Chapter 109

Chapter

109

On Friday night, after work, Maggie returned to Franklin's villa.

She was surprised to find that he was at home. It was quite rare for him to be home at this hour.

Franklin was on the phone. When he heard her footsteps, he glanced at her, then turned back to continue his call.

The housekeeper knew that Maggie was going to take Isabella to the Miller family house, so he had already prepared the foo

ending for her and Isabella to eat before leaving.

But since Maggie planned to eat at the Miller family house, she politely declined.

"No need," she said.

The housekeeper hesitated, then looked to Franklin for guidance.

Franklin, who hadn't finished his call yet but was likely listening to their conversation, moved the phone away from his mouf and said, "Listen to Madam." After that, he returned to his call.

Maggie nodded and turned to Isabella. "Let's go, Isabella."

"Okay." Isabella waved to Franklin. "Dad, we're leaving now. Bye!"

Franklin waved back with a slight nod, "Goodbye."

Maggie didn't speak to Franklin at all and simply took Isabella and left.

anything unusual. After saying goodbye to Isabella, he continued his call while watching them

was a grand affair. After they returned to

she finished helping, it was already past

she

her grandmother to offer their birthday congratulations, and presented the

it came time for the gift-giving, Isabella paused, then tugged at Maggie's

down and put her ear closer.

whispered, "Mom, I didn't prepare a

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she scolded, "Mom, why

"I've prepared gifts for your dad and Grandma, but you're still a child, so it's fine if you didn't prepare one. But

true. But if she had been thoughtful, upon learning that today was her

gift didn't need to be expensive or require too much effort. She

her up yesterday. It would

thought

wasn't like this

not only remembered the date but also eagerly counted down the

could see that Isabella didn't

in Maggie's expression. Upon hearing what

his gift to the elderly matriarch, Maggie also handed hers

embroidered picture: "This embroidery was prepared by Grandma for

unwrapped it, admiring it for a moment. The gift hit the mark perfectly and she

the set of emerald jewelry: "This is

excellent

it was from Franklin, she only glanced at it briefly before closing the box and setting it aside, casually saying,

for whether Franklin would come to her birthday celebration that day, she didn't ask a word. She couldn't be bothered

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