Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 472

Marguerite was taken aback by Miley’s explanation.

“So, she handed over the position meant for her daughter to me?”

“No kidding!” Miley rolled her eyes at Marguerite with no pretense of subtlety. “Marguerite, seriously, what’s your secret? How come everyone’s just falling head over heels for you? I’m starting to get a wee bit jealous over here.”

Marguerite nearly burst into laughter.

“Don’t you go buttering me up! Aren’t you the same? Penelope must like you too, right? Why else would she sneak you into the company through the back door?”

“That’s not it at all!” Miley was a mix of indignation and a touch of wistfulness, “Penelope doesn’t even know I’m Robert’s girlfriend! I got the job on my own merits! I’m a private investigator by trade, you know. Just last week, while digging up info for a client, I found that the Fitzgeralds trying to set up Robert with a marriage alliance. So, naturally, I rushed over!”

Marguerite looked at Miley’s childlike frustration and couldn’t help but find it both exasperating and amusing, “With that firecracker personality, you should be chasing off those would-be fiancées, not sneaking around.”

you

laughed heartily, teasing

know much, but I sure thought, with all your ‘my mother-in-law this and that,’ you had the Fitzgerald clan eating out of your hand. Turns out they don’t

“They know Robert has a girlfriend. But Hackett Fitzgerald looks down on my family for being new money from a

after all, to solve a problem at its root, you’ve got to butter up the mother-in-law first, right? Maybe once Penelope gets to know me, sees my charm,

between her own life and

neither was accepted by

her might and main.

I stopped by Thunderbolt Enterprises before coming here and saw Robert tending to his wounds. They

hesitated, instinctively wanting to keep the truth hidden.

look of evasion in Marguerite’s eyes. “Don’t you dare keep things from me! Remember my profession –

Miley’s argument and knowing that she could probably worm it out of Robert anyway, Marguerite let down her guard and spilled the beans

and every last detail of Barnes

and then looked at Marguerite, finding the situation exceedingly strange.