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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assumed she had just

he treated her like a stranger, coldly passing by

company.

past, learning of his sudden

embrace him, she would have watched him with excited,

his handsome face before lowering her gaze,

of her previous excitement and

noticed these changes before he left.

tall, steady figure retreat, Maggie wondered when he had returned,

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

called to instruct her: “Make two cups of coffee and bring them

the CEO’s office.”

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

had paid off. After tasting her coffee, whether at home or in the office, Franklin had specifically requested coffee made

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

dislike and wariness of her. True, he liked her coffee.

he liked–just her

remained cold and distant.

Dave The lovel

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

chance to get close to him.

when Jake and others were busy,

coffee to his office

time, from Jake’s tone on the phone, she

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

door

she reached his office doorway, about to knock politely, she saw Julia sitting on

froze, her face suddenly turning