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

heartily, teasing Miley further:

with all your ‘my mother-in-law this and that,’ you had the Fitzgerald clan eating out of your hand. Turns out they

down on my family for being new money from a lottery

problem at its root, you’ve got to butter up the mother-in-law first, right? Maybe once

parallels between her

relationships, neither was accepted by their

and main. In contrast, here was Marguerite, still hesitating because of Frederick’s ‘I don’t

urgent, quickly asking, “By the way, what happened to Mr. Winston? I stopped by Thunderbolt Enterprises before coming here and saw Robert tending to his wounds. They looked like

to keep the

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

probably worm it out of Robert anyway, Marguerite let down her guard and spilled the beans about everything that had happened over the past couple of

Mansion, and every last detail of Barnes and Yuna’s behavior in the holding

listened intently and then looked at Marguerite, finding the

staring at you before he asked Mr. Winston to

Marguerite nodded.