The Heart I Gave The Love I Lost

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To her, the only way to know whether something would work was to try it.

Her approach to love was the same.

She had loved Franklin so deeply that she was willing to give up her future and academic pursuits to devote herself to her family. Even though the cost had been high, Johnny had

never seen any regret in her eyes.

So now, when Maggie said she was fine and would let go of it, Johnny believed her.

He smiled. “Want a drink?”

Maggie smiled back. “Sure.”

The two of them walked against the crowd toward the refreshments area.

“Do you want some wine?”

“Just a little,” Maggie replied.

She wasn’t fond of alcohol, but her tolerance wasn’t bad.

They clinked their glasses and stood quietly, savoring the wine.

A while later, someone approached them.

“John, you’re here too?”

“Professor Nolan.” Upon seeing the visitor, Johnny quickly approached and greeted him

warmly, “I was just about to find you, but couldn’t see you anywhere.”

Professor Nolan smiled teasingly, “Really? I find that hard to believe.”

“Really, more true than pearls. I came here this time specifically to introduce someone to

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you.”

Maggie. His eyes were filled with

also confusion.

very impressive young woman

she being

Johnny better, he might have

the language programming system you’re working on currently facing a bottleneck? This is…” Johnny bent forward and made a gentlemanly gesture, introducing, “Maggie, my junior sister, a genius in language

“Your junior sister?”

mentor, Nolan, was a well–known figure in the domestic AI field. The students

young, were already the pillars of America’s

Nolan had never heard

was developed by my

years ago.”

to programming languages, CUAP was

Nolan could hardly believe his ears.

your answer after

asked Maggie a few questions to gauge her depth of knowledge. Once he confirmed her expertise,

more excited they became,

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his wine, watching them from the side, not

and saw Julia

Julia noticed him, she smiled

identity, Johnny froze

could react, Julia had already

someone approaching to greet him, turned her

she saw Maggie, her

didn’t exist, and returned to smiling at Johnny. She was about to speak, but Johnny, smiling,

“This is Miss Brown. Mag,

had three

and Maggie were close.

the tension

stance clear – he stood

Johnny and Maggie

they were so

didn’t know what their exact relationship

like that, Julia quickly understood his implication.

does this mean that I don’t need to come to Cole Corporation

tomorrow?”