Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 761

Maggie's mind was practically short-circuited.

There, merely three steps away, lay Teresa and Frederick, yet her legs felt as though they were cemented to the floor, immovable.

She could hear Maurice's labored breathing, the noise from downstairs growing into a cacophonous blur.

She could even hear the buzzing in her brain as she turned to Maurice with a dazed expression, asking, "Who fired the shot!?"

Maurice lowered his eyelids, a heavy sigh escaping him, "Frederick."

Tears cascaded down Maggie's cheeks, her voice breaking amidst sobs, "Then who...who shot him?"

"It was me."

Maurice, clutching Teresa's fragile form, attempted to approach Maggie, but she shuddered, stepping back uncontrollably.

"Stay away!"

Her voice was a hoarse growl, an ominous warning, as she shielded her eyes, refusing to accept the reality unfolding before her.

It's all a lie! This can't be happening!

"Maggie..."

came back only to seek revenge! Revenge

technology, casting aside even blood ties! I intended to confront him today, but I never anticipated he would turn the

moment, Maggie felt the world

but to

speaking in hurried tones she couldn't grasp, shouting as they swiftly transported the critical Teresa and

Maggie remained frozen, unable to

Maurice quickly regain his composure, walking up to her and

in my power to save Teresa, and I'll fight

followed the medics, leaving Maggie alone on the

the gentle breeze

a stark reminder of the horror that had unfolded, snapping Maggie back to a grim reality she wished was

it be that returning to the neighborhood, sleeping off the shock, would make everything alright again? Would Frederick and Teresa wake her

how she left the rooftop, only that she moved like a zombie into the living room, clumsily colliding with

cutting her legs and arms, yet Maggie felt

her haze, she saw it was a

for the second party,

of Maurice's

changed! He came back after three years to