Jocelyn rose to her feet quickly. “I’ll go out and welcome him. Would you like to join me?”

Marguerite, whose eyes were already red and swollen from crying, shook her head heavily. “I’d rather not. I’m not exactly in a state to entertain guests.”

Jocelyn gave Marguerite a sympathetic look, nodded, and took her hand to walk her out. “Why don’t you go rest in your room? I’ll come check on you later?”

“Okay.”

Marguerite’s room was upstairs. Jocelyn accompanied her to the stairwell before they went their separate ways.

Marguerite, still trying to regain her emotional stability, slowly climbed the stairs to her room.

As she stepped off the stairs and onto the hall, she noticed a strange woman looking around as if searching for something.

“Hello, can I help you find someone?” Marguerite asked.

The woman turned at the sound of her voice. She was dressed in a simple beige dress covered by a white coat. The yellow scarf around her neck. however, gave her an air of elegance.

at the woman’s

a resemblance to Zoe, but she

Marguerite, the woman displayed

heard he was ill and

Robert’s mother. No wonder she

Powell’s room is downstairs. You seem to have taken a wrong

if considering something. She

a girl named

Marguerite,” she responded

she had been looking for was right in front of

handed it to Marguerite. “This may be sudden, but trust me, I mean no harm. I’ve smelt your Polar Radiance, and there’s no doubt you’re talented. I’d like to offer you a position in my cosmetics company. We’re working on

taken aback. She looked at the business

Poppy Petal Fragrances… Penelope was a big name in the

to stay at the

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