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“We’ll talk in detail when we meet. My men discovered Yulissa’s tracks around Jipsdale. Sure enough,
she’s still alive. I’m in Nate’s hospital room right now. Come over,” Xavier murmured on the phone.
“Okay, I’ll come over right away.”
Hanging up the phone, Winnie quickened her pace and went back to Nate’s hospital room.
As she knew that Xavier was the only person in the hospital room then, her guard was lowered. For
that reason, someone caught her off guard and hugged her the instant she pushed open the room
door.
She instinctively tensed all over when she suddenly ended up in someone’s arms.
But soon, she relaxed, for she knew the person hugging her at that second was none other than Xavier.
Lifting her hand, she smacked him on the back. “You’ve got to remember that I’m not the average
person. If it weren’t for my familiarity with your smell, you would’ve definitely gotten pummeled now.”
Xavier hugged her, the indulgence in his eyes so overwhelming that it could almost drown someone.
“Don’t you know that I’m so reckless precisely because of that?”
As he spoke, he lowered his voice. “Say, Dumbo, how do other married couples deal with it? Why is it
that I always feel that you’re far away from me? Whenever I can’t see you, the urge to tie you to my
side grips me hard. Am I sick?”
“Yeah, you’re more or less sick, but I’ve got the cure. Are you interested in it?”
“Yup! I want everything you give me. You’re the only one who can cure me.” Burying his head in the
crook of Winnie’s neck, Xavier took a deep breath of her natural fragrance.
Winnie understood that he was whispering sweet nothings to her.
To her, however, that remark also carried an underlying meaning.
He was injected with the venom by Yulissa in his bid to save me, but I’ll definitely cure him of it.
Regardless of whether it’s the traditional or modern medicine route, I’ll do everything possible!
She lifted her hand and caressed his head. Subsequently, she asked, “Where’s Yulissa right now? We
must capture her!”
Her tone was firm and resolute when she said that, so Xavier immediately dropped his hold on her.
He regarded her warily. “Don’t tell me you’re planning to go there in person?”
“Yes. I’ll worry if it were anyone else.” The expression on Winnie’s face was exceedingly solemn.
“But I’ll worry if you go. If you insist on going, I’ll go as well.”
Winnie went silent for a moment. She couldn’t make a decision right then. “How about this? Let’s put
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthis aside for now since it’s not an easy decision to make. We must first devise a foolproof plan. Tell me
the latest news about Yulissa without hiding anything from me.”
Frowning, Xavier pressed his lips into a thin line as he plunged into a brief silence.
Winnie threw him a look. “You know me, Xavier. No one can stop me from doing something I want to
do. Even if you don’t tell me, I can investigate this by myself. It’s just a matter of time. Why make me
mad for nothing?”
Indeed, she’s as obstinate as a mule. Even I, who has great influence in Avenport, can’t sway her.
“Don’t be mad. I’ll also be in a bad mood if you’re mad. Come and sit down here. I’ll tell you everything I
know…”
“Is that all? In this case, Nate probably didn’t hear anything useful just now. But since he’s now aware
of the fact that Yulissa is still alive, he won’t possibly stay in the hospital and recuperate docilely. He’ll
definitely do something. Now that he’s on our opposing side, anything he does will be troublesome for
us. He’s free to go and do whatever he wants, so we can’t guard against such a thing. As such, we
must act quickly,” Winnie analyzed after listening to Xavier.
“Yes, but we can hire people—” “Shh! Someone’s here.”
Following Winnie’s warning, Xavier swiftly fell silent.
In no time, Nate and the others returned.
Winnie glimpsed Yolanda outside the door. Thus, she said to Xavier, “I’m going to seek Yolanda out.
See you later.”
However, Yolanda wanted to take off as soon as she spotted Winnie.
Nonetheless, Winnie didn’t give her that chance. Striding forward, she grabbed Yolanda’s arm and
stopped her from leaving.
Yolanda shot her a glare. “Why are you everywhere? Hurry up and let go of me!”
Instead of dropping her hold on the woman, Winnie increased the force of her grip instead.
“You should be grateful for that. Otherwise, there wouldn’t have been anyone to care for your
grandfather. Do you know that he suffered a fall at home today in his bid to chase after you? He even
broke his leg!”
Evidently, Yolanda didn’t believe her. “Are you insane? I don’t know why you’re stopping me from
leaving, but I’d advise you to quit while you’re ahead if you’re joking about such a thing just to keep me
here. No matter what, my grandfather was once your master.”
“Follow me to the orthopedic department if you don’t believe me and see whether your grandfather is
having his leg placed in a cast!”
Winnie couldn’t be bothered to yak with her anymore. If her grandfather weren’t my master, I wouldn’t
even care about her!
Even now, she was still being patient.
Dragging Yolanda along, she stalked toward the elevator. But the woman kept refusing to cooperate,
struggling and even leaving scratch marks on her arm with her fingernails.
At long last, Winnie snapped. Locking Yolanda’s arms behind her back, she kicked her all the way to
the elevator.
That caused quite a scene. Seeing that, the few patients’ family members in the elevator exited it early
although they obviously hadn’t arrived at their desired floors, afraid that they would be caught in the
crossfire.
“Let go of me, Winnie! You’ll regret this!”
“You’re the one who’ll be regretting it if you don’t go and see your grandfather today!”
After saying that, Winnie flung Yolanda to a corner of the elevator.
Then, she flipped through her phone for the video of Sebastian in a wheelchair and showed it to her.
As Yolanda stared at the phone screen, she finally started panicking. “My grandfather is really in the
hospital? Is he okay?”
“Are you asking me this? You’re his family, so you should be asking the doctor that question.”
While they were talking, they had already arrived at the third floor. Winnie lifted her hand and snagged
her phone back from Yolanda before motioning for the latter to go out with her eyes.
At once, Yolanda headed for the orthopedic department. Winnie, on the other hand, sat on the chair in
the hospital corridor.
She only got to her feet when she saw Yolanda wheeling Sebastian, who already had a cast on his leg,
out.
When Sebastian caught sight of Winnie’s back from a near distance away, he said to Yolanda beside
him, “Fortunately, Nini drove me to the hospital this time. It was also thanks to her that I found you. Go
over and thank her.”
Yolanda had her arms twisted behind her back and had been kicked all the way over earlier, so she
was still aching then.
Frowning deeply, she huffed with a chilly expression, “No way!”
“Why not? I owe her a debt of gratitude. I’m old and feeble, so you should repay that debt of gratitude
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmon my behalf!”
Yolanda pursed her lips, stubbornly refusing to speak.
But still, she committed that debt of gratitude to memory.
Winnie waited for Xavier at the parking lot. The two of them went for lunch together before returning to
Fairchild Corporation.
Since Winnie carried an acupuncture kit with her everywhere she went, she performed acupuncture on
Xavier in his lounge.
After inserting the needles, she started calling Jacinta, but the latter’s phone remained engaged.
It persisted for a whole ten minutes, and that had her finding it rather abnormal.
A touch worried, she began pacing in the lounge.
Her unusual behavior snagged Xavier’s attention.
Opening his eyes, he queried in concern, “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
A frown marred Winnie’s countenance. “I can’t get through to Granny. Her line keeps indicating that it’s
busy. Such a situation rarely occurred in the past. I’m worried that she might have run into trouble or
something might have happened to her.”
Xavier opened his mouth, but he ultimately swallowed the words that had already reached the tip of his
tongue.
In truth, he didn’t think that something had happened to Jacinta. Instead, he felt that she was
exceedingly suspicious. But to that very moment, he still hadn’t had the time to send someone to keep
an eye on her.
After pondering for a bit, he suggested, “How about I have someone go and look in on her at the
condominium?”
“Sure!” No sooner had Winnie nodded than something abruptly occurred to her. She instantly changed
her tune. “Never mind, forget it.”
“What’s wrong? Are you not worried anymore?”
“No, I suddenly remembered that Josiah has the day off in the afternoon. He should be at Aqua Moana
now, so I’ll ask him to look in on her. I’ll phone him right away.”
However, Josiah didn’t answer the phone for a long time.
Winnie called him several times, but there was no response.
This isn’t his style at all. Probably because of his professional ethics, he generally keeps his phone
turned on twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. That aside, he always answers within three
rings. But this time, something out of the ordinary happened…
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