Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 50

Chapter 50

“Is that really you?” Frederick asked in disbelief, “You’ve changed so much?”

Marguerite shrugged it off. “So, are you saying I’m ugly now? All kids look pretty much the same, and mind you, I was only a few days old then.”

Frederick’s eyes were glued to the photo. It was of a lively old lady holding a baby in swaddling clothes, both beaming brightly.

Snow was falling around them, but the old lady’s clothes were thin and shabby. It was a heart-wrenching sight.

No wonder Marguerite was taken in by the Lockwood family. The old lady seemed not to have the means to raise a child.

Did her parents abandon her right after she was born?

Frederick wanted to ask Marguerite about her parents and consider if he should help her find them, but he decided against it.

Marguerite never mentioned her parents or grandma, probably because it hurt too much.

He didn’t want to reopen her wounds.

At this point, she was very much like him.

Even though he now successfully controlled the entire Winston Group, his childhood experience of being driven out of the family by his father was still a painful

scar.

talked about it and didn’t want to recall that

he felt a mysterious connection with Marguerite. Their similar experiences evoked deep sympathy

then hesitantly handed it back to Marguerite.

a more

had seen the old lady somewhere

grandma seems very kind.”

his desk, sitting across from Marguerite.

photo. “True beauty comes from within. My granny

world.”

her a sapphire necklace with a floral pattern, but it had mysteriously disappeared, and she

“Do you remember

some documents and didn’t look at

bit her lip, her gaze shifting

She wasn’t sure.

day, when she lost the necklace, she had been

look up. He glanced at her briefly, then

he think everything could be

for words: “I can’t afford it.”

been with the company for half a

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