Silly Bride

Chapter 320
The moment Winnie opened the door to the ward, she saw Jacinta walking in her direction.When Jacinta saw Winnie, she
hurriedly asked the latter, “Are you done already? Can we go now?”“Yes.” Winnie nodded as she picked up her pace to approach
her grandmother. “Are you hungry, Granny? We haven’t eaten lunch yet.”Jacinta said, “I was so hungry that my stomach hurt at
the police station just now, but I don’t feel that hungry now. Why don’t we head home? I feel safer eating at home.”“All right. Let’s
eat at home.”Winnie thought that she was too careless that day. Even without the appearance of Shania and Nate’s crazy fans,
she might bump into Harold any time. I shouldn’t have put Granny’s life in danger by bringing her with me, but I think I’d better
show myself in public more often.As Winnie pondered about the day’s events, Josiah suddenly called.She answered her phone
immediately. “Dr. Houghton, what’s the matter?”Josiah sounded lethargic on the phone. “Are you not at home this
weekend?”“Yeah, why? Do you need to see me?” As Winnie spoke, it suddenly dawned upon her that Josiah might be at her
home. “You’re not at my house right now, are you?”Josiah sighed. “Yes, I am. I’ve been ringing the doorbell for a few minutes
because I thought you were home, but no one came to get the door for me.”Winnie explained, “I’m out with my grandmother.
What’s the matter? Can we settle it over the phone?”“Oh, we can’t. I just left the hospital, and this morning, a patient gifted me a
box of pomegranates before getting discharged. I didn’t want it, but he insisted that I accept it. Since Xavier told me to look after
you before he left, here I am sending you a box of fresh fruits! This is probably one of the few times I’ll drop by your house, but
it’s too bad you’re not home.” Josiah’s tone sounded somewhat amused and exasperated as he related what happened.Winnie
chuckled. “That’s it? It’s just a box of pomegranates. Just leave them at the hospital and split them with the others.”Josiah sighed
in annoyance. “Oh, shut up. I’ve already brought it here. How long more till you get back?”“Why? Don’t tell me you’re planning to
wait until I reach home?”“You wish. I was on the night shift yesterday, and I’m so tired that I need to get some sleep. I’ll leave the
pomegranates at the property management office. You can collect it later when you’re back.”“Okay. Thank you, Dr.
Houghton.”“You’re welcome, Ms. Garland. Just think of me when you have something nice to share next time.”Since Winnie and
Jacinta weren’t planning on hanging around outside any longer, they quickly returned to Aqua Moana.When Winnie passed by
the reception counter of the property management office, she collected the pomegranates and opened the box after she reached
home.The pomegranates were twice the size of a knuckle, and their reddish skin was appetizing.Winnie took a picture of the
pomegranates and sent it to Josiah with a text message that read: The pomegranates look good. Seems like your effort in
carrying them isn’t wasted.She didn’t expect Josiah to reply to her message because she surmised that he must be sleeping at
that moment. To her surprise, he replied: If only I get to have a taste of it...Winnie immediately sent Josiah a voice message.
“How are you not asleep?”“I’m less drowsy after taking a shower, but I still need to sleep. I’m going to sleep until seven o’clock in
the evening, then I’ll have dinner,” Josiah replied right away, his voice sounding a lot more energetic than when he called Winnie
earlier. “All right then. I won’t disturb you any further.”After Winnie sent her last voice message, she started peeling the
pomegranates.Not long after, she was summoned to the kitchen by Jacinta to help out.When the grandmother-granddaughter

duo finished their dinner, it was already half past seven at night.As Jacinta washed the dishes, Winnie continued peeling the
pomegranates.Jacinta peeked out of the kitchen to look at Winnie. “Didn’t you peel quite a lot of pomegranates already? It’s
enough for us. If you peel too many, they will turn bad easily.”“I’m sending some over to Josiah as a token of appreciation,”
Winnie explained.“Oh!” Jacinta exclaimed at the mention of Josiah. “You should have told me earlier! He’s staying alone, isn’t
he? I should have asked him to come over for dinner.”“It’s fine, Grandma. I think he may have just woken up. Besides, he has
plans. Our dinner time may be too early for him. Don’t worry, he won’t starve himself to death,” Winnie said, “But,
Grandma...”Turning around, Jacinta urged, “What’s wrong? Why did you stop halfway? Spill it.”After a moment of silence, Winnie
turned around to face Jacinta. “If only you were as nice to Xavier as you are to Josiah,” she said with a slight frown.Jacinta, who
was busying around in the kitchen, froze in response.How could I be nice to Xavier? Every time Jacinta thought of how Rufus
mistreated her son and her grandson and was biased toward Xavier and his father instead, she would be filled with fury and
hatred.How could I ever be nice to Xavier? That’s practically impossible!The mere thought of that was enough to make her hand
tremble with rage.However, she couldn’t show her anger to Winnie.When she finally regained her composure, she said to
Winnie, “All right. You can bring him over for dinner once he’s back from his business trip. I’ll prepare delicious food for both of
you every day.”Winnie flashed a faint smile. “Okay. Let’s take it slow. We still have a long way to go.”Jacinta gave a perfunctory
reply, “Right.”However, she believed that Xavier’s days were numbered.After peeling the last pomegranate, Winnie washed her
hands and called Xavier.Although they didn’t spend every minute together while he was in Avenport, it felt quite different after he
went overseas.Even though he was only gone for two days, she still felt like it had been ages since she saw him. The long
distance between them made her feel far apart from him.However, Xavier could not be reached because his line was busy.After
two tries, Winnie stopped calling him. He must be busy right now. When he’s done with his work, he’ll call me back.She called
Josiah next to tell him she was going to send him some of the pomegranates.Coincidentally, Josiah couldn’t be reached as well
because someone else was on the line.Winnie didn’t overthink it and sent Josiah a message: Are you at home? I’ll drop by later.
Text me back once you receive this.However, it didn’t occur to Winnie that Xavier’s and Josiah’s lines were both busy because
they were calling each other to discuss their investigation on Jacinta.Xavier began, “The people I’ve sent to investigate Jacinta
have achieved significant progress. They found out that Jacinta may have had a history with my grandfather when she was
young. It’s better that we talk about the details face-to-face, but I won’t be back for a while. Can you go on my behalf?”