Chapter 50

“Is that really you?” Frederick asked in disbelief, “You’ve changed so much?”

Marguerite shrugged it off. “So, are you saying I’m ugly now? All kids look pretty much the same, and mind you, I was only a few days old then.”

Frederick’s eyes were glued to the photo. It was of a lively old lady holding a baby in swaddling clothes, both beaming brightly.

Snow was falling around them, but the old lady’s clothes were thin and shabby. It was a heart-wrenching sight.

No wonder Marguerite was taken in by the Lockwood family. The old lady seemed not to have the means to raise a child.

Did her parents abandon her right after she was born?

Frederick wanted to ask Marguerite about her parents and consider if he should help her find them, but he decided against it.

Marguerite never mentioned her parents or grandma, probably because it hurt too much.

He didn’t want to reopen her wounds.

At this point, she was very much like him.

Even though he now successfully controlled the entire Winston Group, his childhood experience of being driven out of the family by his father was still a painful

scar.

and didn’t want to recall

he felt a mysterious connection with Marguerite. Their similar experiences evoked deep sympathy in him.

looked carefully at the photo, then hesitantly handed it back to

he had a

impression that he had seen the old

seems very kind.”

returned to his desk, sitting across from Marguerite.

at the photo. “True beauty comes from within. My

world.”

with a floral pattern, but it had mysteriously disappeared, and she

moment, then looked at Frederick, tentatively asking, “Do you remember if I lost a necklace in your room? Have

look at her. “Are you sure you lost it in

lip, her gaze shifting on

She wasn’t sure.

necklace,

her briefly, then bluntly said, “If you lost it, just buy a new one.”

Did he think everything

at a loss for

the company for half a month and hadn’t received

afford to buy it,

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