Bride Behind the Mask novel Chapter 436

Robert's here?

Jocelyn rose to her feet quickly. "I'll go out and welcome him. Would you like to join me?"

Marguerite, whose eyes were already red and swollen from crying, shook her head heavily. "I'd rather not. I'm not exactly in a state to entertain guests."

Jocelyn gave Marguerite a sympathetic look, nodded, and took her hand to walk her out. "Why don't you go rest in your room? I'll come check on you later?"

"Okay."

Marguerite's room was upstairs. Jocelyn accompanied her to the stairwell before they went their separate ways.

Marguerite, still trying to regain her emotional stability, slowly climbed the stairs to her room.

As she stepped off the stairs and onto the hall, she noticed a strange woman looking around as if searching for something.

"Hello, can I help you find someone?" Marguerite asked.

The woman turned at the sound of her voice. She was dressed in a simple beige dress covered by a white coat. The yellow scarf around her neck, however, gave her an air of elegance.

Marguerite stared at the woman's features and froze.

The woman bore a resemblance to Zoe, but she was far more sophisticated and refined.

Upon seeing Marguerite, the woman displayed a brief moment of unease.

"I'm Penelope, a friend of Powell's," the woman explained. "I heard he was ill and brought my son, Robert, to visit."

So, she was Robert's mother. No wonder she was so elegant.

"Ma'am, Mr. Powell's room is downstairs. You seem to have taken a wrong turn," Marguerite replied politely.