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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showed slight surprise but assumed she had just returned from her business trip, thinking nothing

treated her like a stranger, coldly passing by and entering

company.

sudden return would

moments, even if she couldn’t embrace him, she would have watched him with

Maggie merely glanced at his handsome face

previous excitement and

these changes

had returned, but since he was back, perhaps the divorce could proceed soon?

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

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

the CEO’s office.”

to win Franklin’s affection, learning of his love for coffee, she had put great effort

her coffee, whether at home or in the

that Franklin truly loved her coffee had excited her for a long time. She thought it was the first step

had underestimated his dislike and wariness of her. True, he

was all he liked–just her coffee.

his attitude remained

Heim Dave

contact her, and after she made it, Jake or others would collect

gave her any chance to get

occasionally, when Jake and others were busy, did she have the opportunity to

to his

she was

on a

office door was open.

office doorway, about to knock politely, she saw Julia

her face suddenly turning