Bride behind the mask novel (Marguerite) novel Chapter 668

Maggie had been on the verge of spilling the beans about Aunt Penny's mishap when her eyes inadvertently caught Ben's innocent gaze. The thought of breaking the sad news to the little guy was too much for her heart to bear. So, she forced a smile and deflected, "I'm not quite sure what's up with Aunt Penny. Let me check in with her, and I'll fill you in by tomorrow, okay?"

Tess shook her head, her worry evident. "I wanna know now. I'm really worried about Aunt Penny!"

"Alright, my little superheroes, time to head to bed. I promise, first thing tomorrow morning, I'll tell you everything!"

With Maggie's words, Tess had no choice but to let it go, taking Ben by the hand and heading to their room.

No sooner had the kids left than Maggie barely had time to get into bed before Miley wrapped her in a tight embrace.

"Maggie, I'm just so heartbroken..."

Miley's voice was laden with sorrow, a mirror to Maggie's own feelings.

"I really loved my mother-in-law! Just a few days ago, she had a talk with me about supporting you at work. She even asked me to try and get Robert to stop butting heads with Hackett. I could feel she was starting to accept me. But before I could spend more time with her, this happened."

Miley's tears flowed freely, and Maggie, equally pained, found no words to comfort her. She could only listen quietly as Miley poured out her heart, both of them crying themselves into an exhausted sleep in the early hours.

The next morning, Maggie was awakened by the shrill ring of Miley's phone. Springing up, Miley muttered into the phone for a while before hurriedly getting dressed and rushing to freshen up.

Barely awake, Maggie asked, "Why are you up so early? Why not sleep in a bit?"

Miley peeked out from the bathroom, her mouth full of toothpaste. "Robert said Hackett's fallen ill and is in the hospital. But they're still trying to recover my mother-in-law's body, and I need to be there for him."

Maggie couldn’t help but be exasperated. "Now? You're bringing this up now?"

"I overheard Maurice using marriage to pressure you again last night, so it came back to me. Yesterday morning, I had a friend at the bank check Maurice’s accounts and saw he’s been making regular payments to someone named Daphne. Sounds like a woman’s name, probably someone he's keeping on the side. Just... be careful, okay?"

"Why should I care who he sends money to? Just go, Miley. Don't worry about this nonsense."

Maggie urged her to leave, watching Miley’s car disappear into the distance. As she turned back, the name "Daphne" lingered in her mind, but Maggie quickly shook it off, refusing to give it another thought.

Frankly, for a man as handsome and powerful as Maurice, it would be more surprising if there weren’t other women fluttering around him.