Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 550

In the evening, the dining room of the grand estate was winding down for the night.

Marguerite had not come down for dinner, and as the last of the guests trickled out, the servants began to clear away the remains of the feast.

Sadie placed three glasses of milk on a wooden tray and set them on the dining table before returning to the kitchen to prepare desserts.

Each glass bore a different color, designated for specific person.

Meanwhile, Yuna slinked by, a white pill clutched in her fist, her eyes darting nervously to the sleek black frosted glass that seemed to beckon her with its opaque sheen. Her mind wandered back to the afternoon phone call with Zoe-

“The pills you asked for have been delivered. They’re herbal, harmless to the body, and when mixed with milk, they induce vivid hallucinations. But the headaches they cause can be severe.”

Yuna’s eyes, shadowed with malice, betrayed her inner turmoil, “I understand.”

Zoe seemed even more anxious than Yuna, “Are you sure you want to do this? You do realize he is your…”

up my mind!”

thought

still echoed, unanswered, in Yuna’s mind. Could

to the rim of the glass,

a woman capable of the worst, but now, was she ready to extend this vendetta

just be outcast from the Winston

her nemesis as she did, Yuna was certain Marguerite wouldn’t rest until she was destroyed. It was, after

she strike first? She could not, would not,

the Fitzgerald family was hers by right; Freddie’s wife could only

had, Yuna was determined to seize!

the pill, but at the last moment, hesitation

in her internal struggle, she didn’t notice Sadie approaching from behind.

is everything all

Yuna’s fingers involuntarily

white pill slipped silently into