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

silence, with the

housekeeper, Sadie, watched Marguerite’s expression

simply, thin as a stick. But her delicate hands looked pitiful,

obviously a poor girl, but her eyes

are you in some kind of trouble? You can talk to

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

in any trouble, and I’m just as confused about

Frederick and current marriage laws meant she

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

even look at Frederick, so indifferent she didn’t even

creased, and he said coldly, “Stop

around in surprise, her clear eyes conveying

not that simple.” Frederick turned to Sadie, continuing to

deceived. How could he possibly let this woman leave without finding

all the information on Marguerite and rushed

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

information is very clear. She has no parents, no relatives, she’s listed as

around.

mechanically, “Yes,

lit end of the cigar illuminating his sharp face,

illiterate.”

in agreement, “Yes, I always felt

scam some money. Because she’s poor,

Winston, we’ve checked all of Marguerite’s

his pockets, “Let her go. The further away she gets, the better.

his boss‘ orders, quickly

how far Sapphire Valley Estates was from the city, Chuck didn’t

night deepened, the grand Sapphire Valley Estates was illuminated by the bright moonlight. Everyone was

she suddenly realized that her precious sapphire

about all the places she’d been today. It seemed that the necklace had been missing since

the necklace be in his

been wearing this necklace for twenty–two