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.”

Nolan’s gaze shifted to Maggie. His eyes were filled with

also confusion.

a very impressive young woman with

being introduced

better, he might

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 programming. I can guarantee that she will

“Your junior sister?”

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

young, were already the

this name, Maggie, Professor Nolan had never

smiled. “CUAP was developed by my junior sister’s team eight

years ago.”

came to programming languages, CUAP was almost

could hardly believe his ears. “Really?”

not, you’ll have your

of knowledge.

more excited they became, completely engrossed in their

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his wine, watching them from the side,

up and saw

noticed him, she smiled politely

identity, Johnny froze for

had

someone approaching to greet him, turned her head and met

moment she saw Maggie, her expression turned completely cold.

eyes, acting as though Maggie didn’t exist, and returned to smiling at Johnny. She was about to speak, but Johnny,

Miss Brown. Mag,

words had three layers

and Maggie

the tension between Maggie and Julia.

made his stance clear – he stood

hadn’t known that Johnny and Maggie

they were so close.

know what their exact relationship was.

since Johnny had said it like

replied, “So, does this mean that I don’t

tomorrow?”