Chapter 323: Silly Bride Chapter 323

For a split moment, Xavier felt as though time had stopped and the world had gone silent.He never expected Winnie to be the one answering the call.At that instant, it was as if he had lost his voice.Winnie’s heart sank as she took in his silence.Frowning, she was disappointed. “Speak up, Xavier. Are you mute? Or are you too shocked to hear my voice?”“Winnie.” It took Xavier a good few seconds to find his voice. “You know all about my investigation of your granny, don’t you?”Winnie sneered coldly. “What do you think?”“I can tell you’re infuriated. Actually, I didn’t intend to keep it a secret from you because I knew it would upset you and possibly affect our relationship. Hence, I was holding off on telling you until I have solid evidence and only plan to tell you after I figure everything out, but I don’t know why you’re here right now. I’m sorry. I can explain everything to you, but I really hope this won’t affect our relationship. Can we treat this matter objectively?”“You want me to treat this matter objectively? Xavier, you’re quick to apologize after I’ve caught you red-handed. Tell me what you did wrong then. Do you really think you’re in the wrong? Or is this just a perfunctory apology?”“Winnie, I’m sincere with my apology. I’m truly sorry. I knew what I was doing from the beginning and that I would eventually have to deal with your wrath. I was wrong for hiding this from you, and I shouldn’t have suspected the person you trust the most. However, something is off and I know it. Your judgment may be clouded as this issue pertains to you personally, no matter how smart and knowledgeable you are. The truth about certain things might forever be buried if I don’t dig into it. Besides, don’t you want to know why your granny dislikes me and is constantly finding fault with me?”Winnie fell silent.Xavier knew that she was probably giving what he had just said some serious thought. He could’ve struck the iron while it was still hot and continued defending the validity of his intentions.However, he did not do so.He simply waited for Winnie to speak first.Yet, the woman remained silent after a long while. The chilly and tense atmosphere made him apprehensive.“Winnie! Will you please talk to me, Winnie? Can you share your thoughts with me? Please don’t keep your emotions bottled up and ignore me. You can scold or even hit me if you want. Winnie! I’m begging you! Talk to me! Please don’t punish me in this way.”In actuality, Winnie was merely pondering when she stayed quiet. It wasn’t because she wanted to punish Xavier.She was thinking about the documents she had perused just now.Initially, she was furious, but she quickly thought things through.I know Xavier is right. Besides, he did not cause any substantial damage to Granny. He’s merely looking into her. I can’t blame him because Granny hasn’t been nice to him. Considering it from another angle, I would have stormed off if Old Mr. Fairchild constantly looked down on me and disapproved of my relationship with Xavier. However, Xavier had never treated my grandmother unkindly. How can I be so strict with him when I myself can’t return a grudge with kindness? She regained her senses and replied, “I’m not trying to punish you. I’ll review the information you found out thoroughly. That’s it. I’m hanging up.”“Don’t!” Xavier stopped her, for he had a feeling that she would ignore him for a long time after the call ended. “Can we talk about something else? Anything is fine.”“No!” Winnie was in a foul mood, so her tone was rather icy. “I need to organize my thoughts now. If you insist on having a conversation with me, I don’t feel like talking about anything else other than my granny. I can talk to anyone about my granny tonight but you. I’m willing to accept your apology and even understand why you did all that, but I just don’t want to talk to you now.”“What about tomorrow?” Knowing that Winnie was someone who kept her word, he was sure that she would really ignore him if she said so.“Will you talk to me tomorrow?” he asked immediately.Winnie had yet to recompose herself, so she said harshly, “Who knows what will happen tomorrow? Can you not rush me? Maybe I’ll want to talk to you about something in the middle of the night, but I don’t feel like it after you asked that question.”Xavier surrendered almost instantly. “Okay, okay! I won’t rush you. You’re free to do what you want. I’m happy to know that you understand the reason behind what I did. I will wait for you to hang up first.”Winnie knitted her brows and hung up the call without even saying goodbye.Then, she turned around and stuffed the documents back inside the briefcase on the table.Noticing Josiah’s gaze on her, she lifted his briefcase right before his eyes.“Is there anything important in this bag I should know about before I take these documents away?”Josiah quickly shook his head when he sensed Winnie’s chilling aura that could almost freeze the room.“There’s nothing else valuable inside. You can have it.”Winnie rolled her eyes at him. “Who wants your trash?”Josiah responded, “You can throw it away, then I’ll pick it up from the trash.”Speechless, Winnie glared at him again and turned to leave.However, no sooner had she begun to walk away than she realized Josiah was following her.Winnie turned around while wearing a frigid expression. “I said I’ll take these documents with me, so stop following me!”Josiah chuckled awkwardly. “Of course, you can take the documents, but you still have my phone. I don’t mind you taking my phone, but the hospital might call.”In response, Josiah’s phone came flying in his direction.He quickly reached out to catch his phone and asked seriously, “Can we sit down and talk? Also, I have something I need to ask you about, and it’s best for the matter to be dealt with as soon as possible.”Winnie knew what Josiah wanted to talk about, and she vaguely knew what he wanted to ask her.She looked at him in silence and threw the briefcase to him as well.“Hold it!”“All right. Ms. Garland, how can I be of help? Just say the word and I’ll do anything for you!” Josiah took the briefcase and followed her.