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Franklin had already shifted his focus back to the book when he casually commented,
“Your annotations are quite good.”
This was a compliment, but Maggie pretended not to hear it. She grabbed the hairdryer and
went back into the bathroom to dry her hair.
By the time she finished her skincare routine and lay down on the other side of the bed to
rest, Franklin was still reading.
He didn’t fall asleep immediately, and Maggie had no idea when he eventually did, as she fell asleep quickly.
The next morning, Maggie woke up early. The sun had just risen, but the other side of the
bed was already empty. The room was quiet, and Franklin was nowhere to be seen.
She was almost certain now that he hadn’t slept here last night–he must have gone to Julia’s room instead.
Was he that eager, unable to control himself even for a night?
After breakfast, Maggie packed her things, grabbed her suitcase, and was ready to leave.
As she opened the door, she overheard Isabella’s voice in the hallway: “Aunt Julie is so bad.
She promised to sleep with me last night, but when I woke up in the middle of the night, she
went back to her own room.”
Isabella was apparently complaining to Aunt Sara.
Upon hearing this, Maggie could confirm that Franklin hadn’t stayed in her room last night
but had gone to Julie’s instead. It was evident they had spent the night together.
Isabella then saw her dragging her suitcase out: “Mom?”
“Mm.” Maggie snapped out of her thoughts, closing the door behind her. “Mom has work to
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- do. You stay here and have fun with Daddy,”
Isabella nodded eagerly, “Okay, I’ll stay here, Mommy,”
Maggie went downstairs, and when she reached the bottom, she ran into Franklin, who mas with Julia.
Seeing her carrying a suitcase, Franklin asked, “Are you leaving?”
Maggie replied coldly, “Mm.”
“Did you call for a ride?”
“Yes.”
He didn’t stop her, simply saying, “Okay,”
Maggie walked out of the house, got into her car, and left.
Later that day, Levi woke up later than usual. When he came downstairs to join Franklin and the others for lunch, he suggested, “Frank, why don’t you go upstairs and ask her to
come back for a bit?”
By “ask,” he naturally meant ask Maggie.
Franklin responded indifferently, “No need. She’s already left.”
Levi raised an eyebrow. “She left?”
He paused, and so did Harry, who was sitting nearby.
“Yeah.” Franklin confirmed. “She had work to attend to.”
Levi, aware of the reasons behind Maggie’s departure–regarding her company and her decision to join Cole–smiled and said, “Wow, she’s busy again, huh? She was busy
yesterday, and now she’s busy today?”
He gave a knowing chuckle. “Doesn’t it seem like she can’t function without Cole around?”
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To be honest, Maggie had gotten in through the back door and had no real skills. She wasn’t one of Cole’s major shareholders either. If she said she was busy, it just sounded like an
excuse.
It was one thing to make excuses, but to make such a flimsy excuse…
Levi didn’t know what to say.
Julia, who overheard, understood Levi’s implied meaning. She chuckled silently as she continued eating.
Maggie had no idea what they were thinking. After leaving the hot spring resort, she headed straight to Cole and worked until it was dark.
After two days of nonstop work, she was finally planning to head home when her uncle, Jason, called.
Half an hour later, she returned to the Miller family house, where her uncle and his family–his wife and two children, Xavier and Hugo–were waiting.
When they saw her, they greeted her warmly: “Cousin!”
Maggie smiled faintly. “Mm.”
Hugo asked, “Where’s Isabella? Didn’t you say she came back to D City? Why didn’t she come for dinner?”
“She went to the hot springs and hasn’t come back yet.”
“Oh…”
Hugo, thinking that Isabella must have gone with Franklin to the hot springs, didn’t ask
further.
As Maggie was about to step inside, she paused when she saw the opposite villa. Her steps
faltered.
When she went to the hot spring resort earlier, she hadn’t thought to bring the keys to this
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villa. If she had, she could’ve started clearing out the remnants left by the Green family and
gotten it renovated again…
After dinner, the family chatted for a while, and when it was nearly 9 p.m., Maggie
prepared to leave.
Before she could leave, Old Lady Miller came out to see her off, holding her hand and saying, “If the Wilson family doesn’t want to come, don’t force them. I’m not desperate for
them to come to my birthday.”
Although her uncle had lowered his voice when handing her the invitations to avoid her
hearing, Maggie understood perfectly.
“I understand,” she replied.
Old Lady Miller and Old Lady Wilson had been close friends. Normally, Old Lady Wilson
would certainly attend Old Lady Miller’s birthday banquet.
However, because Old Lady Wilson was older, according to local customs, older family
members did not attend the birthday celebrations of those younger than them.
In previous years, Old Lady Miller’s birthday had been a low–key affair, just a family gathering for a simple meal.
Over the years, Franklin had never once come to celebrate the old lady’s birthday.
In the beginning, he had used the excuse that he was too busy. But Maggie knew that even
when he had time, he still wouldn’t attend, not even when he went out to hang out with
friends.
Even so, every year around the time of the old lady’s birthday, she would still hold on to a glimmer of hope and ask him in advance if he was free on that day and whether he could accompany her to her grandmother’s birthday celebration.
But every time, she would receive nothing but disappointment.
This year, she didn’t want to ask Franklin again.
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But this year, the old lady was celebrating her milestone birthday, and many of Maggie’s business partners had been invited by Jason.
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