Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 769

An hour into their high-speed train ride to Cresthaven, Manley had dozed off, his head resting on Hayes's shoulder, a lollipop still in his mouth.

Hayes, on the other hand, was restless, swiping through the screen of his children's smartwatch, where he had transferred all his chat records with a mysterious online friend.

The sudden alert that had appeared and then vanished from his screen was on his mind, as was the message he had sent that hadn't received a reply yet. Curiosity got the better of him, and he turned to Marguerite with a question.

"Mom, have you ever heard of a chip?" he asked.

"A chip?" Marguerite tensed up at the question.

Hayes nodded. "Yeah, like, if you put a chip into someone's brain, they lose all their memories."

His explanation was a bit off the mark, but Marguerite understood all too well.

What he was describing was the chip technology that Frederick and Maurice had been scrambling over just six months ago!

But how could Hayes possibly know about this technology?

After Frederick's death, the project, including the collaboration with the hacker, had been taken over by Maurice.

was marketed as an enhanced version of ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy), with no mention

was

surprise, Marguerite asked, "Why do you ask about this, Hayes?

he have heard it if not from that mysterious online

sure if they were the same person and decided to

I saw

a sigh of relief, pinched his cheek, and

reality is reality.

looked at his mom, half-convinced. Marguerite offered him a

evils. If it hadn't existed, Frederick would never have gone to Veracoria, nor would he

of that had happened, Frederick and

painful memories, but the more she tried to avoid them, the more they haunted

And she was puzzled.

so he would never have pulled the

desperate for the technology then, allow Frederick

make

sleeping pills and soon fell