Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

“Mommy, why did you bring me here? Are we taking a shower?” Winnie sneered silently

behind Yara when she noticed the woman locking the bathroom door. In truth, she had

overheard Yara’s plan. As Yara did not want the Fairchild family to know that they had sent

their retarded daughter to marry Xavier, she planned to injure Winnie on her wedding

night and conspire with the hospital to claim that she had gotten into an accident that

damaged her brain. “Be good, Winnie. You’ve done so much today, and you must be really

tired. Come, let me wash your face for you. Lower your head.” “Okay!” Winnie looked at

Yara with her innocent big eyes and lowered her head with a smile on her face. When the

opportunity seemed right, Yara extended her hand, intending to slam Winnie’s head

against the basin. The basin in the bathroom was made of marble and was extremely

hard. As such, it would be easy for one to suffer serious head injuries with just one knock

against it. However, before Yara could execute her plan, Winnie turned around suddenly

and let out a loud shriek. “Ahh! Mommy! There’s a cockroach! I’m scared! Mommy, protect

me!” Winnie exclaimed as she hugged Yara’s waist and knocked her against the wall. As

Winnie had executed that move with all her strength, the back of Yara’s head was injured

and blood could be seen trickling from the wound. “Ouch! That hurts! Let go of me, you

dumbass!” However, not only did Winnie not let Yara go, she continued to bump Yara

against the wall. “The cockroach is on the wall! Crush it! Mommy, crush it! Mommy’s the

best!” Winnie cried out, carrying on with her pretense. Although Yara was boiling with

anger, she could neither scold nor hit Winnie. Not only that, she even had to pacify her.

“Don’t be scared, Winnie. Mommy has already crushed the cockroach, but both of us are

injured now. So let’s go to the hospital,” Yara said, suppressing her urge to strangle Winnie

before smearing some of her own blood on Winnie’s forehead. Being cooperative, Winnie

started wailing. “I’m bleeding! I’m injured! Mommy, please bring me to the hospital!”

“Sure, Mommy will take you to the hospital right away.” That was exactly the outcome

Yara was hoping for. However, she did not expect that she would be the one getting

injured instead. Winnie could not help but feel amused by what had happened. That was a

prime example of going for wool and coming home shorn. Yara took Winnie to the hospital

that she had arranged for prior. Meanwhile, the Fairchild family had sent their

housekeeper, Mary, to the hospital to understand the situation. None of the elders from

the family was there. The doctor announced his diagnosis in the presence of both Mary

and Yara. He had come to the conclusion that as Winnie’s brain was more fragile than

usual, there was a high chance that she might suffer from mental retardation due to her

injury. Mary froze in shock upon hearing the doctor’s words. When she headed to Winnie’s

ward after that, what she saw confirmed the doctor’s diagnosis. Winnie was sitting on her

bed and playing with children’s toys. “Big sissy,” Winnie greeted Mary sweetly when Mary

entered the ward. “Big sissy, do you want to sit in this car? Both of us can fit into it.” Mary

was utterly speechless and rang Rufus Fairchild, Xavier’s grandfather, immediately to

update him on the situation. As Xavier’s father was overseas during that period of time,

Rufus was the one handling all matters related to Xavier’s marriage. Due to his son being

in a vegetative state, Xavier’s father had initially wanted to break off the engagement as

he did not feel that it would be fair to the bride. However, Rufus was a superstitious old

man who firmly believed that his grandson would be able to ward off bad luck by getting

married. Besides, a tarot reader had told him that Hamish’s eldest daughter was Xavier’s

lucky charm. As such, even though Rufus went to the hospital the next day and personally

confirmed that Winnie had become mentally retarded, he still ended up taking her home.

Rufus had dominated the business arena in his younger days and was definitely not a

benevolent elderly. However, he could not help but feel his heart soften when he was with

Winnie, who only had the mental ability of a child. Winnie was an ethereal beauty with

exquisite features that looked extremely alluring even without makeup. Rufus loved the

way she called him “Grandpa Rufus.” As such, when the woman pointed to a toy shop and

requested to go inside and buy toys, he agreed immediately. After entering the toy shop,

Winnie looked around for a long time before deciding on a Peppa Pig suitcase and a watch.

She gave it some thought before stuffing the suitcase with other toys. After all, she

needed some props to make her pretense seem real. When they arrived back at Xavier’s

mansion, Winnie coaxed Rufus into giving her a playroom just to store her toys. After

dinner, Winnie went into her playroom straight away and started playing with her toys.

Rufus stayed with her for a while before leaving. A few minutes later, Winnie closed the

door after making sure that no one would enter the room. She opened the flap of her

watch, revealing a sophisticated electronic display screen that allowed her to make calls

after verifying her thumbprint. “Hey, Gator! You’re finally online. I’ve been waiting since

forever. I have no idea what to do with the few billion worth of assets that I’m holding on

to, and I’m waiting for your instructions.” Nathaniel, who was on the other end of the line,

started ranting the moment the call went through. “Gator” was Winnie’s code name,

which was known to everyone in the financial investment industry in the western part of

the world. However, apart from her code name, no one knew anything else about Winnie.

That was because she had never divulged any of her personal information to any of her

business partners, including her real name and gender. Winnie was rather amused when

she heard Nathaniel airing his grievances. “Oh please…” However, she quickly ended the

call before she finished her sentence. She realized that her voice modulator was not

working, and she had spoken using her real voice earlier on. A moment later, her

communication device rang again. It was Nathaniel, but Winnie did not pick up. Instead,

she opened one of the compartments in the Peppa Pig suitcase and took out a laptop. The

moment she appeared online after logging into her account, she was bombarded with

voice messages from Nathaniel. “OMG! Gator! You’re a woman?” “That’s totally mind-

blowing! Your voice sounds so young. I’m guessing that you’re at most twenty-five?”

“OMG! I heard that you’re currently in Chanaea. I’m also planning to return to Chanaea.

Can we meet up?” Winnie frowned as she typed her reply: If you insist on invading my

privacy, I wouldn’t mind terminating our collaboration. I’m only going to say this once, so

you’d better consider it carefully. “No! No! No! Gator, I completely understand. I swear

that I’ll never try to find out anything regarding your private matters. Let’s start analyzing

the situation.” One hour later, Mary went to the playroom and brought Winnie to Xavier’s

room. Rufus was initially worried that the daughter of the Garland family would not be

willing to share a bed with a man who was in a vegetative state. However, the bride had

ended up becoming mentally disabled and just one candy was enough to coax her into

sleeping next to Xavier. In the middle of the night, Winnie noticed that there was someone

standing next to the bed, and she turned on the lights instinctively. She saw that the

person was none other than Xavier. What’s going on? Isn’t he supposed to be in a coma?

When she realized that Xavier was scrutinizing her, Winnie snapped out of her shock and

regained her composure at once. Putting on a confused and innocent expression on her

face, she said, “Handsome, did you wake up to use the bathroom? I’d like to go relieve

myself too. Carry me, Handsome.” After Winnie finished speaking, she sat up on the bed

and opened her arms wide. Xavier scoffed coldly and asked, “Are you really retarded?”