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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.

Is Wanted

sat down on a nearby sofa with her back to them, using

back in the

Julie, Daddy and I missed you so much that he finished his work early and brought me back! We

is the necklace Daddy and I made

made this yourselves? That must have taken a lot of effort. You're amazing. Bella. Auntie loves it, thank

you

"It's been a week since I've seen you, Auntie Julie. I missed you so much. If I hadn't

approached

Maggie froze.

It was Franklin.

tell just from

reason she could be so certain was that during their six or seven years of marriage, she had basically waited for him every

like the man

his close family members, he remained steady and seemingly indifferent, as if nothing could faze him even if the sky were

to think nothing and no one

But then Julia appeared.

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Chapter 10

suddenly there was an

the past, before Maggle could think further, she

"Daddy."

friends all greeted

briefly, then said to Julia, "Happy

Aha smiled, "Thanks."

birthday gifts for

everything went quiet

private gift your daddy prepared

said, "I've already given

When?" Isabella pouted, "Daddy, you secretly went to

hmph!"

friends burst

Julia's visit to the company

probably gave it

shyly and said, "Let's not

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