Bride Behind the Mask novel Chapter 17

Yuna looked like she'd taken a punch, her eyes brimming with tears, ready to spill over at any second. "Freddie, have you changed your mind? You don't want to marry me anymore? Are you just looking for an excuse to ditch me? It's okay, I can take whatever comes. I've tried so hard to find someone who can bring me happiness, and I just... I guess I'm just unlucky."

Hearing this, Frederick felt a pang of pain. "You got it all wrong. It takes three months to process a divorce. Once that's over, I'll marry you right away. I've been looking for you for over a decade, it has to be you who becomes my wife."

Yuna thought, “he had been looking for Marguerite, not me!”

This made Yuna fume. What's so great about Marguerite? What made a powerful and influential man like Frederick chase after her for so long? But then she thought, “what does it matter?” As long as she could replace Marguerite, and as long as she had that sapphire necklace, Marguerite wouldn't stand a chance against her!

With this in mind, Yuna nodded obediently, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have been so impatient, it's just that I love you so much. Frederick, I'll wait for you, I'll wait for you to marry me after your divorce."

Afraid that Frederick might change his mind, she brought up the subject of marriage again.

Frederick's lips pressed tightly. He did plan to get married. But before that, he needed to figure something out! "Yuna, did you wear perfume the night we were together?"

Yuna was taken aback, did Marguerite wear perfume that night? She knew nothing about the details between Marguerite and Frederick. But afraid of giving herself away, she had no choice but to bluff, "I think I did."

"Which one?"

Frederick's intense gaze made Yuna feel uneasy. But then she remembered, Marguerite would never afford a perfume. So, what Frederick smelled that night, could it be Marguerite's natural scent?

With this thought, Yuna confidently corrected herself, "Freddie, I was wrong. I was in a rush that night and didn't wear any perfume. If you smelled something, it must have been my natural scent."

It wasn't her natural scent! How could the perfume mixed by Marguerite smell exactly like Yuna? Where did things go wrong?

Unable to find the answer, Frederick decided to let it go for now.

"Forget it, we'll talk about it later." Frederick looked at Yuna, and asked, "I heard from Chuck that your family's casino lost a lot of money?"

Even before she came to the company, her mother had told her to borrow money from Frederick. They owed 10 million, and only Frederick could save them now. Upon hearing this, she immediately nodded, putting on a pitiful act, "Freddie, can you lend me some money? Our family owes 10 million and we've already sold all our possessions. We wanted to mortgage our house to the creditors, but we ran into a demolition, and the compensation of the stingy demolition company is not enough."