Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 418

A half-hour later, at Emerald Meadows.

As soon as Maurice walked into the room, he saw Marguerite bustling about in the kitchen.

She was wearing a beige silk gown, the material draped perfectly over her figure, and the length of the gown accentuating her curvaceous form.

Maurice’s eyes narrowed as he moved in to wrap his arms around Marguerite’s slender waist from behind, “Are you bored? You rarely come into the kitchen.”

His cool hand traced over the fabric of her dress, causing Marguerite to break out in goosebumps. She pushed him away in a panic, her face alert,

“Back off!”

Maurice remained calm, advancing once more but avoiding any physical contact.

“We’ll hear from our son soon,” he said.

always catch you

taken aback, then disbelief set in, “Really? You’re

she accidentally knocked over the trash bin by

wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! Perseverance pays

was found, she vowed to stick by his side, never letting him out of her

spread across Maurice’s face, “But if our son comes back, he wouldn’t want his parents to be apart. He’d want a complete

paused, sensing that Maurice was once again bringing up

He is your son too, how could you use him as a bargaining chip, threatening me into marrying you?”

shrugged nonchalantly, undeterred, “I’m thinking the best for our

confident in getting me to marry you, so why are you saying all this now?”

difference between voluntary and

forced? Well, that’s a

flared, her eyes blazing as she met his gaze,

just playing a game with me! You not only want to outdo Frederick, you also want to win me over, to prove yourself superior to Frederick, to show that with just a snap of your fingers, I’d fall into your arms! You’re wrong, Maurice, you’ve been a loser from

and tolerant towards Marguerite for the past three years, no matter how she acted