Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 509

In that moment, Marguerite struggled to steady her emotions. She had just discovered that the mother and son she had helped years ago were none other than Frederick and Jocelyn. How had she failed to recognize them all this time?

What touched her most was the realization that her small act of kindness, something she thought of as an inconsequential gesture, had stayed with Frederick for so long.

“When did you know that the girl, the one you were looking for, was me?” she asked.

His gaze turned distant, as if he were speaking of someone else’s life. “Three years ago, the day we fell apart.”

It was the same day her grandmother was laid to rest-the day Frederick had intended to confess his feelings to her!

Marguerite cursed the timing of her knowledge.

Had she known earlier that Frederick had been searching for her, had she known of his intentions, she would never have gone to the Winston estate to meet Maurice.

the identity of the

to be with Frederick, even if it meant fleeing with him, far from the comforts of Stonebridge City. She would

second chances, and her regrets were now a

throat as she spoke, “Why didn’t you tell me that day?”

went to the Winston estate to tell you everything,” he said.

Marguerite was not just to acknowledge the debt of a life saved.

woman from that passionate night-a question left unanswered as the woman’s face captured on the security

he could voice his doubts, Marguerite would reveal something far more consequential-something that would alter the course of

to send Yuna to the island was a last grasp at hope; if the child wasn’t his, then the only other possibility was

were true, he’d find any excuse for her, believing she must’ve been

secret.

often cruel, and he was left to face the painful

it, the sadder she became. She hadn’t realized the significance she held in his heart, and perhaps that was why

a sudden lift of her face, her eyes brimming with tears and sincerity, she asked, “Do you still hate