Bride behind the mask novel (Marguerite) novel Chapter 669

After bidding farewell to Miley, Marguerite returned to the villa for breakfast, finding the dining room unusually crowded this morning. Besides Lisette, almost everyone had come down. The large dining room buzzed with an unexpected liveliness.

Powell's fractured leg was healing well, and he had traded his wheelchair for a cane. Jocelyn supported him as he took the head of the table. The Fitzgerald family's troubles were common knowledge among the household, yet everyone tacitly agreed to keep Hayes and Manley in the dark, avoiding the subject at breakfast. Instead, Powell hinted that he wanted Jocelyn to accompany him to the hospital later to visit Hackett. The Fitzgerald Group and the Winston Group were old family friends, and the Fitzgerald family's misfortune left everyone feeling uneasy. Thus, everyone focused on their meal, the room filled with nothing but the clinking of cutlery.

Frederick was the first to finish, elegantly wiping his mouth with a napkin before preparing to leave. Marguerite quickly put down her fork and knife to ask, "Are you heading to Poppy Petal Fragrances?"

Frederick nodded, "Yeah."

"Wait for me. I'll come with you."

She had hoped to rehire her former assistant from LuxeScents International, Hannah, but discovered Hannah had already found another position. Left with no choice, Marguerite posted a job listing. After interviewing several unsatisfactory candidates, she was about to give up when, on the last day of recruitment, she stumbled upon a neat resume. The applicant, a girl named Violet, appeared to be a typical Southern belle, beautiful with a lovely name. However, her lack of experience made Marguerite skeptical. Such a resume should have been filtered out in the initial selection process.

But since Violet had been invited for an interview, Marguerite decided to go through the motions. Expecting to ask a few cursory questions and then send her on her way, Marguerite was taken aback upon meeting Violet. The girl exuded an ethereal beauty, an innocence untouched by the world. What struck Marguerite most was the pale yellow scarf around Violet's neck, reminiscent of Penelope's style.