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.

didn’t want to recall

connection with Marguerite. Their similar experiences evoked deep

carefully at the photo, then hesitantly

he had a more peculiar feeling.

had the impression that he had

grandma seems very

returned to his desk, sitting across

She shrugged, looking at the photo. “True beauty comes from within. My granny

world.”

her a sapphire necklace with a floral pattern, but it had mysteriously disappeared, and she hadn’t

“Do you remember if I lost

scanning through some documents and didn’t look at her.

her gaze

She wasn’t sure.

she lost the necklace, she had been to many places.

Frederick look up. He glanced at her briefly, then bluntly said, “If you lost it, just buy a new one.”

think everything could be bought

loss for words: “I can’t afford

Marguerite had only been with the company for half a month and hadn’t

couldn’t afford to buy it, right?

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