Mr. CEO, Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time Novel

---- Chapter 459 Maggie didn't want to respond to Franklin. She turned to Isabella and said, "Isabella, Mom still has work to do tomorrow, so-" Isabella cut in. "Then we can just go back early tomorrow." Maggie fell silent and looked at Franklin, clearly meaning you caused this, you deal with it. Franklin met her gaze, understood, and smiled slightly. He patted Isabella's head. "Since Mom has things to do, we'll head home first. We can come back to see the stars another time." Hearing that, Isabella wasn't too disappointed. She had already enjoyed the day to its fullest.

"Okay," she said cheerfully. ---- Before leaving, the staff packed some fruit for them. The manager asked, "Would you like to take the wine you made this afternoon?" They had used two separate jars precisely so each could take one home. Maggie said, "I'll take mine." She figured she wouldn't come back here with Franklin again anyway, so she might as well bring it now. Franklin looked at her briefly and said, "Leave one jar here." A moment later, they got into the car and left the private estate. An hour later, Franklin dropped Maggie and Isabella off at the Miller residence.

Isabella, still excited, ran upstairs with her little backpack to shower and get ready for bed. After showering, she opened her backpack to get her ---- phone and realized it had run out of battery. She plugged it in and turned it on, only to see several unread messages from Julia. Feeling a bit guilty, she immediately called her back. Julia answered quickly, but before she could speak, Isabella said, "I'm sorry, Aunt Julia. I didn't bring my phone this afternoon, so I didn't see your messages." Julia's voice was as gentle as ever. "That's all right. I just spoke to your dad.

He said you went fruit-picking today. Did you have fun?" "It was amazing!" Lying on the bed, Isabella eagerly told her about everything that had happened. Then she added, "Dad and I wanted to stay tonight to see the stars, but Mom had work." Julia lowered her gaze. "Your dad wanted to stay too?" "Yes." ---- "He... tried to persuade your mom to stay?" "Yes." Julia was quiet for two seconds. "Was it also your dad's idea to go to the estate?" "Mm. He said Mom would like it too." Julia didn't reply.

Franklin had called her earlier, mentioned going to the estate with Maggie and Isabella, but he hadn't said a word about asking Maggie to stay the night-or that it was his idea to go in the first place. Still, she had already guessed as much before calling Isabella, which was why she had asked those questions in the first place. Later, Maggie took part of the fruit home and brought some to the office on Monday. Glen got a few pieces too. Holding a pear, he glanced at her. "You went to that private estate over the weekend?" ---- "Yes," Maggie said, a little surprised.

"How did you know?" "I went there a while ago with some friends." He pointed to the peach in his hand. "The manager said their orchard is the only one in New York growing this variety. They weren't ripe yet when I went." Maggie had heard the fruits there were rare, but she hadn't realized that rare. Glen looked at her, and for a moment, he seemed to regret something. If he had known she'd be there that weekend, he might have- Maggie caught his gaze, then quickly looked away. After saying a few words to the others, she headed to Johnny's office. Johnny had just returned to the company.

Seeing her there early Monday morning, he frowned. "It's Monday. You didn't go with Franklin to get the divorce papers?"