The Substitute Bride: Idiot Or Not? novel Chapter 54

However, just as he was staring at Winnie, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

“Josiah, what is it?” Xavier answered the phone with a frown.

“It's nothing. I just wanted to ask if the caretaker I recommended for you has arrived. We arranged for her to be there today,” Josiah said over the phone.

“She's here already,” Xavier replied in a moody tone, “Did you call me just for such a menial matter? Don't you have anything better to do?”

“Like hell! I'm calling because I care about you. I wanted to pick a caretaker who is experienced and speaks the least. That way you will be satisfied. However, I suddenly realized a problem.”

“What problem?”

“Well, I discovered that this caretaker's eyes are pretty similar to Winnie's. I'm not worried that you might start to see things, but you're quite the crazy person. You're crazy enough to break your legs even when you're drunk. Who knows if you'll do something unexpected again?”

“What did you say?” Xavier was taken aback for a moment. Am I imagining things because her eyes are similar to Dumbo's? Is my imagination causing me to see Dumbo in anyone?

“I'm saying that you're crazy enough to drink and—”

“No. What did you say about the caretaker?”

“Oh, her eyes are slightly similar to Winnie's. If you're uncomfortable with it, I'll arrange another caretaker for you.”

“There's no need for that. It's fine. Bye.” She's not Dumbo anyway. Does it even matter if any part of anyone's body looks like her? It's still not her.

As she was standing close to Xavier, Winnie overheard everything Josiah said on the phone and felt a little strange because she heard him mention something about “seeing things.”

He said that Xavier might think of her.

If this was before the appearance of Yulissa, she might think that Xavier desired her body when she pretended to be mentally challenged.

However, since Yulissa appeared, Xavier became delusional. He drove Winnie away for Yulissa's sake. Now that Winnie had gone missing, he began missing her instead.

Winnie glanced at Xavier and said indifferently, “Mr. Fairchild, I just recovered from a cold. If you don't mind me taking off my mask—”

“Get out!”

Once again, before she could finish her words, Xavier cut her off coldly.

How rude!

Winnie tried to be patient. Although she was unhappy with Xavier's tone, she wouldn't be foolish enough to argue with him.

“I'll leave the medicine and water here. Please call me if you need anything.”

As Winnie finished speaking, she left the room.

As soon as she walked out of the room, she heard Xavier calling someone else.

“Something is wrong. The person that night might not be Winnie. It might be someone else. She might have been in the Fairchild residence the whole time. Search every nook and cranny of the compound! Do you understand?”

Winnie's hand paused when she was closing the door. He's pretty attentive! But it's already too late. Even if he realized Yulissa's true identity, she wouldn't be able to hang around the Fairchild residence. As for that bastard Xavier, he can do whatever he likes! I'm not the one at a loss here.

After searching briefly in the living room, Winnie didn't find her badge.

After looking around, she reckoned that it was about time Xavier was asleep. Hence, she returned to Xavier's lounge room.

She sneakily cracked the door open and saw Xavier asleep on his desk.

She mixed a powerful sleeping pill into his medicine that she had brought back from overseas. It was highly effective.