Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 617

Frederick hadn’t once brought up the idea of getting married on the same day as Marguerite, let alone marrying Yuna.

“If memory serves, it’s you who had been saying that,” Frederick remarked, and Marguerite was momentarily flabbergasted,

Then it struck her, as she replayed the myriad of interactions with him over the past few days. He really hadn’t mentioned it, not once.

But how had the rumor of his engagement to Yuna reached her ears?

It took her a moment, but then she pinpointed the source, Maurice. He’d been revealing “information” to her, even deliberately leaking the false news of Frederick’s concurrent wedding plans. But after figuring out this, Marguerite was more puzzled than ever.

Her face a picture of urgency, she pressed, “Even if it was all in my head, why didn’t you correct me when I brought it up?”

Frederick chuckled, “And what would that prove, exactly?”

Marguerite was momentarily stumped, words failing her. What did she want to prove? That Frederick had no intention of marrying Yuna? Or that he still harbored some soft spot for her?

Marguerite had always been greedy when it came to him. She wanted to prove both, yet as the words reached her lips, she was filled with hesitation, leaving her mute.

gaze

his eyes.

of distress, as if it offered some outlet

over her past betrayal.

turn into an awkward

and Frederick.

guru in matters of the heart, she sensed an opportunity and, not one to miss a beat,

and shot a covert text to Robert sitting across the

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