Bride Behind The Mask (Frederick and Marguerite)

Chapter 826

As soon as they left the hospital, Marguerite and little Margot headed back to school.

It was the end of the school day, so Margot barely waited for Marguerite's car to come to a stop before she dashed off towards the familiar SUV parked under a large oak tree across the narrow street.

From where Marguerite stood, she could see Silas stepping out of the driver's seat and gently securing Margot in the backseat's child safety seat.

Margot seemed to chat with him about something, and Silas cast a glance in their direction. His eyes were as deep and sorrowful as ever, carrying a meaning Marguerite couldn't quite decipher.

Silas always looked at her like that, and it made Marguerite's heart race with unease.

She wanted to avoid the confrontation, but felt she should at least get out of the car to explain Margot's little bump on the head. Yet, before she could even open her door, Silas had climbed back into the driver's seat, started the engine, and

drove away.

Not a single word was exchanged between them, but it left Marguerite with a mix of emotions.

to stop herself from overthinking. After all, her and Silas's paths had only crossed a week ago. There was no need to get so

to the present as the backseat door swung open, and

Marguerite, Uncle Tony just dropped us off, and we saw your car! Did

the two excited boys through the rearview mirror and simply nodded, "Yep. I'm taking

while Hayes remained as composed

buckled in, Marguerite started the car and drove away from

planned to drop Hayes and Manley off and then head back to her apartment, but as soon as they stepped into

and Robert were back from their honeymoon, eagerly handing out gifts and delighting Penelope

and Manley ran to them, playfully demanding,

Transformer toy for Manley. "Here you

over the moon, even though his collection of Transformers was already quite extensive.

behind Manley, waiting quietly as if he were

is a custom-built computer I put

ever calm and collected, gently kissed Robert's