The Substitute Bride: Idiot Or Not? novel Chapter 38

Yulissa behaved rudely. She carried herself as if she were the lady of the house.

After she was done with the clothes, she turned to Winnie, who was crying on the bed, and said, “The man that you call Handsome; his name is Xavier, and he is my boyfriend. Although you're rather silly, you're still a grown woman. You'd better stay away from him from now on. He also asked me to tell you that he hates silly fools like you. He will need peace and quiet to rest and recuperate for a while. He wants you to stay out of his sight if there's nothing important that you need to speak to him about. Do you understand?”

Yulissa thought Winnie was crying on the bed.

However, Winnie was actually listening to the voice message sent by Nathaniel.

She was very comfortable lying on the bed with her earphones on.

She was aware that Yulissa was speaking to her. However, she pretended not to hear her.

She only got up from the bed after she was done listening to the long series of voice messages sent by Nathaniel.

Then, standing directly in front of Yulissa, she slowly took off her earphones. “What were you saying, you horrible woman? Winnie was crying too hard earlier; Winnie didn't hear a single word you said.”

Yulissa drew in a deep breath and repeated impatiently, “I said—”

However, before she could finish, Winnie pressed her earphones into her ears again.

Yulissa was stunned. Is she trying to provoke me? Is she really a dumbass?

Her silly, clueless expression was answer enough. “Hmph! Winnie is watching Peppa Pig. Go away, you horrible woman!”

Yulissa calmed down. “It doesn't matter. Xavier won't see you ever again.”

After that, she grabbed the clothes and left.

Winnie rolled her eyes at Yulissa's retreating back. As if I want to see Xavier! Idiot!

After chatting with Nathaniel for a while longer, Winnie realized that using her phone was not enough.

She went into the playroom and got on the computer.

On her way there, she passed by Xavier's study. The door was ajar. From within, she could hear the voices of Yulissa and an unknown man in conversation.

Yulissa seemed to be talking to the man on speakerphone while searching for something in Xavier's study.

Winnie did not really want to bother herself with whatever Yulissa was doing. However, her curiosity got the best of her. She wanted to know what was actually going on.

Yulissa snuck into Xavier's study! Is she a spy?

Winnie stood by the door and eavesdropped.

Inside the room, Yulissa ended the call very soon after. It seemed that she had not managed to locate whatever it was the man wanted her to look for.

Winnie was surprised to realize that the man's voice sounded vaguely familiar to her.

It sounds like Xavier's cousin, Zyon. Wow! Isn't this an interesting turn of events? Xavier's beloved ex-girlfriend cheated on him with Zyon. Xavier even scolded me because of that cheating woman. There's no point for me to eavesdrop on her now. I must find a way to expose her secret! Then Xavier will end her!

Winnie thought about her options. She decided to lie low first and plan her next move later.

However, just as she was about to walk away, Xavier appeared out of nowhere.

He caught sight of Winnie lingering at the door of his study and asked in a nasty voice, “Why are you sneaking around my study?”

He looked as if he was ready to kill her.

However, since Winnie was pretending to be a simpleton, she could only swallow her anger and put on her fool's act.

“Handsome, Winnie is not being sneaky.” Winnie deliberately ran over to Xavier to grab his hand.

My fool's act is so believable! Don't you want to be with that woman? Winnie just wanted to touch him and hold him and make him uncomfortable. She also wanted to provoke Yulissa's anger.

“Winnie was just following the horrible woman. She was the one who went in first! You can go in there and see for yourself if you don't believe Winnie!”