The Heart I Gave The Love I Lost

Chapter 38

When she received the call from Franklin, she thought he had already returned home.

As she entered, she didn’t see Franklin and assumed he was in the study. But now, after

hearing Isabella’s words, she realized that Franklin hadn’t come back yet.

The hotel hosting the banquet today was closer to here than her current residence. Plus, he

had left the party at least half an hour earlier than her.

Even if he had dropped Julia off first, by this time, he should have already arrived home.

However, if he didn’t leave Julia’s place right away after dropping her off or had no

intention of coming home tonight, then that would be another story.

At that moment, the sound of footsteps came from the hallway.

Franklin was back.

“Daddy!”

“Hmm.” Franklin entered and walked over to the bedside.

Seeing him, Maggie wanted to put down Isabella to give Franklin more space, but Isabella was unwilling to leave her arms. She reached out to Franklin.

Franklin leaned over and picked up Isabella.

As he held her, he was very close to Maggie. She could smell his familiar cologne, but along with it, there was a faint, elegant feminine fragrance.

It was the same scent she had just smelled on Julia earlier at the banquet.

Maggie turned her face away, distancing herself from Franklin until the scent was no

her nose.

hand on Isabella’s forehead, his

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the temperature now? Has it dropped?”

the doctor had said, “The high fever has turned into a low fever,

“Hmm.”

sat on the edge of the bed, holding Isabella in his arms. Isabella, reluctant to get down, frowned, “Dad, your jacket is so

held it in her arms. Only when she

and Franklin were about to

she would have felt happy to hold

she casually set the jacket aside, smiling at Isabella,

porridge.”

Franklin at home, Isabella felt much better. Upon hearing Maggie’s words,

to

away, Franklin’s gaze fell on the jacket she had left on the

the porridge and began preparing other ingredients.

washing her hands and leaving the kitchen, twenty minutes had

a moment, then went

corner, she saw Franklin standing by the window at the end of the corridor, talking on the phone. “The fever has

he talking to

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Julia really be worried about Isabella?

her gaze and

had sweated a lot, and Aunt Sara was carefully wiping