Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier) novel Chapter 140

He had always been the victim!

Winnie frowned. “Then why did he not tell me these things? Did he not plan to tell me at all?”

“Yes.” Josiah sighed. “Although he’s almost in his thirties, he doesn’t have much experience in dating. He knows you dislike him for being controlling toward you, but he cannot help himself. And now he is suffering from such a strange disease. In a broad sense, it can be said that he has a mental illness. He worries that if you find out that he is mentally ill, you will leave him. He is thinking of curing his illness first before he cleans up the mess of the Fairchild family. Only then can he completely focus on what he wants to do.”

Josiah spoke while casting a sideways glance at Winnie.

Then, he asked, “I see that your eyes are a little red and swollen. Would you like to put some ice on them?”

“It’s okay.” Winnie shook her head.

Josiah pursed his lips. “Did you cry just now? I believe you still have Xavier in your heart, right? Otherwise, why would your eyes be swollen from crying for him?”

Winnie frowned. “To be honest, Yulissa wanted to pierce me with those last dozen needles. Xavier was on the verge of breaking down at that time, but he still turned around and protected me.”

“You always see true love in the moment of adversity. You are the only one who can get this kind of treatment from him. If it were someone else, he would never have sacrificed himself.” Josiah looked at Winnie seriously. “Dumbo, some love is strong, obsessive, and passionate, just like how Xavier feels toward you. Perhaps you should reconsider your decision on your relationship with Xavier.”

“I know. I kept thinking about him when I was sitting here a moment ago,” Winnie uttered as she put her hand into the pocket of the windbreaker.

She quickly felt a mobile phone with a cracked screen and took it out. It was Xavier’s phone.

Winnie subconsciously pressed the button on the phone, and unexpectedly, the screen of the broken phone suddenly lit up.

The wallpaper of the phone was revealed.

Although the screen was cracked quite severely, the wallpaper was still discernable.

It was the only photo of her and Xavier.

The photo was taken on Sirona Island when they were barbecuing on the beach. It was the last time she played dumb in front of him.

The photo was taken after he strongly requested it.

She already sensed something was off with him when taking the photo.

At that time, he said to her, “Dumbo, don’t you ever lie to me, for I will take everything you say seriously.”

Back then, she speculated that he had started to doubt her identity, so after dealing with the islanders who tried to blackmail them, she had a showdown with him.

She looked at the photo again and felt that her smile was really silly back then. Yet, she recalled the pure happiness she was having at that time.

She caressed the broken phone screen and put the phone back into the windbreaker’s pocket.

Then, she clasped her hands together and leaned her head against them. She said, “I just want him to get better soon. Tell me—what’s the conclusion after you went in to listen for so long?”

Josiah heard Winnie’s question, but he didn’t know how to answer her. He merely kept mum.

The silence persisted for a long time before Winnie took a deep breath and broke it. “Come on. Old Mr. Fairchild will come over later. You still have to tell him the truth.”

Josiah sighed. “The dose was too high. Based on previous reactions, it’s very likely that this drug will cause damage to the human brain.”

“What do you mean?” Winnie sat up abruptly. “Will he become a retard?”

“I’m not sure either!” Josiah was frustrated. His voice got lower as he spoke. “We cannot rule out this possibility. It might even cause more detrimental effects, such as sending him into a vegetative state or even leading to brain death. Those are possible as well.”

Hearing such words, Winnie’s eyes became red. “I was supposed to be the one who suffered all this.”

“Don’t blame yourself, Winnie. I can tell you with certainty that Xavier has never regretted everything he did for you. The only thing he regrets is that he didn’t recognize the fact that he fell in love with a dumb girl in time and even let Yulissa cause you a lot of trouble.”

“Really? Did he really think so?”

“Yes!” Josiah nodded. “He once told me that if he could time travel, he would want to go back to the time before Yulissa showed up. He wouldn’t have minded even if you were dumb.”

There was a lump in Winnie’s throat. Her heart suddenly softened. “He’s the real dumb one.”