---- Chapter 372 Before arriving, he had actually asked Franklin on the phone whether Julia would being to visit the olddy. Franklin said she wouldn''t. Leviter found out the reason-Ste had already made it clear the night before: Julia wasn''t allowed to visit.
Ste''s exact words had been, "Don''t bring irrelevant people into the ward to disturb your grandmother''s rest." Thinking of that, Levi was tempted to gossip about it, but seeing Isabe and the butler nearby, he decided against it. After visiting the olddy, both Franklin and Harry had work to do, so they didn''t stay long.
As they were leaving, Levi said, "If you guys can spare some time tonight, let''s get together for dinner?" Franklin and Harry responded in unison: "sure." ---- Franklin spent the whole day at the hospital dealing with work. In the evening, Ste came to relieve him, and he headed to the restaurant Levi had booked. Isabe had returned to the Miller residence earlier that afternoon. So Franklin went to the dinner alone. By the time he arrived, both Harry and Levi were already there.
Julia arrivedst. As she pushed the door open and entered the private room, Franklin looked over and was the first to speak. "You''re here?" Julia smiled faintly. "Yeah." As she responded, she also caught sight of Harry. When she had first heard Harry had fallen for Maggie, she was stunned. But beyond that shock, she also couldn''t understand it. She truly didn''t get what was so special about Maggie-aside from her pretty face-that would make someone like Harry fall for her.
---- Especially considering how Harry had once loathed Maggie for drugging Franklin and forcing the marriage. she couldn''t understand why he''d suddenly change his, attitude-why he would fall for her. But now...
she remembered the scene she saw in the parking lot a few days ago; remembered learning that Cole was co-founded by Maggie and Johnny; that the revered "CUAP"nguage she idolized had been developed by Maggie''s team; that Maggie was Nn''s student, the very same Nn she herself had tried so hard to be noticed by. That the fast growing Cole-Maggie was part of it all And alll the details over the past year, all connected to Maggie. At that moment, it finally clicked.
Harry must have known all along who Maggie really was. He must''ve long been aware of her ties to Nn, to Cole. Yet despite knowing all of that, he had never breathed a word of it to her. She thought of all her efforts in front of him-trying so hard to be ---- seen by Nn, constantly bringing up her admiration for the developers of CUAP-and now, it all seemed like a pathetic joke. Utterly ridiculous.
Her fingers tightened around her handbag as she bit down on her lip, struggling to maintain aposed expression. Still, tears welled faintly in her eyes from sheer humiliation. Now she finally understood- Harry had likely long since lost interest in her. All his affection had quietly,pletely... been given to Maggie. These thoughts passed through her mind in mere seconds. Franklin noticed her standing still and turned toward her.
He was about to speak but paused when he saw how pale her face was. "what''s wrong? You look terrible." At his words, Levi and Harry both turned to look at her. Julia''s hands gripped her bag so tightly her knuckles turned white. She forced down her emotions and, two secondster, managed a stiff smile. ----
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