Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 434

Marguerite prepared a tray of freshly washed fruits and brought it to Jocelyn’s room.

At that time, Powell was already fast asleep on the bed. Meanwhile, Jocelyn was sitting on a rocking chair beside the bed, donned in reading glasses, attentively scrutinizing what looked like a financial report.

Tip–toeing her way, Marguerite approached gently and said in a low voice, “Jocelyn, the fruits are ready.”

Jocelyn, engrossed in her report with one hand and marking annotations with a pen in the other, did not look up. “Just leave it there. Powell can have it when he wakes up.”

As soon as she finished her sentence, Marguerite grabbed a cherry and tried to feed it to Jocelyn, “I got all your favorites! You like cherries, right?”

Hearing it. Jocelyn paused, removed her glasses, and looked up at Marguerite. Her expression was somewhat serious, but Marguerite’s playful smile made her lose her stern demeanor.

“Weren’t you supposed to be taking care of the kids, what are you doing here?”

looking innocent, “That’s just an excuse

Marguerite, helpless, “You shouldn’t have tried

she understood the rationale, her rebellious nature

over to see what Jocelyn was writing, skillfully diverting the topic. “Jocelyn, this is the

bringing the conversation back on

to win you over. Now that Yuna has gone over to her side too. Aren’t you worried they’ll

face, “That’s their business, and what’s it got to do with

chuckling. “If you’re not scheming against others, you’re

could scheme against me, but I know you wouldn’t. So even if I went over to Lisette’s side, she’d only treat me as a

have time to play games with you! Remember, Lisette is going to be your

because Jocelyn once again gave Marguerite a sense of warmth,

Marguerite’s deflated tone, retorted, “So, if you’re not

to be your daughter–in–law. But now I can see him every day, and I

looked deeply at Marguerite, not uttering

was moving; it seemed as though there was a faint