Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time (by Zora Pradeep) novel Chapter 573

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fter she hung up. Isabella grabbed her done and dimbed into the car without a word. Maggie wat there wanting her gn, counting to exll as a fer

say something, but she hesitated tan long and in the end said nothing at it

ring that, Isabella only tried harder, tears streaming down her fare as the told the driver to g

the time they got back to the old estate, her cheeks still hadn’t dcted.

he wasn’t actively crying anymore, but her whole demeanor was heavy and closed off

anklin had heard the car pull up and came out from the main hall to wait for her. One look at her puffy, dazed lutte fare and he make over roles was id scooped her up into his arms. He gently touched her tear streaked cheek. “That upset at Mom, hule?

abella had already stopped crying, but the moment he brought up Maggie, the tears started again.

ot loud sobbing this time. Just quiet tears sliding down her face.

he lifted her head and wiped at her eyes as she spoke. “I… I’m not mad at her, I just… I just…”

ust what?” Franklin asked.

abella turned her face away, lips trembling. “Mommy… Mommy doesn’t love me. In her heart, everything else is more important than me…

hat was why she could always put everything else ahead of her.

hat was why she kept breaking her promises.

he genuinely wasn’t angry at her mom.

Lore than angry, she was just… heartbroken. Heartbroken to find out that she meant so little to her mom.

ranklin understood.

le carried her inside, gently coaxing her as they went. “Your mom does care about you. She just has things she needs to take care of on her own.”

If you want to spend the holidays with her, we can all go over to Great–grandma’s place tomorrow or the day after and celebrate together. How does that

ound?”

sabella’s sniffling paused. “You’d come too?”

Yeah.”

sabella went quiet.

ranklin kept wiping her tears. “So we have a deal?”

sabella gave a small nod.

ut after a couple seconds of silence, she bit her lip and added, “But I still want Mommy to come home. She really hasn’t been back in so long-

We’ll talk to your mom about that when the time comes. It’ll be okay.”

…Okay.”

ranklin held her and kept her company for a little while longer, and eventually she was all cried out.

There were still guests at the Wilson house. Stella, Maria, and the others were all there.

They’d pretty much witnessed the whole thing, Franklin coaxing Isabella the entire time.

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They watched him carry her upstairs to get cleaned up, and only looked away once they were out of sight.

Upstairs, while Isabella was in the bath, Franklin sent Maggie a text [Just got her calmed down Maybe give her a call in a bit?]

Maggie had been waiting to hear from him.

She replied almost immediately: [Okay.]

She called Isabella right after.

Isabella was feeling a little better, and seeing Maggie reach out on her own lifted her spirits a little more.

She let it ring for a good while before picking up. “Hello…”

“Isabella…”

Maggie held the phone, paused for a moment, then asked quietly, “Are you still upset at Mom?”

Isabella turned her face to the side. Part of her wanted to say yes, but she caught herself, not wanting Maggie to feel bad, and answered in a small voice, “A little

bit…”

“This time,” Maggie said, “it was Mom’s fault.”

Isabella felt something soften in her chest at that, but the hurt was still there. “Then… Mommy, you can’t keep doing this. You can’t keep making promises and breaking them, okay?”

Maggie was quiet for a beat. “…I know. Mom hears you.”

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