Chapter 111

“Oh, okay.” Marguerite slurred out through heavy eyelids, nearly falling asleep.

“You agreed?”

Agreed?

What on earth did she agree to?

Marguerite tried to fight the fatigue, attempting to recall what Frederick just said, and then her eyes widened in surprise.

What?

Frederick was taking her to his father’s birthday party?

This was the first time she’d heard anything about his family from him, and she couldn’t help but be a bit taken aback.

Shifting slightly on the bed, she attempted to put some distance between them. “We’re nearly divorced. Is it really appropriate for me to meet your family now?”

Frederick casually draped his arm over her waist. “I just need you there to ward off other women. Don’t overthink it.”

“You could take Yuna.”

Yuna, Frederick’s

she was better–looking than Marguerite, but she

be so

instinctively brought up Yuna’s name, Frederick’s heart

none of

in Frederick’s tone, and it put a

her hand, indecisively saying,

for a while but couldn’t

didn’t understand why she was so

wanted to use her to ward off other women; his parents probably didn’t even know she

these circumstances, they definitely wouldn’t like

feel a bit downcast; she turned her

found that he had already closed

“Frederick?”

he was actually asleep or just pretending, Marguerite tried calling out

her head away in resignation,

sleepiness had disappeared entirely due to Frederick’s

Marguerite was jolted awake by the sound

blinking her blurry eyes open, she saw sparks flying from the

from the

surprise.

Frederick replied. “Fixing

doorknob had broken last night, which was why she ended up

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