Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 472

Marguerite was taken aback by Miley’s explanation.

“So, she handed over the position meant for her daughter to me?”

“No kidding!” Miley rolled her eyes at Marguerite with no pretense of subtlety. “Marguerite, seriously, what’s your secret? How come everyone’s just falling head over heels for you? I’m starting to get a wee bit jealous over here.”

Marguerite nearly burst into laughter.

“Don’t you go buttering me up! Aren’t you the same? Penelope must like you too, right? Why else would she sneak you into the company through the back door?”

“That’s not it at all!” Miley was a mix of indignation and a touch of wistfulness, “Penelope doesn’t even know I’m Robert’s girlfriend! I got the job on my own merits! I’m a private investigator by trade, you know. Just last week, while digging up info for a client, I found that the Fitzgeralds trying to set up Robert with a marriage alliance. So, naturally, I rushed over!”

Marguerite looked at Miley’s childlike frustration and couldn’t help but find it both exasperating and amusing, “With that firecracker personality, you should be chasing off those would-be fiancées, not sneaking around.”

you know!”

teasing

you had the

But Hackett Fitzgerald looks down on my family

mother-in-law first, right? Maybe once Penelope gets to know me, sees my charm, she might come around. Anyway, Penelope is definitely going

parallels between her

the early stages of their relationships, neither was accepted by

her might and main. In contrast, here was Marguerite, still hesitating because of Frederick’s ‘I don’t love you,’ unsure whether

happened to Mr. Winston? I stopped by Thunderbolt Enterprises before coming here and saw Robert tending to

hesitated, instinctively wanting to keep the truth

this matter should not be disclosed to anyone, but Miley caught the fleeting look of evasion in Marguerite’s eyes. “Don’t you dare keep things from me! Remember my profession – if there’s something I want to know, I’ll dig it up even if it’s

and knowing that she could probably worm it out of Robert anyway, Marguerite let down her guard

how he ended up back at the Winston Mansion, and every last detail of Barnes

then looked at Marguerite, finding the

you before he

Marguerite nodded.