Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 580

Words failed to capture the turmoil raging within Frederick’s heart.

Jocelyn, on the other hand, was utterly baffled.

Ever since they’d moved into the Winston Estate, their paths crossed more frequently, but Marguerite was always hustling, leaving at dawn and returning well past dusk due to her demanding job.

In all honesty, Jocelyn and Hayes didn’t interact much.

Yet, the words Hayes had for Marguerite were undeniably the highest form of praise.

“Hayes, why would you say that?”

Hayes, hands jammed in his pockets, chin tilted up, appeared to be seriously pondering the question.

“Because… Aunt Marguerite is kind, thoughtful… sincere, and she cares about me…”

He articulated each thought as it came to him. He racked his brain for all of Marguerite’s virtues, wishing he could ascribe every splendid word in the world to her. But to Hayes, even those words seemed too shallow, hardly sufficient to express his true sentiments.

He sighed, resigning to a vague summation, “It’s just a feeling!”

Yes, a feeling! To him, Aunt Marguerite felt more like family than his own mother ever did!

welling up with emotion, her heart swelling with a sense of tenderness.

those who treat them well. Hayes’ affection for Marguerite was

wasn’t easy. The warmth that Hayes’ actual mother Yuna had failed to provide, he’d found anew

heart ached even more

grudges, for the sake of the child, it’s time to let

unsettled after three long years, yet his mother was determinedly nudging

unfocused, shrouded in a thick fog of

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“Didn’t I say I’d look

Jocelyn challenged. “Behind her

reddened, his demeanor icy,

doing for her? Listen, as someone who’s been through it all, you shouldn’t hide everything from her. Love is love. Don’t play games.

caught between Marguerite and her son, never daring to jump to conclusions

was because she wasn’t sure which was stronger in her son’s heart towards Marguerite, love or

moving back to the Winston Estate, their daily

course, she had to give him

might still linger, but it had