Bride Behind The Mask Novel

Chapter 553

The crowd gasped in shock, turning their heads to look at Marguerite.

Marguerite herself was completely baffled, at a loss as to why Manley would say such a thing.

When had she ever hit him?

He had just been discharged from the hospital the day before, and she had gone to the office yesterday, not even having the chance to be alone with him!

What was even more surprising was that, at this moment, Yuna didn’t explode with anger. Instead, she wrapped Manley in her arms and asked softly, “Sweetie, did you have a nightmare last night? Tell me, what happened?”

Manley looked at Marguerite with pitiful eyes, then quickly glanced away in fear, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead.

“It wasn’t… it wasn’t a nightmare… Aunt Marguerite hit me! She… she choked me and said… said Daddy was going to kick me and mommy out, never to let us come back…

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Marguerite was confused as she urgently tried to clear her name, “Manley, are you sure you didn’t get it wrong? How could I possibly hit you?”

quivered as he saw Marguerite approach, and he scurried away in panic, clinging tightly to Yuna’s waist

furrowed his brow, observing the situation, then lowered his eyes to Teresa, “Did Manley

confused, looking at Manley as if he were

bully me. Yesterday while playing, he accidentally

Yuna’s anger visibly flared.

stood up in outrage, her expression dramatically exaggerated, “Oh, so Marguerite! My son accidentally tripped your daughter, and you had the heart to

a moment, she couldn’t think of any way to prove her innocence. She hadn’t laid a finger on Manley, of that

Manley lying? But that didn’t

hospital, she had

even trusted her enough to

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accusations, not only was Marguerite perplexed, she

her brains for a long time, and although she couldn’t find any evidence, her sincere eyes were steady and unflinching, “Believe it

“You didn’t touch him? Then why would he say you hit him out of