Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time

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.

assumed she had just returned from her business trip, thinking

he treated her like a stranger, coldly passing by and entering

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his sudden return would

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

at his handsome face before lowering her gaze, showing none of her previous excitement and

hadn't noticed these

tall, steady figure retreat, Maggie wondered when he had returned, but since he was back,

didn't dwell on thoughts of Franklin, immediately focusing on work

hour later, Jake called to instruct her: "Make two cups of coffee and bring them

office."

at 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 that was

Jake contact her, and after she made it,

would collect it.

any chance to get close to

busy, did she have the opportunity to deliver the coffee to

from Jake's tone on the phone, she was to

placed it on a tray to deliver

door was

she

face

Julia hurriedly got off Franklin's

dark as he said coldly: "Who gave

here?!"

"I

Secretary Maggie." Chad, Franklin's other personal secretary, happened to