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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,”

and when she reached the bottom, she ran into

her carrying a suitcase, Franklin

replied coldly,

for

“Yes.”

her, simply saying,

house, got

than usual. When he came downstairs to join Franklin and the others for lunch, he suggested, “Frank, why don’t you go upstairs

back for

“ask,” he naturally meant ask Maggie.

need. She’s already left.”

an eyebrow. “She

did Harry,

Franklin confirmed. “She had work to

the reasons behind Maggie’s departure–regarding her company and her decision to join Cole–smiled and said, “Wow, she’s busy again, huh? She

and now she’s busy

knowing chuckle. “Doesn’t it seem like she can’t function without Cole around?”

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real skills. She wasn’t one of Cole’s major shareholders either. If she said she was busy, it just sounded

excuse.

excuses, but to make such a flimsy excuse…

what to say.

implied meaning. She chuckled silently

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

two days of nonstop work, she was finally planning to head home when her uncle, Jason, called.

she returned to the Miller family house, where her

her, they greeted her

smiled faintly. “Mm.”

asked, “Where’s Isabella? Didn’t you say she came back

springs

“Oh…”

thinking that Isabella must have gone with Franklin to the

further.

Maggie was about to step inside, she paused when she

faltered.

she hadn’t thought to bring

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had, she could’ve started clearing out the remnants left by the Green family and

it renovated again…

dinner, the family chatted for a while, and when it was nearly 9 p.m., Maggie

prepared to leave.

Lady Miller came out to see her off, holding her hand and saying, “If the Wilson family doesn’t want to come, don’t

to