Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time (by Zora Pradeep) novel Chapter 606

he car eased away from the base,

hey talked the whole ride, and as they rolled into the city, Jimmy said, “Want to grab dinner after

No thanks.” Maggie turned him down without missing a beat. “I want to go home and eat with my family tonight”

cactly the answer he’d expected.

nmy knew when to quit. He didn’t push it.

e got out first. Once he was gone, Maggie dug her phone out of her bag and powered it back on.

ie had a lot of missed calls, most of them from Isabella.

e’d been so rushed on her way to the base, scrambling to handle the things Nolan had thrown at her, that she’d never actually told Isabella the was going our town. But if Isabella couldn’t reach her, she’d definitely call the family to ask around. Isabella, at least, she didn’t need to worry about

ill, seeing all those missed calls, she fired off a quick text letting Isabella know she was back.

e’d barely set the phone down to rest her eyes when it rang. Isabella.

fom, you’re finally back!”

eah.”

Iom, I’ve been trying to reach you for days, I missed you so much. Have you eaten? Can we go out for dinner? Please?”

it Maggie said no.

just got back and I want to go home and spend time with Great–grandma and everyone. Let’s do dinner out some other time.”

beat of silence, then Isabella said, “Then I’ll come eat at Great–grandma’s too!”

kay. Come on over.”

hen word got back to the Miller house that Maggie was coming home, everyone was already planning to make a few extra dishes. When they heard Isabella as joining for dinner too, Old Mrs. Miller and Helen both paused for a moment.

abella was still a kid. Nobody really blamed her for being close to Julia.

anything, they all agreed the fault lay with Franklin.

e reason Isabella had warmed up to Julla at all was because Franklin had nudged her in that direction.

ill, feelings were feelings. In the harder moments, when the grief crept back in, they couldn’t help having some complicated emotions where Isabella was

oncerned too.

ut a few days had passed, things had settled some, and when they heard she was coming over, the warmth was genuine.

abella lit up the moment she saw Maggie, the way she always did. She ended up staying the night at the Miller house.

he next day, after Maggie dropped Isabella off at school, she headed back to Cole,

he’d barely walked in when she ran into Glen.

len had called her too. She’d figured that even if he needed something, he could always track down Johnny when he couldn’t reach her, so she hadn’t bothered esponding.

hapter 606

le stopped when he saw her. “You’re back?”

he had no idea what Johnny had told him, but she nodded. “Yeah.”

is eyes settled on her face. “Rough few nights? You look like you’ve lost weight.”

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