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!”

spoke, Zoe slapped

was too late to dodge and was hit by this slap, her

Hanley last night? Then who was the man last night?

is here! Mr. Hanley, let me go, this has nothing to do with me! It was all Marguerite’s idea! You should go

back and saw the big–bellied old man in the

frowned. Is this

felt a little flustered, and was suddenly pushed from behind, she wobbled and stopped in

her father, Ablett Lockwood, came immediately, “Mr. Hanley, please don’t be mad. You

looked exactly the same, his

night, and no one showed up! Your family owes me 10 million, if you don’t

to me!”

pulled Marguerite over as

both. You can take Marguerite, but can you spare Yuna? She is our most beloved daughter! Please

knelt in front of Hanley to beg

couldn’t recover from the shock, she suddenly felt like a

is their daughter, what about

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

it seems not worth

they really cared about was her twin sister,

the nauseating fat man in front of her, Marguerite could

be sold to such a person as a

she could only

from her face, gathered up the courage to break free from Hanley’s arm, and

me clean