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 off guard.

then disbelief set in, “Really?

she accidentally knocked over the trash bin by her

is wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! Perseverance pays

was found, she vowed to stick by

her joy, a smile 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

sensing that Maurice was once again

with a sense of sorrow, “Maurice! He is your son too, how could you use him as a bargaining

shrugged nonchalantly, undeterred, “I’m thinking

me to marry you, so why

her, “There’s a difference between

that’s a grand way

flared, her eyes blazing as she met his

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

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