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She didn't want Maggie to join them for dinner. If her mom joined them, she would surely cause some tension with Aunt Julia, and the meal would likely be awkward, Julia smiled warmly and said, "Go ahead."

After a moment of hesitation, Isabella went upstairs.

hen she pressed the doorbell, Maggie was already eating in her room.

Looking at the monitor in the living room, she saw that Isabella was standing outside the door. Maggie set down her bowl and went to open the door. "Isabella?" Isabella bit her lip and looked up at Maggie. "Mom, Dad told me to ask you to come downstairs and eat with us."

Maggie declined right away, "I've already started eating. You all go ahead."

Isabella sighed in relief. "Okay, I'll tell Dad that you're eating."

Maggie could tell that she was happy to go downstairs to join them. She observed her daughter's expression and lightly replied, "Mm, go ahead." Isabella smiled and said, "Okay!"

She then turned around, but after taking two steps, she hesitated. "Mom, are you sure you're okay by yourself? Do you want me to stay with you?" The downstairs was busy, and it would be a bit lonely for her mother to be alone up here.

However, when she offered to stay with her, her tone was slightly forced, clearly preferring to join Franklin and Julia downstairs.

Maggie didn't want to force her,

She didn't need forced company.

She bent down and gently said, "It's fine. I like being alone. You go ahead."

Upon hearing this, Isabella's guilt immediately lessened. She nodded and said, "Okay, I'm going."

"Go ahead," Maggie replied.

left the

the door behind her, returning to her

Downstairs.

"Dad, Mom is already eating, so

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raised an

lowered his gaze and

subtly, her

known all along that Maggie wouldn't come down. After all, no one here truly welcomed her. Even if she did come down, all she would receive would be ridicule

to stay upstairs, being the proverbial turtle hiding in its

when he heard this. "Alright, I understand." Then, without any further insistence, he said to the others, "Let's eat. No need to

as she gracefully sat down next to

work. At this point, Johnny had already arrived

come up with more new ideas, and after explaining them to Johnny, he

sister, are truly a genius in

he didn't notice how loud he was being. He pounded the

Seven whole years! If you hadn't gone off to get married, our company might have been world-famous

getting a little too loud, and

that he had crossed a line, quickly cleared his throat and got back to the topic

down to business," he said. "To do something big, we can't just rely on the two of

their company, including Simon, to get them

field were not on par with his and Maggie's, they were still quite

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