The Heart I Gave The Love I Lost

Chapter 8

It was nearly dawn when they got home.

Isabella had fallen asleep before they even reached home.

Carrying Isabella upstairs, Franklin passed the master bedroom and noticed the door was open, but it was pitch black inside.

After putting Isabella to bed, he returned to the master bedroom, turned on the dim lights, and glanced at the bed–empty.

Maggie wasn’t there. Just then, the butler brought up his luggage.

Franklin loosened his tie and asked, “Where is she?”

The butler quickly replied, “Madam went on a business trip.”

He hadn’t been present when Maggie left with her luggage half a month ago.

Other servants had mentioned seeing her leave with luggage, presumably for a business

trip.

Strangely, Maggie rarely traveled for business before, and when she did, it was usually for just two or three days.

This time she’d been gone for half a month. Franklin merely grunted in acknowledgment, asking nothing more.

The next day.

Franklin ran into Maggie at the company.

Unaware that Franklin and Isabella had returned, Maggie froze momentarily at the

unexpected encounter.

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Franklin showed slight surprise but assumed she had just returned

like a stranger, coldly passing by and entering the

company.

sudden return would

him, she would have watched him with excited, joy–filled

now, Maggie merely glanced at his handsome face before lowering her

previous excitement and

noticed these changes

figure retreat, Maggie wondered when he had returned, but since he was

Maggie didn’t dwell on thoughts of Franklin, immediately focusing on work upon

later, Jake called to instruct her: “Make two cups of coffee

the CEO’s office.”

Franklin’s affection, learning of his love for coffee, she had put

her coffee, whether at home or

her for a long time. She thought it was the first

wariness of her. True,

he liked–just her coffee.

her, his attitude remained cold and

Dave The

her coffee, he usually had Jake contact her,

chance to get close to him.

busy, did she have the opportunity to deliver

his office

tone on the phone, she was to bring the coffee

preparing the coffee, Maggie placed it on a tray to deliver

office door was

office doorway, about to knock politely, she saw Julia sitting

her face suddenly