Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier) novel Chapter 395

Chapter 395

Lucas' shouts finally snapped Winnie back to reality.

She glanced in the direction of his voice and asked. "Where's the fish? Did you get it?”

“I did. It's still flopping on the deck. What's up with you. by the way? Is something off with your hearing? Can't you hear the noise?”

She rolled her eyes at liis string of questions and retorted. "How can I hold this conversation with you if I can't hear anything? Maybe you should check your brain instead. Why did you come here anyway? How many fish did you get?”

"Zero.” Lucas chucked the fish she caught into a tank before sitting beside her. He continued. "I heard you talking, so I thought your husband was here. That's why I came over. I didn't think you were daydreaming alone. Your husband's nowhere to be seen. So what were you doing? Who did you call? What did you talk about?”

Winnie replied drily. "Are you interrogating a suspect? While you're at it. why don't you record every word I say and type up a transcript?”

Her sarcasm ticked him off. and Lucas grumbled, "Come on! You just seemed to be in a funk, so I thought I'd come over to console you. Some friend you are. Hmph!”

Winnie could not be bothered to explain her personal affairs to Lucas in detail, so she said curtly. "My family called me to discuss my medical condition. There. You can start consoling me now.”

"Nah. When did you need my consolation on that matter? Anyway. I think I'll stick around and fish here. There's more fish here.”

Winnie mumbled an acknowledgment before asking. "How long has Xavier been gone? Why hasn't he come up?”

Lucas replied. "He has been gone for almost half an hour. I reckon he should be back soon. Why don't you cast your rod? Your next catch might be your husband. You could tell people you fished a mermaid; he's pretty enough for that.”

She did not gratify his cheeky remark with a verbal response.

Still. Lucas' guess proved right. Seconds later. Xavier emerged from the water's surface.

Lucas immediately threw a rope out to Xavier.

Luck was clearly on Xavier's side. He had caught plenty of abalones, shellfish, and even a grouper as long as liis forearm.

Winnie was thrilled and began plaiming the dinner menu in her head.

Lucas could not believe he was the only one ending the fishing trip empty-handed. He refused to steer the boat back to the pier and continued fishing for several more hours.

Alas, there was not a single fish in sight, though he did reel in several measly mantis shrimps.

It was far from a satisfactoiy conclusion, but at least he was no longer calling it a day empty-handed.

By the time they left the pier and packed everything into the car. the sun had almost fully set.

They were about to drive off when Lucas suddenly shouted. "Oh no! I left my phone on the boat.”

Winnie was exasperated. “When will you fix this habit of leaving things behind? I'm the blind one. but it’s your phone that goes missing.”