Franklin had already shifted his focus back to the book when he casuallymented, "Your annotations are quite good."
This was apliment, 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 andy down on the other side of the bed to rest, Franklin was still reading.
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 herest 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 Isabe''s voice in the hallway: "Aunt Julie is so bad. She promised to sleep with mest night, but when I woke up in the middle of the night, she went back to her own room." Isabe was apparentlyining to Aunt Sara.
Upon hearing this, Maggie could confirm that Franklin hadn''t stayed in her roomst night but had gone to Julie''s instead. It was evident they had spent the night together.
Isabe then saw her dragging her suitcase out: "Mom?"
"Mm." Maggie snapped out of her thoughts, closing the door behind her. "Mom has work to do. You stay here and have fun with Daddy."
Isabe nodded eagerly, "Okay, I''ll stay here, Mommy."
Maggie went downstairs, and when she reached the bottom, she ran into Franklin, who was 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 upter than usual. When he came downstairs to join Franklin and the others for lunch, he
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suggested, "Frank, why don''t you go upstairs and ask her toe back for a barr
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 herpany 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?"
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 nning to head home when her uncle, Jason, called.
Half an hourter, 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 Isabe? Didn''t you say she came back to D City? Why didn''t shee for dinner?"
"She went to the hot springs and hasn''te back yet."
"Oh..."
Hugo, thinking that Isabe 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 vi. Her steps faltered.
When she went to the hot spring resort earlier, she hadn''t thought to bring the keys to this vi. 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.
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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 toe, don''t force them. I''m not desperate for them toe 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, ording to local customs, older family members did not attend the birthday
Webrations 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 oncee to celebrate the olddy''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 olddy''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 apany 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.
But this year, the olddy was celebrating her milestone birthday, and many of Maggie''s business partners had been invited by jason.
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