Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time (by Zora Pradeep) novel Chapter 589

The next day. Maggie and Johnny attended a cocktail party together.

hey’d barely been there any time at all when Julia and the rest of her crew showed up.

The moment they walked in, they spotted Maggie and Johnny not far away.

And the moment Sophia and Tracy spotted Maggie, their expressions soured.

he reason was simple: the gown Maggie had on was the exact same one Julia had had her eye on just a few days ago.

The dress was worth over a million. Before, Julia would’ve bought it without a second thought.

ut this time…

nd it wasn’t just the gown. The bracelet and necklace Maggie was wearing were both pieces from top designers, together worth close to ten million.

ilia’s outfit and jewelry were new too, and all name brands, sure. But price–wise, they weren’t even in the same conversation as what Maggie had on.

ilia had worn some truly jaw–dropping pieces before, and combined with her looks, she’d turned heads everywhere she went. A lot of New York’s socialites ad made a habit of keeping tabs on what Julia wore to these kinds of events.

o when people saw her tonight looking polished but noticeably scaled back compared to her usual self, the whispers started.

Why was Julia dressed so modestly? Was something going on between her and Franklin? Had he cut her off?

nd now that some of them thought about it, Julia and Franklin hadn’t shown up to anything together in quite a while. Because once upon a time, Franklin was most never without Julia by his side at these things.

hese were society people. Sharp, observant, always reading the room.

nce they sensed something might be off, noticeably fewer people came over to make conversation with Julia’s group than usual.

hat is, until Levi showed up.

ecause the second Levi arrived, he strolled right over and greeted Julia and the others like nothing was different, same as he always had

hat was enough to shift the mood. Most people figured Julia was probably just keeping it understated tonight, a personal choice, nothing more.

nd as for Franklin rarely showing up to events with her lately, well, thinking about it now, Franklin had seemed pretty tied up for the past few months. Hed een skipping a lot of these dinners across the board.

oth the Browns and the Greens noticed the shift in how people around them acted before and after Levi showed up

one of them had expected that Julia wearing slightly less than her usual best would be enough to set tongues wagging like Dux If word actually get cut that omething was wrong between her and Franklin, the fallout would be…

I wasn’t just everyone else. Thinking about it, even Julia’s own face went dark

Maggie and Johnny weren’t paying much attention to what was going on with the Browns and the Greens, but they caught cungh of what people around hem were saying about Julia and Franklin.

ohnny didn’t know much about high end women’s fashion, but after hearing the chatter, he couldnt help glancing over in palla a direction. Is what vearing tonight actually that cheap?”

Maggie didn’t know a ton about gowns and jewelry either, at least not compared to most of the women in the room the fallowed his gaze, looked julia over for I moment, then shook her head “Honestly, I have no idea.

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