Bride Behind the Mask novel Chapter 316

Marguerite couldn't recall how she'd left the lounge, or how she'd ended up in the car.

By the time she'd gathered her senses, Maurice already had the car parked in front of the mansion. Marguerite was about to step out of the car when Maurice grabbed her wrist, "What's the matter? You are upset to find out your old flame is doing well?"

Marguerite didn't understand where Maurice's resentment came from. "Don't call him my old flame. He never responded to my feelings."

"Unrequited love is always cheap."

Marguerite pulled her hand back, her words biting, "You don't even deserve cheap love."

His hands grasped her shoulders, pulling her closer. "Marguerite, you want to see him, don't you? Now that you have, you should consider my proposal."

"What proposal?" Marguerite was still reeling from seeing Frederick, and Maurice's words were just adding to her confusion.

"Marry me."

"I'm not in the mood for romance."

"If you want to find your son, you'd better stick close to me."

Marguerite stared at him, realizing for the first time how his assertiveness scared her.

She'd made her intentions clear, yet he was obsessively trying to keep her by his side. In the past three years, countless women had messed around with Maurice. Wasn't there anyone who could fill his twisted, empty heart?

Maybe it was because she was hard to get, inflating his pride, that he only saw her as a game piece. But love wasn't a game, and while he couldn't see his own heart, Marguerite could.

If she couldn't be with Frederick, she didn't care who she ended up marrying, but it would never be Maurice.

His intensity scared her, but she couldn't have insisted on this when she knew it was wrong.

Marguerite stared him down, freeing herself from his grip, exiting the car, and slamming the door behind her without a second look.