Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 466

At that moment, all eyes in the living room were fixed on Yuna.

Powell Winston occupied the prime spot on the sofa, his right leg encased in a plaster cast resting on the coffee table, his left hand gripping a cane, and his eyes wide and intense.

Lisette lounged with one leg crossed over the other, lazily shelling pumpkin seeds, seemingly delighted by the unfolding drama.

Jocelyn sat on the other end of the sofa, her gaze lowered as she knitted a scarf, as if she’d grown accustomed to such family spectacles.

And then there was Frederick, positioned directly in front of Yuna, his expression unreadable, his silence and lofty demeanor terrifying.

“Freddie, please forgive me! My dealings with Barnes were purely financial, I swear that was it!

He threatened me, Freddie, otherwise I’d never have gotten involved with him in any way!

Before you came back, I confessed to Jocelyn and Lisette, I promised Uncle Powell, I won’t let anything like this happen again! Please, Freddie, won’t you forgive me?”

Yuna had been on her knees in the living room

was something her mother, Zoe, had advised.

once she came home, she immediately explained the situation

course, the full truth was neatly omitted.

needed to emphasize the threat from Barnes, to stir up sympathy from the family elders, and then

for her, Frederick, under familial pressure, might be

The poor girl is apologizing so

devil himself, kept shaking her head, “No! If Freddie doesn’t forgive me, I

Frederick remained

revulsion inside him. It was as if a fierce flame was smoldering in his chest, ready to reduce the wretched woman to

underestimated you,” he said coldly, his voice not loud but filled with

bold?” Tears surged uncontrollably from Yuna’s eyes as she crawled to Frederick’s feet, clutching desperately at his legs, “No, Freddie! I didn’t! It’s just self-loathing

resolve to repent! Please, Freddie, can’t you forgive me?”

could no longer stand the spectacle. He slammed his cane down with a thud, his eyes wide with anger,