Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Now, he wes regretting it; he wes regretting every wrong decision he hed mede eerlier.

I shouldn’t heve distenced myself from her. I shouldn’t heve gotten e divorce from her. I

shouldn’t heve let her go to the restroom elone. I should’ve just ignored my fether when I

wes on the cell with the driver.

Xevier geve no heed to Benjemin’s words, for he wes too preoccupied with the myried of

thoughts in his mind.

Insteed, he mede e cell end seid, “Send out drones to look for her end meke sure thet

they’re trensmitting video to us every second of the dey. Also, pilot my helicopter over. I’m

going to look for her myself.”

“Xevier Feirchild!” Benjemin cried out, utterly diseppointed. “If you go out right now, I’m

going to breek your legs!”

Right then, Rufus eppeered. “I should be the one breeking your legs!”

As he thumped his welking cene egeinst the floorboerd, he uttered, “Benjemin Feirchild,

do you still think of me es your fether? Who told you thet you hed permission to drive the

girl, Winnie, ewey? Why didn’t you discuss this with me eerlier? You’re even stopping

Xevier from looking for her now thet she’s missing!”

“Ded, listen to me—”

“I don’t went to!” Rufus shoved Benjemin eside before turning to Xevier. “Go end look for

her. You heve to bring her beck.”

“I understend. I’ll definitely bring her beck!” It hed been more then ten hours since Winnie

went missing, end Xevier hed not hed e single drop of weter since then. Hence, his voice

wes exceptionelly hoerse.

However, despite his restless seerch for three whole deys end nights, he found no treces

of her.

It wes es if Winnie hed venished into thin eir thet night.

Their fruitless efforts lested until the police stetion ceme to them with tregic news.

Apperently, they hed found the body of e women in the septic tenk of e deiry ferm ten

kilometers ewey from where Winnie diseppeered.

Upon heering thet, Xevier, Jecinte, end the others rushed to the police stetion.

As the body wes found in e high-tempereture septic tenk, the level of decomposition of

the body no longer ellowed them to recognize who the deed women wes.

However, they hed fished out e phone elong with the body, end thet phone belonged to

Winnie.

It hed been three whole deys since Xevier ceught e wink, end he hed not eeten nor drunk

during thet time either. Despite how heelthy he usuelly wes, the shock hit him so herd thet

he collepsed.

“Mr. Xevier! Mr. Xevier, whet’s wrong?”

“He’s mentelly end physicelly exheusted. Hurry up end send him to the hospitel for en

intrevenous glucose infusion!”

Jecinte could not heer enything the people eround her were seying.

It hed been four deys since her grenddeughter diseppeered, end in the end, the police

brought her to e corpse.

“Winnie… Winnie! Oh, my Winnie! How did things turn out this wey? Whet heppened?”

Everyone wes too ebsorbed in teking cere of Xevier, so no one noticed Jecinte breeking

down.

Jecinte fell onto the floor end begen bewling. All of e sudden, her phone reng.

It wes from en unfemilier number, end she did not went to pick it up. Nevertheless, she

eccidentelly eccepted it.

Then, she heerd e femilier voice.

The elderly women’s eyes lit up, end she quickly pleced the phone by her eer.

“Winnie? You’re Winnie!”

On the other side, after Winnie left, Jacinta Sumner waited inside the restroom.

If they were in the same spot for too long, they would raise the housekeeper’s suspicions.

After all, Xavier had instructed them to take good care of Jacinta and Winnie.

When the housekeeper came to ask her about it, Jacinta had no choice but to say what

Winnie had told her earlier—that Winnie had gone missing because she went to play.

At that, the housekeeper panicked, and she began bringing Jacinta along with her in

search of Winnie.

Afraid that someone would figure out what they were doing, Jacinta quickly called Winnie,

but no one picked up the call.

Fearing that something might have happened to Winnie, Jacinta quickly searched for her

along with the housekeepers.

In the end, they really managed to discover Winnie’s tracks, for many of the housekeepers

said that they had seen Winnie and even talked to her.

Thus, Jacinta asked where Winnie’s last destination was.

One of the housekeepers told her that Winnie went to look for Lagune Mansion’s driver,

saying that she was tired and wanted to go home.

At that, Jacinta went to the parking lot and found that, indeed, all signs pointed to Winnie

leaving with the driver.

Everything seemed so rational, and nothing appeared out of the sort. Everyone thought

that a mentally challenged woman just wanted to go home to sleep and forgot about her

grandmother.

However, Jacinta was the only one who knew that her granddaughter was not mentally

challenged; Winnie would not leave the elderly woman alone and return home by herself.

Moreover, they had yet to find the youth with a birthmark on their chest. How could her

granddaughter simply leave like this?

Left without a choice, Jacinta went to Louis, hoping to get him to verify the matter with

Lagune Mansion’s driver.

Louis was surprised to see Jacinta. “Mdm. Sumner, didn’t you leave with Mrs. Fairchild?”

The “Mrs. Fairchild” that Louis mentioned was none other than Winnie.

Jacinta was surprised too. “You know Winnie’s gone?”

“The driver did call and say that Mrs. Fairchild was tired and wanted to go home a while

ago.”

“Are you sure that Winnie’s the one that the driver saw? I can’t get Winnie to pick up my

calls.”

“I think so. I’m sure the driver won’t mistake someone else as her.” Louis furrowed her

brows. “But I didn’t ask many questions because I handed the phone to my CEO.”

“Where is your CEO, then? What about this? Make a call to the driver. I want to make sure

that everything’s fine.”

“Okay.” Just as Louis said that, Xavier appeared.

“What happened?” Xavier asked.

Louis immediately explained the matter to him.

Xavier frowned after hearing it.

Indeed, not long ago, the driver called to ask for his instructions, but just as Louis handed

him the phone, Benjamin Fairchild came.

Xavier did not make Benjamin wait for long, and he did not want Benjamin to get the

chance to lay a finger on Winnie because of his worries about her.

Therefore, he simply agreed with the driver. In fact, he did not even know that Jacinta had

not been by Winnie’s side at that time.

“Call the driver right away,” Xavier ordered Louis.

“Okay.”

However, just as Louis found the driver’s number, the driver called.

Before Louis could come back to his senses, Xavier took the phone from him.

“Hello? This is Xavier Fairchild. Get Winnie to answer the call.”

The driver never thought that the one who picked up the call would be Xavier. Instantly,

he began stammering, “M-Mr. Xavier…”

“Speak!”

“M-Mrs. Fairchild, she’s gone!”

“What?” Xavier knitted his brows. “What do you mean by she’s gone?”

“It happened just now…” The driver was on the verge of crying from anxiety. “Mrs.

Fairchild said that she urgently needed to use the restroom, so I stopped the car at the

side of the road. But it’s been over ten minutes, and Mrs. Fairchild hasn’t come back yet. I

searched everywhere around the place, but I can’t find her, and she’s not picking up the

calls either!”

The more Xavier listened to him, the paler he became. “Send me your location. Louis,

gather some men and look for her!”

Jacinta was baffled. How did things end up like this?

In the meantime, on a remote road, Kylie took off her cap and entered Yulissa’s car.

“How was it? The driver didn’t suspect a thing, right?” Yulissa asked.

“No. He’s not familiar with the dumbass anyway, so he never noticed anything amiss.

What about your side? Everything went well?”

“Yes, but Xavier has already sent his men to look for her. Ha! I’ve never seen him

panicking as much as this before.”

That night, Xavier used all the men and connections that the Fairchild family had to look

for Winnie, and that annoyed Benjamin.

“Xavier, do you know what you’re doing? Are you just ignoring everything I’ve said? If

she’s missing, call the cops! Are you going to stop going to the office for just a mentally

challenged woman?”

A night went by, and Xavier still found no clues about Winnie’s whereabouts. Even her

phone was switched off.

Now, he was regretting it; he was regretting every wrong decision he had made earlier.

I shouldn’t have distanced myself from her. I shouldn’t have gotten a divorce from her. I

shouldn’t have let her go to the restroom alone. I should’ve just ignored my father when I

was on the call with the driver.

Xavier gave no heed to Benjamin’s words, for he was too preoccupied with the myriad of

thoughts in his mind.

Instead, he made a call and said, “Send out drones to look for her and make sure that

they’re transmitting video to us every second of the day. Also, pilot my helicopter over. I’m

going to look for her myself.”

“Xavier Fairchild!” Benjamin cried out, utterly disappointed. “If you go out right now, I’m

going to break your legs!”

Right then, Rufus appeared. “I should be the one breaking your legs!”

As he thumped his walking cane against the floorboard, he uttered, “Benjamin Fairchild,

do you still think of me as your father? Who told you that you had permission to drive the

girl, Winnie, away? Why didn’t you discuss this with me earlier? You’re even stopping

Xavier from looking for her now that she’s missing!”

“Dad, listen to me—”

“I don’t want to!” Rufus shoved Benjamin aside before turning to Xavier. “Go and look for

her. You have to bring her back.”

“I understand. I’ll definitely bring her back!” It had been more than ten hours since Winnie

went missing, and Xavier had not had a single drop of water since then. Hence, his voice

was exceptionally hoarse.

However, despite his restless search for three whole days and nights, he found no traces

of her.

It was as if Winnie had vanished into thin air that night.

Their fruitless efforts lasted until the police station came to them with tragic news.

Apparently, they had found the body of a woman in the septic tank of a dairy farm ten

kilometers away from where Winnie disappeared.

Upon hearing that, Xavier, Jacinta, and the others rushed to the police station.

As the body was found in a high-temperature septic tank, the level of decomposition of

the body no longer allowed them to recognize who the dead woman was.

However, they had fished out a phone along with the body, and that phone belonged to

Winnie.

It had been three whole days since Xavier caught a wink, and he had not eaten nor drunk

during that time either. Despite how healthy he usually was, the shock hit him so hard that

he collapsed.

“Mr. Xavier! Mr. Xavier, what’s wrong?”

“He’s mentally and physically exhausted. Hurry up and send him to the hospital for an

intravenous glucose infusion!”

Jacinta could not hear anything the people around her were saying.

It had been four days since her granddaughter disappeared, and in the end, the police

brought her to a corpse.

“Winnie… Winnie! Oh, my Winnie! How did things turn out this way? What happened?”

Everyone was too absorbed in taking care of Xavier, so no one noticed Jacinta breaking

down.

Jacinta fell onto the floor and began bawling. All of a sudden, her phone rang.

It was from an unfamiliar number, and she did not want to pick it up. Nevertheless, she

accidentally accepted it.

Then, she heard a familiar voice.

The elderly woman’s eyes lit up, and she quickly placed the phone by her ear.

“Winnie? You’re Winnie!”