Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 2

An hour later, the bus came to a slow halt at the corner of Cedarbrook Street.

Marguerite Lockwood stepped off, her body aching all over. All she could see was a sight for sore eyes, broken bricks and tiles, the landscape looking desolate.

She walked down the alley, standing in front of the undamaged, conspicuous house, that was her home, and also a private casino.

This once bustling place had become quiet due to demolition and gambling debts.

The decline of the family didn’t make her feel too much regret, because she had a more important task to accomplish.

Marguerite took a deep breath, walked into the front door with traces on her body, and stood in the living room.

“Dad, Mom, I spent the night with Hanley as you requested. Can you help Granny and save her life?” she asked.

Standing in front of her were her biological parents, but she had nothing but hatred for them.

Twenty–two years ago, Marguerite was born with her twin sister, Yuna Lockwood.

She came out four minutes later than Yuna, but it was precisely these four minutes that a so–called fortune teller said her existence was incompatible with everyone in the family.

Therefore, Marguerite was sent to her grandmother’s house in the countryside by her parents less than a day after she was born, and they didn’t even register her birth.

But now, her grandmother was seriously ill, and she had nowhere to turn for help, so she had to come back for her parents‘ help.

While drinking water, her mother Zoe heard the news, stood up and splashed the water in the cup on Marguerite’s face, pointed at her, and said angrily, “Marguerite, you have the nerve to come back! I asked you to accompany Mr. Hanley, not to sleep with other men! Because of you, our family is bankrupt! What should we use to pay back these hefty gambling debts? You shameless bitch!”

she spoke, Zoe slapped

by this slap, her head was dizzy, touching her swollen face, she was stunned for a

Then who was the man

me! It was all Marguerite’s

the big–bellied old man in the front hall

Is

from behind, she wobbled and

her father, Ablett Lockwood, came immediately, “Mr. Hanley, please don’t be mad. You got it wrong, this is the woman who should have been with you last night,

who looked exactly the same, his eyes

night, and no one showed up! Your family owes me 10 million,

to me!”

he pulled Marguerite over

You can take

front of Hanley

the shock, she

daughter, what about

who were eager to use her as a chip to pay off their debts, she could hardly believe they were her biological parents. How could they say such

it seems not worth mentioning to

really cared about

at the nauseating fat man in front of her, Marguerite could hardly bear

be sold to such a

this moment, she could only

gathered up the courage to break free

back! Don’t make me clean