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Chapter 395
Lucas' shouts finally snapped Winnie back to reality.
She glanced in the direction of his voice and asked. "Where's the fish? Did you get it?”
“I did. It's still flopping on the deck. What's up with you. by the way? Is something off with your hearing?
Can't you hear the noise?”
She rolled her eyes at liis string of questions and retorted. "How can I hold this conversation with you if
I can't hear anything? Maybe you should check your brain instead. Why did you come here anyway?
How many fish did you get?”
"Zero.” Lucas chucked the fish she caught into a tank before sitting beside her. He continued. "I heard
you talking, so I thought your husband was here. That's why I came over. I didn't think you were
daydreaming alone. Your husband's nowhere to be seen. So what were you doing? Who did you call?
What did you talk about?”
Winnie replied drily. "Are you interrogating a suspect? While you're at it. why don't you record every
word I say and type up a transcript?”
Her sarcasm ticked him off. and Lucas grumbled, "Come on! You just seemed to be in a funk, so I
thought I'd come over to console you. Some friend you are. Hmph!”
Winnie could not be bothered to explain her personal affairs to Lucas in detail, so she said curtly. "My
family called me to discuss my medical condition. There. You can start consoling me now.”
"Nah. When did you need my consolation on that matter? Anyway. I think I'll stick around and fish here.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThere's more fish here.”
Winnie mumbled an acknowledgment before asking. "How long has Xavier been gone? Why hasn't he
come up?”
Lucas replied. "He has been gone for almost half an hour. I reckon he should be back soon. Why don't
you cast your rod? Your next catch might be your husband. You could tell people you fished a mermaid;
he's pretty enough for that.”
She did not gratify his cheeky remark with a verbal response.
Still. Lucas' guess proved right. Seconds later. Xavier emerged from the water's surface.
Lucas immediately threw a rope out to Xavier.
Luck was clearly on Xavier's side. He had caught plenty of abalones, shellfish, and even a grouper as
long as liis forearm.
Winnie was thrilled and began plaiming the dinner menu in her head.
Lucas could not believe he was the only one ending the fishing trip empty-handed. He refused to steer
the boat back to the pier and continued fishing for several more hours.
Alas, there was not a single fish in sight, though he did reel in several measly mantis shrimps.
It was far from a satisfactoiy conclusion, but at least he was no longer calling it a day empty-handed.
By the time they left the pier and packed everything into the car. the sun had almost fully set.
They were about to drive off when Lucas suddenly shouted. "Oh no! I left my phone on the boat.”
Winnie was exasperated. “When will you fix this habit of leaving things behind? I'm the blind one. but
it’s your phone that goes missing.”
The sentiment was stronger from Xavier, who glanced at the phone in the passenger seat and asked
Lucas. "Isn't it right beside you? Don't you see it?”
"Of course I do.” Lucas frowned and explained. "But I brought two phones today. I'm contacting my new
girlfriend on the other phone. She'll throw a tantrum if she can’t reach me tonight.”
Winnie rolled her eyes and muttered. "Anew girlfriend again...”
Lucas chuckled, unperturbed. "What can I do? I just couldn't get along with the ex. Give me a couple of
minutes: I'll be back in a jiffy-”
He opened the car door and hopped off.
Once Lucas was gone. Winnie said to Lucas. "I got a call while you were diving this afternoon. It was
from your dad. I forgot to tell you about it earlier, but remember to call him when you have some free
time.”
She left out the nasty remarks that Benjamin had flung her way. but Xavier's observation skills were far
too astute.
He checked the call log on his phone and noticed his father's call had lasted a full minute.
That immediately tipped him off that the situation was not as straightforward as Winnie had painted it.
He knew his father's character better than anyone else.
Xavier frowned and grasped Winnie's hand. "What did my dad say to you? Did he make tilings difficult
for you? You were on the phone for over a minute.”
"Nothing escapes you. I see.” Winnie knew she could no longer hide the truth and confessed. "Yes. he
said some unpleasant things, but I'm not bothered by them. In fact. I probably made things worse for
him at the end. He was utterly furious. I just hung up on him after that.”
None of that interested Xavier. He watched Winnie's expression closely and demanded. "What on earth
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmdid he say to you? Tell me. I don't want you to question our relationship because of something he said.”
"I won't. You know that. I don't obsess over such things.” Winnie replied reassuringly.
Still, Xavier insisted. "I know that. So what did he say?”
Trying to play things down, Winnie uttered. "It's nothing much. He felt I was holding you back in your
career and thought I should leave you. He also said—”
She paused abruptly, furrowing her brows as memories of the call flooded her mind.
Xavier instantly sensed the shift in her mood and asked. "What else did he say? Don't listen to him. My
life does not revolve around the Fairchild family. You are the most important person in my life: don't
leave me. I would travel to the ends of the earth to look for you if you were to ever leave me.”
Winnie's lips curved into a smile. "What a coincidence. That's exactly what I said to your dad. It really
pissed him off. He immediately berated me. calling me a useless woman because the radioactive
exposure could have rendered me infertile and unable to cany on the family line.”
Xavier froze for a moment before knitting liis brows in concern. "Frankly. I'm not surprised those words
came out of his mouth. Ignore them. Better yet. pretend this call never existed.”
She agreed and became absorbed in her thoughts. Sometime later, she asked somberly. "What if I
really lose my fertility because of the radioactive exposure?”
"So what? I might have problems too. What if the situation was reversed? Would you dump me?” asked
Xavier.
"Of course not,” Winnie replied matter-of-factly. "If we wanted kids in the future, we could tiy in vitro
fertilization or other methods.”
Her resolve wanned Xavier's heart. He pulled her into his aims and said remorsefully, "You're right.
There are always more solutions than there are hurdles. I'm sorry you had to take such a nasty call. If
my dad troubles you again, just leave everything to me.”
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