Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 228

Marguerite was taken aback.

But on second thought, it wasn’t an unreasonable request.

Everyone has their moments of sorrow, and it’s natural to seek a comforting embrace during those times, regardless of the emotional Implications.

Marguerite bit her lip, shuffling gingerly towards him. Before she got within arm’s reach, his long arm looped around her waist, pulling her close.

Marguerite stood, while Frederick sat, his head burled in her waist, his breathing deep and heavy.

His warm breath enveloped her stomach, a comforting sensation, but Marguerite knew that Frederick was far from comforted.

Feeling somewhat helpless, she could only stroke his hair gently, her voice shaky as she murmured, “You can’t fall apart. If you do, Jocelyn won’t have anyone to protect her.”

Marguerite had faith in Frederick’s strength, but she was terrified that he might crumble.

His loss of smell, a vulnerability he had always kept hidden, was now common knowledge, and even a subject of mockery. Marguerite couldn’t believe that it didn’t affect him.

Meanwhile, the arm around her waist tightened, making it harder for Marguerite to breathe and her thoughts to scatter.

Frederick, this embrace may have

for Marguerite, it wasn’t

admit, she enjoyed the feeling of being needed by a man. Because it was in these moments that she

but the thought of their inevitable divorce stirred a complex mix of emotions within

all too well that for her, love was a

starved of love from a young age, and when she finally fell in love,

to fall for a man with whom she had no

Marguerite thought about this, she felt tears welling up in her eyes. It was at this moment that Jocelyn walked

to Jocelyn, stammering as she tried to explain, “Well

that she would divorce Frederick, and now she was in his

loss for words to

got up from the bed and headed

are you going?

have to fix what happened.” Frederick paused

Marguerite was taken aback.

determination to resolve the issue was a

but Jocelyn grabbed her arm, “Wait, I have