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Franklin had already shifted his focus back to the book when he casually commented,

“Your annotations are quite good.”

This was a compliment, but Maggie pretended not to hear it. She grabbed the hairdryer and

went back into the bathroom to dry her hair.

By the time she finished her skincare routine and lay down on the other side of the bed to

rest, Franklin was still reading.

He didn’t fall asleep immediately, and Maggie had no idea when he eventually did, as she fell asleep quickly.

The next morning, Maggie woke up early. The sun had just risen, but the other side of the

bed was already empty. The room was quiet, and Franklin was nowhere to be seen.

She was almost certain now that he hadn’t slept here last night–he must have gone to Julia’s room instead.

Was he that eager, unable to control himself even for a night?

After breakfast, Maggie packed her things, grabbed her suitcase, and was ready to leave.

As she opened the door, she overheard Isabella’s voice in the hallway: “Aunt Julie is so bad.

She promised to sleep with me last night, but when I woke up in the middle of the night, she

went back to her own room.”

Isabella was apparently complaining to Aunt Sara.

Upon hearing this, Maggie could confirm that Franklin hadn’t stayed in her room last night

but had gone to Julie’s instead. It was evident they had spent the night together.

Isabella then saw her dragging her suitcase out: “Mom?”

“Mm.” Maggie snapped out of her thoughts, closing the door behind her. “Mom has work to

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1. do. You stay here and have fun with Daddy,”

Isabella nodded eagerly, “Okay, I’ll stay here, Mommy,”

reached the bottom, she ran into Franklin, who

suitcase, Franklin asked, “Are you

replied coldly, “Mm.”

for a ride?”

“Yes.”

didn’t stop her, simply saying, “Okay,”

of the house, got into her

woke up later than usual. When he came downstairs to join Franklin and the others for

for a

he naturally

need.

eyebrow. “She left?”

did Harry,

Franklin confirmed. “She had work to attend to.”

Maggie’s departure–regarding her company and her decision to join Cole–smiled and said,

now she’s busy

knowing chuckle. “Doesn’t it seem like she

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back door and had no real skills. She wasn’t one of Cole’s major shareholders either. If she said she was

excuse.

was one thing to make excuses, but to make such a

what

overheard, understood Levi’s implied meaning. She chuckled silently as she

they were thinking. After leaving the hot spring resort, she headed straight to Cole and worked

finally planning to head home when

hour later, she returned to the Miller family house, where her uncle and his

her, they

smiled faintly. “Mm.”

“Where’s Isabella? Didn’t you say she came back to D City? Why didn’t

springs and hasn’t come back yet.”

“Oh…”

gone with Franklin to the hot springs,

further.

step inside, she paused

faltered.

went to the hot spring resort earlier, she hadn’t thought to bring the

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she had, she could’ve started clearing out the

it renovated again…

dinner, the family chatted for a while, and when it was nearly 9

prepared to leave.

came out to see her off, holding her hand and saying, “If the Wilson family doesn’t want to come, don’t force them. I’m not desperate

come to