Bride Behind The Mask Novel

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.

the woman’s

to Zoe, but

seeing Marguerite, the woman displayed

Penelope, a friend of Powell’s,” the woman explained. “I heard he was ill

mother. No wonder she was so

Powell’s room is downstairs. You seem to have

if considering something. She then decided to

the Winstons have a

she

surprised. The girl she had been looking for was right in

card from her pocket and handed it to Marguerite. “This may be sudden, but trust me, I mean no harm. I’ve smelt your

She looked at the business

Petal Fragrances… Penelope was a

had explicitly told her to stay at the mansion or she