Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 505

Zoe felt like the ground was spinning beneath her feet. The shocking revelation nearly buckled her knees, and she stumbled back a step.

“The child you brought back is a mirror image of Yuna! You spun things perfectly, claiming you had twins. Am I wrong?”

As Frederick laid bare the deeds of twenty-five years ago without any reservation, Zoe was struck speechless, her eyes wide with a mix of guilt and astonishment.

How could she have known that Frederick had once sought out Thelma?

What was she to do now?

Every eye in the room was on her, and Hackett’s gaze was so sharp, she felt it could cut right through her.

Damn it all! She was one crucial step away from sending Yuna off to be the darling heiress of the Fitzgeralds!

Lockwoods would bask in endless luxury and prestige! They wouldn’t have to live at the mercy of Frederick’s whims

she had to think fast, think of

raced, and she spouted a lie effortlessly, “Mr. Winston! Indeed, the child we brought back was Yuna, not Marguerite! Since Yuna was

the adopted one. But in order for Yuna to grow up well, we let others speak as they wished. We didn’t want a single scratch on her

this, Marguerite’s face was streaked with tears, evidently swayed by Zoe’s

slights, insults, cold shoulders, and Zoe’s venomous words from the past seemed to have found

seeing her mommy so distraught, frantically

damage her portrait would cause, she never would

it was all

fool everyone else, but not Frederick.

too well after all these years. What kind of people they were, he knew

really care whose child Marguerite was.

of pain and unspoken perseverance,