The Substitute Bride: Idiot Or Not?

"Heh." Winnie walked toward the bed and kicked Yulissa hatefully. "My glass of water comes with a price."

The condominium was on the thirty-second floor of the building. Winnie glanced at the vicious woman lying unconscious and glanced at the glass window to the balcony.

If she wanted revenge, all she had to do was to throw her off the building.

However, she was a woman of principle and integrity, unlike the heartless witch in front of her eyes. Thus, she didn't.

Instead, she calmly took out a syringe from the first aid box and extracted a tube of blood from Yulissa.

While drawing blood from Yulissa, she noticed bruises and injection marks on her arm. She immediately knew that Yulissa used to regularly do intravenous injections by herself like a seasoned drug addict. After putting away the blood sample, Winnie took out her phone and took photos of Yulissa's face and arm.

Then, she made a phone call to her good friend.

"Lucas, are you busy? Can you track down a person for me?"

Lucas was about to lose his mind on the other end of the phone call. "Young lady, why are you always tracking down people? Tell me, which of the Fairchild family members are you looking for this time?" "It's not the Fairchild family this time."

"Well, that would be a problem."

"How so?" Winnie walked out with the first aid box in one hand, and because she was holding her phone in the other, she left the door ajar when closing the door with her feet.

"Because I'm at the airport right now, and I'm about to board the plane. Thanks to you, I'm now very familiar with the Fairchild family. If you want to look up someone from the Fairchild family, I can send you plenty of information in a matter of minutes. But now that you've changed your target, I have to start from scratch."

"Fine." Winnie frowned slightly. "It's not urgent. Just let me know once you're done with your business."

"Don't do that. I know you're tempting me. Come on, who are you looking for this time?"

Winnie chuckled. "You heard it. You're the one who couldn't wait to help me."

"Cut the crap and get to the point."

"Okay. To be honest, I don't even know who I'm looking for."

"Are you making fun of me?" Lucas was on the verge of losing his temper. "I'm going to block you!"

"Don't! I want you to recommend someone because I don't know who to look for. I need someone who's upright, trustworthy, and brave enough to fight against criminals."

"What!" Lucas was shocked. "Upright and brave enough to fight criminals? What are you trying to be? The police?"

"Not that far. Listen, something happened, and I need this person right now. An illustrious narcotics officer would be best." "What a coincidence. I happen to know a friend, and I don't even need to look him up. I can give you his number right now." "Really? Who is he?"

"He's the captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Department of Avenport, Christopher Bennett.”

"Is he reliable?"

"I guarantee there's no one more upright, brave, and reliable than him."

"Great. Hook us up. Tell him I have a lead and want to make a report."

"A report?" Lucas couldn't hold in his laughter. "Is it about your enemy?"

"What do you think? Give me his number. Hurry!"

Soon, Winnie received the message from Lucas.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

Without delaying any further, she immediately called Christopher.

In the room where Xavier was supposed to be unconscious, Yulissa pressed on his injured leg when she collapsed on the bed.

The sudden pain woke him slightly for a moment, and he seemed to overhear Winnie talking on the phone outside through the door crack. He heard the words like "captain" and "blood test."

When Winnie ended the call with Christopher, she realized she didn't shut the door when she came out.

She quickly went back into the room to have a look, only to find that Xavier and Yulissa were still fast asleep before lightly shutting the door.

She was supposed to resume her search for the badge, but Yulissa's sudden arrival had disrupted her plan.

Her search was impeded, and Molly Parks, the housekeeper hired to cook for Xavier, could arrive in a few moments. As a result, she could no longer ransack the place. The note on the phone mentioned giving Xavier another dose of medicine at eight o'clock in the evening.

However, Xavier and Yulissa slept until seven o'clock.

Therefore, between seven and eight o'clock, Winnie stayed in her tiny room, except for going to the kitchen to grab a meal.

She left her room a few minutes early, before eight, because she had to do some preparation in advance, such as preparing the medicine and a glass of water.

Molly was still putting away the kitchen utensils when she entered the kitchen.

As soon as she saw Winnie walking in, she voluntarily asked, "How is Mr. Fairchild's leg? How long will it take to heal?"

"It's not anything serious. The cast can be removed in four to six weeks. It's okay for him to walk around occasionally as long as he doesn't put too much pressure on his feet. Also, having some extra calcium in his diet will help with the recovery of his bones."

"Oh. I knew about that. The nutritionist had devised a special menu for him. I see you're pouring a glass of water. Are you going to give Mr. Fairchild his medicine?"

"Yes. What's wrong?" Winnie noticed that Molly had something else in mind. "Does Mr. Fairchild have any medical restrictions?"

"Well, no, but Ms. White is inside, and she asked me to fetch her a roll of plastic wrap. She said she wanted to wrap Mr. Fairchild's leg to give him a bath. By the way, can Mr. Fairchild take baths?"

"Yes, as long as his wound doesn't get in contact with water." As Winnie spoke, she stopped pouring the glass of water. "Looks like I'll have to wait a moment before I can go in."

Winnie was about to turn around and leave, but she suddenly recalled the conversation between Yulissa and Zyon.

Zyon asked Yulissa to find an opportunity to give Xavier an injection, but Yulissa said she didn't have the chance to do so.

However, they are already living together, and Xavier takes Yulissa with him whenever he returns to Lagune Mansion occasionally. They should have plenty of chances to get along.

"Have you always been cooking here for Mr. Fairchild?" Winnie began digging for information. "Does Ms. White live with Mr. Fairchild all the time?"

"Yes. I used to cook for Mr. Fairchild all the time. However, he had been in poor physical health for the past year, and because of that, he didn't live here, and I didn't come here to cook. I only came back because he moved in again recently. Mr. Fairchild isn't used to food made by others."

While Molly spoke proudly, she added, "As for Ms. White, she once brought in all her luggage, but she only stayed for one night and never returned."

"Why? Was there a fight?"

"No! The night she moved in, Mr. Fairchild left for a business trip in the middle of the night and would only return after a long time. So it wouldn't make sense for Ms. White to live alone when Mr. Fairchild isn't around. In fact, today is her second time coming here.

"Oh, so they're not living together?"

"Yes." Molly chuckled and lowered her voice. "They're not even close to playing house, not to mention living together!"

Winnie remained silent and smiled courteously.

So they're not together. Could this mean Xavier is clean?

Before Winnie could probe any further, a loud noise suddenly came from the master bedroom!