Chapter 8

It was nearly dawn when they got home.

Isabella had fallen asleep before they even reached home.

Carrying Isabella upstairs, Franklin passed the master bedroom and noticed the door was open, but

was pitch black inside.

After putting Isabella to bed, he returned to the master bedroom, turned on the dim lights, and glanced at the bed-empty.

Maggie wasn't there. Just then, the butler brought up his luggage.

Franklin loosened his tie and asked, "Where is she?"

The butler quickly replied, "Madam went on a business trip."

He hadn't been present when Maggie left with her luggage half a month ago.

Other servants had mentioned seeing her leave with luggage, presumably for a business trip.

Strangely, Maggie rarely traveled for business before, and when she did, it was usually for just twe: of three days.

This time she'd been gone for half a month. Franklin merely grunted in acknowledgment, asking

nothing more.

The next day.

Franklin ran into Maggie at the company.

Unaware that Franklin and Isabella had returned, Maggie froze momentarily at the unexpected.

encounter.

surprise but assumed she had just returned from her business trip, thinking

like a stranger, coldly passing by and

Divorce for

Chapter 8

the past, learning of his

such moments, even if she couldn't embrace him, she would have watched him with excited, joy-filled eyes, smiling and wishing

his handsome face before lowering her gaze, showing

these changes before

returned, but since he was back, perhaps the divorce could

didn't dwell on thoughts of Franklin, immediately focusing on work upon returning to her

instruct her: "Make two cups of coffee and bring them

office."

home or in the office, Franklin had specifically requested coffee made by her. Back then, learning that Franklin truly loved her coffee had excited her for a long time. She thought it was the first step toward success. In reality, she had underestimated his dislike and wariness of her. True, he liked her coffee. But

had Jake contact her, and after

would collect it.

gave her any chance to get close to

others were busy, did she have the opportunity to deliver the coffee to his office

phone, she was to bring

placed it on a

office door was

his office doorway, about to knock politely, she saw Julia sitting on Franklin's lap, the

face suddenly turning

her, Julia hurriedly

was extremely dark as he said coldly: "Who gave you

here?!"

the tray tightly: "I came to bring you

enough, Secretary Maggie." Chad, Franklin's other

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