The Substitute Bride: Idiot Or Not?

"I-I know," Yulissa stammered.

Zyon continued furiously, "That's good, then. Your task is very simple this time. You'd better not mess things up again, or I'm going to teach you a lesson."

"Don't worry. I won't."

They had made two plans from the very beginning.

Plan A was to kidnap Yulissa and lure Xavier into the trap. Then, they would make him addicted to drugs, which would ruin his reputation and make him face social death.

Now that Plan A had failed, they had to launch Plan B.

However, Plan B was to make Xavier die for real.

After hanging up, a pale Yulissa opened the door and walked toward Xavier's ward.

"The breeze is a little strong. You might catch a cold. Here, you can have my jacket." Christopher removed his jacket and moved closer to drape it over Winnie.

However, Winnie was not used to having strangers touch her. When she saw Christopher reaching out, she dodged it instinctively, leaving his hand still hanging in the air. Suddenly, the atmosphere became awkward.

Feeling a little uncomfortable with the sudden silence, Winnie explained hurriedly, "It's okay. It's late, anyway. We should go home. Besides, it's warmer in the car."

Christopher nodded. "Okay. I'll send you home."

With that, both of them turned to leave. However, it was too dark that Winnie accidentally missed a step and was about to fall.

In the blink of an eye, a strong arm shot forward and held her waist steadily.

Feeling the arm's warmth and the strength, Winnie could not help but praise, "Wow. You're really strong, Captain Bennett."

As she lifted her head, their gazes met.

Her gaze was calm and straightforward, but Christopher's was festering with emotions.

"Are you okay?" His heart was racing as he let go of her reluctantly.

"Yes." Winnie got to her feet.

Before entering the car, she paused in her tracks and eyed Christopher, asking, "Captain Bennett, have we met before? I'm not trying to hit on you, but I can't help but think I've seen you somewhere. To be more specific, I've seen your eyes. I think it was sometime around three or five years ago."

As she said that, she raised her hand and covered her view of Christopher's lower facial features. "Like this. Your eyes look somewhat familiar."

Suddenly, Christopher's lips curled into a smile.

He always had a mask on when he was on duty as a SWAT officer back then. Hence, all that was exposed were his eyes. Still, she remembered my eyes. What a great memory.

Just as he was about to correct her that it was five years ago, Winnie's phone suddenly rang.

When she saw who the caller was, she lost the mood to chat with Christopher.

She quickly answered it, asking, "How is everything, Dr. Houghton? Is he awake? What? Are you joking? How's that possible? I'm going to the hospital now."

Winnie's words were all Christopher could hear during the entire call.

Seeing Winnie hanging up the call in a rush, he hurried into the driver's seat and instructed, "Get in. I'll send you to the hospital."

Upon arriving at the hospital, Winnie ran straight to Xavier's ward.

By the time she entered the room, Josiah was already in there.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Winnie asked, "What's going on? What do you mean he's missing? How can people go missing in your hospital?"

Frowning, Josiah explained, "I went for a meeting. By the time I returned, he was gone. I can't even get through his phone, so I thought you'd taken him away." Winnie was displeased. "How is that possible? I was outside the entire time. Shouldn't you check the surveillance footage first instead of calling me to make accusations?"

"I've done that. He was escorted by someone." Josiah fixed his eyes on Winnie.

"What are you staring at me for? I

told you, I didn't do it! And based on what you're saying, he wasn't carried away, right? That means he was already awake by the time he left. By the way, where's Yulissa? Is she still here?" Yulissa suddenly came to Winnie's mind.

"Yes. She popped by the ward before Xavier was escorted away." "You should ask her, then. Who knows? She might know something." "You don't say? Of course, I've asked her. She knows nothing."

Winnie smirked. "Do you believe her just because she said that?"

"I'd rather trust her over you!" Josiah was about to continue scolding when he suddenly received a text on his phone.

He then unlocked his phone to read the text, and a frown instantly formed on his forehead. "What the hell? He sent me a text, saying he's got a lead on Dumbo and is on the way to find her." 'What?" But I'm here! Where is he going to look for me? "Quick! Give him a call and find out what's going on!"

Josiah had already dialed Xavier's number before Winnie said that.

Alas, no one picked up. "No one's picking up! What's going on? Why is he sending me a text but not answering my call?" Josiah said.

Unable to wrap his mind around the situation, he dialed Xavier's number again.

Meanwhile, Winnie figured Xavier was in trouble.

There's only one explanation as to why Xavier can only text instead of answer calls-the one holding on to Xavier's phone is not Xavier himself.

At that moment, she could only think of one person who wanted to harm Xavier, which was Zyon, the person working with Yulissa.

At that thought, Winnie rushed to Yulissa's ward.

The door was kicked open with a bang, causing Yulissa to be startled by the raging woman who barged in. Yulissa did not recognize who Winnie was, for the latter was wearing a mask. "Who are you? What do you want?" Winnie stepped forward and pressed Yulissa on the bed. "Cut the crap. Where have you guys taken Xavier to?" "What are you talking about? I don't understand. I'm going to call for help if you keep this up."

Winnie pinched Yulissa's broken finger. "Stop pretending. Do you think I don't know you're working

with Zyon? You'd better tell me where Xavier is now, or you're going to tose this finger for good

"Ow... It hurts... Who on earth are you? I don't understand what you're saying. Xavier's in the room, isn't he? He was still sound asleep when I

was gone. What's with you? Ahnet.

Please. Don't hurt me. Please don't do this. I'll really lose my finger if you break it. I'm begging you. Please don't hurt me," Yulissa implored pitifully because she noticed Josiah entering the ward.

Josiah hurried forward and pulled Winnie away. "What are you doing? Have you lost your mind? She just had her finger reattached. Besides, I said I'd already asked her. Why don't you believe me?"

"Pfft! I'd be an idiot if I did." Winnie could not be bothered to argue with Josiah. It looks like Yulissa won't be telling the truth.

Hence, she had no choice but to call Christopher. "I'm so sorry for troubling you, but I need you to track a number."