Bride behind the mask novel (Marguerite)
Chapter 584

An hour later, at the modern tower's bistro.

Yuna had just taken a tumble out of the elevator, ruining the fur-trimmed dress she had so carefully chosen for the evening. As a result, she had to go to the mall for a quick change of clothes, which made her half an hour late to the restaurant.

Robert was perched by the window, his disdain palpable as Yuna came into view.

Hackett observed Robert's behavior with a frown and whispered a stern warning, "Today marks the anniversary of your mother and me. For the sake of our celebration, try to be decent to your sister." Sister? He never truly accepted Yuna as such! Robert wanted to retort, but he didn't want to ruin his parents' special day, so he swallowed his words.

Yuna approached the table timidly, her eyes skittering over to the empty seat next to Robert, her feigned timidity nauseatingly evident, "Bro, may I sit here next to you?" Robert chose to ignore her, sullenly sipping his drink.

Hackett shot him a displeased look before turning to Yuna, his expression softening as he reassured her, "Go ahead! Of course, you can sit there! We're all family here!"

As Yuna sat down, she sneaked a glance at Robert, looking utterly intimidated, as though he had bullied her before.

Then she lifted her eyelids and turned to her parents, obediently saying, "Dad, Mom, happy anniversary!"

Hackett, ever the doting father, was over the moon with her wish.

He quickly poured her a glass of orange juice and inquired, "Yuna, you got off work an hour ago, why are you so late? Was there traffic?"

Yuna shook her head, her face suddenly stricken, "Dad, no. I had a bit of a disagreement with a colleague and took a fall, my dress was ruined. I couldn't come to your anniversary dinner all messed up, so I stopped to buy this outfit."

Hackett's ears perked up at the key details, "A disagreement with a colleague? Who dared to mess with my daughter? Speak up! I'll handle it!"

Yuna lowered her eyelashes, silent for a moment before her eyes welled up with tears, "It's okay, Dad. It was just a little incident."

"What little incident? You're about to cry! My daughter's tears are no small matter!" Hackett's voice boomed.

Penelope thought Hackett was overreacting. She patted his hand and coaxed softly, "Relax, if she says it's nothing big, let it be." And then to Yuna, "If you don't want to talk about it, then don't. Let's eat."

Yuna had to swallow her words back.

She wanted to talk! She was waiting for Hackett to ask so she could spill the beans! Damn it! Penelope just didn't understand her! With that in mind, Yuna could only nod in agreement, "Alright, let's not talk about it."

However, the next second, her tears fell like pearls off a string, unabated.

Hackett's gaze tightened and he grasped Yuna's hand urgently, "Tell me what happened. I brought you back to the family to enjoy the good life, not to suffer!"

Yuna sniffled and shook her head, glancing unintentionally at Robert, “Dad, I'm scared to say...”

Scared to say? In the company, the only ones with the clout to upset his daughter, besides Frederick, were Marguerite!

But he had heard Frederick hadn't even been to the office today, which only left Marguerite!

Realizing this, Hackett slammed his palm on the table, "Is it Marguerite again?"

Robert exchanged a look with his mother and couldn't hold back his frustration, "Why does everything have to be about Marguerite? Isn't this supposed to be your anniversary? Let's not talk about things we shouldn't!"

Yuna, in between sobs, pitifully dabbed at her tears, "Brother's right. It really isn't much about Marguerite today. It was Miley..."

Robert tensed up immediately.

Hackett paused, "Miley? Who's that?"

Penelope pondered for a moment, "Marguerite's assistant."

But Yuna cautiously eyed Robert's expression, hesitating to speak.

Hackett furrowed his brow, "Yuna, why do you keep looking at your brother? Wasn't it this Miley person who upset you?"

Yuna trembled, "It was Miley... I'm just afraid that mentioning it might anger my brother..."

"Why would he get angry?"

Yuna, feigning innocence, stuttered, "Because... Miley is actually my brother's girlfriend..."