With her part of the work done, Maggie was about to leave. She turned to Charlie and said, “I have some other matters to attend to, Lane, please entertain Mr. Wilson.”

As she stood up and was about to leave, Franklin glanced at his watch, then looked up at her and asked, “How about dinner tonight?”

Before Maggie could respond, he added, “I’ll have someone pick up Isabella as well.”

Charlie had assumed that Franklin was simply asking her out for a meal to celebrate their successful cooperation. But when he heard the second part of Franklin’s sentence, he froze, realizing that the tone between Franklin and Maggie seemed unusually familiar, almost as if they had known each other for a long time.

And… Who was Isabella?

It suddenly dawned on him that Franklin might be trying to bring up Julia, using Isabella as leverage in case she refused to have dinner with him.

If this had happened in the past, Maggie might have felt a pang of jealousy. But now, her expression remained indifferent, and she replied calmly, “Sorry, I’m busy.”

Without waiting for a response, she turned and walked out of the room without a backward glance.

Franklin’s smile didn’t falter, even as he received her rejection. He seemed unfazed by her cold attitude.

glanced at Franklin, wanting to say something, but Franklin just chuckled softly to himself, not seeming to care

shared the belief that Maggie was

fond of Maggie, and after seeing her behavior, he became even

a strange dynamic between Maggie and Johnny. They seemed

for some reason, Franklin seemed completely

figure out what was going on. As he saw Franklin preparing to leave, he decided to accompany him downstairs, still

hand before sitting

through the documents and went over some of the terms with him. After confirming everything was in

“Looking forward

turned to Charlie and said, “I have

his watch, then looked up at her and asked, “How about

respond, he added, “I’ll have someone pick up Isabella as

a meal to celebrate their successful cooperation. But when he heard the second part of Franklin’s sentence, he froze, realizing that the tone between Franklin and Maggie seemed unusually familiar, almost as

And… Who was Isabella?

might be trying to bring up Julia, using Isabella as leverage in case she refused to have

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