Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 505

Zoe felt like the ground was spinning beneath her feet. The shocking revelation nearly buckled her knees, and she stumbled back a step.

“The child you brought back is a mirror image of Yuna! You spun things perfectly, claiming you had twins. Am I wrong?”

As Frederick laid bare the deeds of twenty-five years ago without any reservation, Zoe was struck speechless, her eyes wide with a mix of guilt and astonishment.

How could she have known that Frederick had once sought out Thelma?

What was she to do now?

Every eye in the room was on her, and Hackett’s gaze was so sharp, she felt it could cut right through her.

Damn it all! She was one crucial step away from sending Yuna off to be the darling heiress of the Fitzgeralds!

With Yuna, the Lockwoods would bask in endless luxury and prestige! They wouldn’t have to live at the mercy of Frederick’s whims anymore!

had to think fast, think of

Yuna, not Marguerite! Since Yuna was the precious daughter of the Fitzgeralds, we treated her with the utmost care, raising her as our own!

surpassed even that for Marguerite, so everyone naturally assumed Yuna was our flesh and blood, and Marguerite the adopted one. But in order for Yuna to grow up well, we let others speak as they wished. We didn’t want a single scratch

face was streaked with tears, evidently swayed

Zoe’s venomous words from the past seemed to have

mommy so distraught,

portrait would cause, she never would

it was all her

fool everyone else, but

all these years. What kind

he didn’t really care whose child

of pain and unspoken perseverance, it stirred an

Marguerite’s smaller one, giving her strength while he bluntly challenged Zoe, “Once you claimed Marguerite was a street beggar, then your adopted

Zoe stood frozen.