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day, Maggie didn't pay any more attention to Franklin and Julia's affairs.

She worked until almost nine, and just as she was finishing up, her phone rang-her best friend Jessica calling

swering, she learned Jessica was drunk and needed a ride home from the restaurant.

Maggie quickly finished her documents, grabbed her car keys, and left the office.

ty minutes later, she arrived at her destination.

Twenty

As she walked toward the entrance, a little girl emerged from the parking lot.

Seeing the girl's clear profile, Maggie froze.

Bella? Shouldn't she be in school in Country A? How... had she returned with Franklin?

Although her her access to confidential company documents, she knew that

sition didn't grant Franklin's development work in Country A would take some time to complete fully.

She had assumed Franklin was only returning briefly to handle some matters.

She never expected their daughter would come back too...

She didn't know exactly when they had returned, but judging from the fact that she had seen. Franklin early this morning, they must have been back for at least a day by now. Yet her daughter hadn't called her once to inform her about their return.

Thinking about this, Maggie gripped her handbag tightly and quietly followed the small figure bouncing happily ahead of her.

When they reached the lobby's corner, Julia and several of Franklin's friends appeared at the end of the hallway.

Maggie immediately stepped aside to hide, then heard her daughter happily call out "Auntie Julie!" before quickly running forward and throwing herself into Julia's arms.

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nearby sofa with her back to them, using the

you're back in the country

his work early and brought me back! We specifically returned the day before your birthday so we wouldn't miss

and I made for you by hand. Happy birthday,

this yourselves? That must have taken a lot of effort.

you like it,

I missed you so much. If I hadn't been able to call

approached

Maggie froze.

It was Franklin.

tell just from the sound of

six or seven years of marriage, she had

like the man himself-unhurried

seemingly indifferent, as

and no one in this world could disturb his

But then Julia appeared.

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there was an

the past, before Maggle could think further,

"Daddy."

all

responded briefly, then said

Aha smiled, "Thanks."

birthday gifts for Auntie Julie? Quick, give them

everything went quiet

daddy prepared for Auntie Julie. He'll probably give it to her

already given it

went to see Auntie Julie without

hmph!"

burst into

remembered Julia's visit to the company

it to

shyly and said, "Let's not

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