Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 456

Half an hour later. The imposing Maybach came to a commanding stop outside a nondescript building on the outskirts of the city–a private detention facility.

The back door was opened respectfully by a bodyguard, and Frederick in a slate–grey suit stepped out without a hint of emotion visible on his face. His eyes shone brightly but betrayed a bloodthirsty cruelty.

Chuck hurried over to report, “Mr. Winston, we’ve apprehended the culprit. We checked his phone–it was clean. It’s likely been tampered with by a hacker. So, there might be someone behind him.”

“Who’s the culprit?”

Frederick’s commanding voice sent a shiver down Chuck’s spine, and he couldn’t help but glance at the sign above the detention center, his face a mix of difficulty and regret as he sighed softly,

“You’ll see for yourself once you go in, Mr. Winston.”

Chuck’s roundabout way of speaking irked Frederick, but he held his tongue and entered with an entourage of bodyguards in tow.

As soon as the door swung open, Frederick caught sight of the handcuffed culprit and his eyes widened in shock.

“Barnes?”

How could it be him?

curled into a smirk. Despite having betrayed Frederick, the sight of his former master still

years,

filled with murderous confusion, “You’re the one

been three years, but the aura Frederick

intent seeping into Frederick’s bones, his jaw clenched so tight that veins bulged on his forehead, his eyes burning with rage as if

were terse, the simple question

meet Frederick’s gaze, only

he might not escape with

there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s the importance of ‘loyalty,‘ Mr. Winston. I was

though often extorting money from Yuna, was aware he had a

secret. But as the only blood relative he had, Manley held

risked his life

because he wanted Manley to become the

in endless wealth and privilege, living a

that Yuna would play him

caught him completely off

again. Everyone turned to

tone was naturally harsh when he saw Marguerite, “Who

told that woman to stay out of it, yet here she was, showing up