Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 7

Frederick watched Marguerite, his deep eyes flickering with a cold light, his gaze colder than ever.

They can’t divorce within three months?

Upon hearing the news, Frederick couldn’t hide his anger anymore. He opened his lips and snapped at the woman in front of him, “So, this is your plan?”

How bloody convenient!

He’d just walked into the registry office with Yuna, and this woman named Marguerite swooped in like a bolt of lightning, somehow managing to become his wife in name first.

What the hell was this woman playing at?

Marguerite looked at him blankly, her clear eyes filled with innocence, “What do you mean?”

Frederick coldly stared at her, his rebellious eyes like a fierce bird of prey, “You’ve planned it well, becoming my wife for three months. Thinking you’ll get a cut of my wealth once we divorce? Dream on!”

Wealth?

Rich–folks always have the weirdest thinking. Just because they’re loaded, they think everyone wants to get something from them?

She just wanted to save her grandma’s life.

She married a stranger she didn’t love, so she was a victim too.

Marguerite clenched her fists in anger at his insult. She straightened her back and her gaze hardened, “Sir, you’ve got it all wrong. I don’t know you, and I don’t give a damn about your money.”

The man laughed, his slightly upturned mouth revealing his white teeth, “I’ve seen plenty of gold–diggers, but you’re the first to be so calculating.”

Marguerite blushed furiously at his insult and was momentarily speechless.

To save her grandma, she’d become the wife of this man in front of her, under the instructions of a mysterious person. That was her biggest

scheme.

this man

fell into silence, with the

housekeeper, Sadie, watched Marguerite’s expression closely, feeling there

girl, dressed simply, thin as a stick. But her delicate hands

poor girl, but her eyes were resolute and bright,

stepped forward, asking softly, “Miss, are you in some kind of trouble? You can

Her only trouble was her grandma, but she couldn’t

of bed, “I’m not in any trouble, and I’m just as confused about this marriage. So, I can’t answer any more questions.

and current marriage laws meant she couldn’t

Frederick, but made no further demands. She didn’t want to stick around to hear him spout more insults at

so indifferent she didn’t even

creased, and he said

in surprise, her clear eyes conveying an

you can come and go as you please? It’s not that simple.” Frederick turned to Sadie, continuing to give orders, “Take her to the guest room, she can’t

this woman leave without finding out

all the information on Marguerite and rushed to the study to report, holding a

was standing in front of the floor–to–ceiling window, agitatedly smoking a cigar. Behind the swirling smoke, his stern face full

no parents, no relatives, she’s listed as ‘illiterate‘, likely

around.

mechanically, “Yes,

of the cigar illuminating his sharp

illiterate.”

nodded in agreement, “Yes, I always felt Marguerite seemed

some money. Because she’s poor, she’s always scheming

asked, “Mr. Winston, we’ve

pockets, “Let her go. The further away she gets, the better. Before the divorce in three months, I

quickly removing all the bodyguards outside Marguerite’s

Sapphire Valley Estates was from the city, Chuck didn’t ask Marguerite to

Sapphire Valley Estates was illuminated

suddenly realized that her precious sapphire necklace

thought about all the places she’d been today. It seemed that the

be in his

necklace for twenty–two years, never