Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 716

Two days later, the funeral was held as scheduled.

At the crack of dawn, the Winston family hurried to the cemetery to meet up with

Robert and the others. Powell was recovering well; he no longer needed a wheelchair, although he walked with a slight limp. Jocelyn supported him

throughout.

"Powell, we didn't even drop Lisette a line before heading out. Should you give her a call later?" Jocelyn asked.

Leaning on his cane, with Jocelyn at his side, Powell scoffed, "Since when do I need to report my every move to her? Forget about her; she went back to her parents' place."

"Back to her parents'? What about Maurice? Did he go with her?"

"Maurice is off on a business trip abroad. His flight was at 10 a.m."

Jocelyn nodded slightly, not prying further.

Marguerite, however, paused for a moment. She knew exactly why Maurice was traveling abroad and instinctively looked towards Frederick, asking in a hushed tone, "The funeral won't be over until noon. Will you be able to catch him?"

Hacking into the system won't be that

confident, Marguerite

staff. The atmosphere was heavy and somber, with more and more people arriving to

turned to Miley and asked, "Why haven't Yuna and

matter what I say, he refuses to come. Yuna

back? What

something! Maybe she feared that being at the cemetery would stir Penelope's spirit

waiting in the parking lot. Everything was set, and Marguerite was determined to arrest Yuna right in front of

sought out Frederick and got straight to the point, "This is Penelope's funeral, for heaven's sake. How can both her husband

realized that Marguerite had been inquiring about Yuna's whereabouts these last few days. When

frowning as he asked Marguerite, "Do you want

not bothering to hide

is

that insensitive, Frederick? It's exactly because it's

what might unfold, Frederick could already guess, but he still agreed to help.

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