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

she had to think fast, think

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

grow up well, we let others speak as they wished. We didn’t want a

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

the slights, insults, cold shoulders, and Zoe’s venomous words from

distraught, frantically dabbed

damage her portrait would cause, she never would have agreed to

all

fool everyone else, but not

the Lockwoods too well after all these years. What kind of

really

tears, with that expression of pain and unspoken perseverance, it stirred an ache in his