Chapter 13

Meanwhile,

Isabella had always been close to Maggie's grandmother.

Before, whenever Isabella was home and Maggie visited the family, she almost always brought her

Rughter along.

But now, although Isabella had returned to the country, she hadn't called her once in all these days

Instead, she called Julia every day, unable to go even a few days without seeing her.

Given that, there was no need to force things.

Besides, now that Isabella and Julia were so close, if the old lady found out, who knew how upset she would be.

So this time, even though Isabella was back in the country, Maggie didn't go to Franklin's place to pick her up, but went to the family home alone.

The traffic was heavy, and it was already past six when Maggie arrived.

Maggie's grandmother's smile faltered when she saw her, gently touching her face with concern, "You've lost weight."

Maggie's eyelashes fluttered as she said, "Work has been busy lately."

The old lady sighed, "No matter how busy, you must eat properly."

"I know, Grandmother. I'll take care of myself."

Maggie sat beside her grandmother, resting her face on the elderly woman's shoulder, seeking some warmth.

Seeing the lamb soup was nearly ready, the old lady asked someone to serve her a bowl to warm her

1. up.

caring words, Maggie's eyes welled up thinking about recent

CEO. Your

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and asked, "Haven't Aunt and the others returned from their

yet. They're enjoying themselves so much they said

he

canceled his dinner when he heard you were coming. He

d

come back to eat with us.

"Good."

they finished speaking,

he smiled

furrowed, "Why have you lost weight? Haven't you been eating

was too busy before... I'll eat more

adding meat to her bowl as

she didn't work at Jason's Corporation, she knew the company was struggling. Jason was overwhelmed with company matters daily but couldn't turn things around yet. Over the years, if Franklin had helped with just a few projects, Jason's Corporation would never have fallen

had strictly ordered it, Franklin had never helped

not for Franklin's grandmother, given how Franklin misunderstood her, he wouldn't just

the delicious

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never asked her to seek Franklin's help, even when

was dozing. Maggie handed

uncle

card back to him. "I can't help with anything else,

She could handle research

several patents in artificial intelligence years ago, and the tech company she co-founded with Johnny and others

meant she could earn tens of millions even while doing

ashamed, "You've given uncle money many times, but

Remained barely alive.

because I

to invest heavily during transformation.

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