xavier’s condition. Nevertheless, he gestured to her to stop. “Wait a minute. I’ll go

in to have a look first.”

“Okay!” Winnie beamed sweetly, but two options had already popped into her mind at the

same time.

For the first option, she would make her way toward the door, open it, and leave at once.

However, all her efforts would go down the drain.

As for the second option, she would steel herself to take the risk. By then, Josiah would be

impressed by her too.

Without hesitation, she went for the second option.

In the meantime, Josiah furrowed his brows in Xavier’s room. “What do you mean? Are you

suspecting there’s a problem with the caretaker I looked for you just because you

overheard her talking on the phone when you were half awake? Who knows, you were in

your dream at that moment?”

“Even if I was in my dream, anything wrong for me to have a sense of suspicion?” Xavier

refuted and pushed the bottles of medicine beside him. “Help me to check this medicine if

there are any problems.”

“Okay! I’ll do that.”

“Take a look at this too.” Xavier handed him his tablet.

Josiah widened his eyes right after he took it over and had a look. “What on earth is going

on? Isn’t Paulina here now? How’s it possible for her to purchase a train ticket to leave

tonight?”

“So my suspicion makes sense, right?”

“Could it be she had bought it much earlier and forgot to request a ticket refund?”

“She’s acting weirdly too. So far, I’ve never seen her taking off her mask. After all, it’s my

home, not the hospital.”

“If that’s the case, I’ll sound her out now.”

At the same time, Winnie was standing in front of the bar counter and adjusting the

invisible headset in her ears.

Shortly after, Josiah walked toward her with a smile and asked, “Anything wrong? Are you

feeling any discomfort in your ears?”

“Nothing. It’s just a little itchy. How’s Mr. Fairchild now? His emotion seemed to be a little

unstable a while ago.”

“He’s fine. Come and take a seat here. Let’s have a chat.” Josiah led her to take a seat on

the couch.

Winnie sensed that Xavier’s room was facing the couch, and the door was ajar. If Xavier

wished to know about the condition in the living room, he could observe them from his

room.

Hence, she chose a seat with her back facing Xavier’s room before sitting down.

On the other hand, Josiah sat right opposite her. “We’re not in the hospital now, so there’re

fewer restrictions here. You can take off your mask.”

Hence, Winnie took off her mask as requested. “Dr. Houghton, do you want to assign me

anything?”

Josiah narrowed his eyes instead. “What happened to the corner of your eyes? Did you

have an operation? Why do you seem to look a little strange?”

“Do I look strange? You must have overthought. My eyes are actually a bit swollen

because I did not get enough sleep last night.”

“I see. Try to have enough rest. Anyway, did you change your hairstyle? If I’m not wrong,

you didn’t have a fringe before this.”

“My child scratched my forehead accidentally, resulting in a long scar. I’m afraid it won’t

be nice for my patients to see that, so I intend to cover it up with my fringe.”

“You have a point. Oh yeah! How about your previous patient, an old teacher? His

surname is ‘Wood,’ right? Has he been cured?” Josiah questioned again with a smile. It

sounded like a common question, but he had deliberately twisted some facts to see how

she would react.

First, the patient was not a teacher but a retired soldier. Secondly, instead of ‘Wood,’ his

surname should be ‘Ward.’ Thirdly, he was suffering from a critical illness. If Winnie

answered any parts wrongly, it would imply something amiss about her.

Smiling like a cunning fox, Josiah probed, “Paulina, why aren’t you saying anything?”