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After a while, Harry returned and placed a plate of food in front of Daisy, then handed her
a knife and fork. Daisy quietly began to eat in small bites,
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Harry asked, “Is it good?”
Daisy nodded.
Harry glanced at Maggie, then turned to Daisy, saying, “This auntie is the one who saved you. You should thank her.”
Daisy licked the cake off the fork and looked up at Maggie. In a soft voice, she said, “Thank
you, Auntie.”
Maggie realized that Harry had asked the child to thank her. She smiled gently and replied,
“You’re welcome.”
Daisy looked back at Harry, who said, “It’s fine, go ahead and eat.”
Daisy buried her head back into her food.
Harry, now focusing on his meal, took a bite of his own food before turning back to Maggie, asking, “Did you come alone?”
Maggie replied, “It’s a company team–building event. I came with my colleagues.”
Harry didn’t know that Maggie had already resigned from Wilson Corporation. So, when he heard this, he assumed that Wilson Corporation was also holding their team–building event
here.
He paused before replying, “I see.”
At that moment, Johnny noticed Maggie and waved at her.
Since Maggie didn’t want to have too much interaction with people around Franklin, and
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she had nothing more to say to Harry, she saw this as an opportunity to leave.
She quickly waved back at Johnny and said to Harry, “Thank you for everything earlier. I’ve got to go now. Enjoy your meal.”
Harry could sense that Maggie felt uneasy around him, but he didn’t comment on it.
Harry could sense that Maggie seemed less warm towards him than before. He assumed it was because of the unpleasant conversation that had happened last time at the racetrack, but he didn’t think too much about it.
When he saw Maggie preparing to leave, he simply nodded and didn’t try to stop her.
As Maggie walked away, Johnny looked at Harry and asked, “Who’s that?”
When he greeted Maggie earlier, Harry had been facing away from him. Given Harry’s broad and tall back, and the fact that he was sitting with a child, Johnny had thought they were just sharing a table.
But after seeing Maggie’s brief interaction with him, it seemed they knew each other.
“Harry Becker,” replied Maggie.
“That’s him?” Johnny was surprised. “Aren’t you two not very familiar with each other? How come you’re sitting together?”
“He was here to thank me. His niece fell into the hot spring, and I saw it happen and pulled her out,” Maggie explained.
Johnny understood immediately. “I see.”
Maggie had told him she came with colleagues, so Harry had assumed the person who greeted her earlier was just a regular colleague. He hadn’t looked back to confirm.
After Maggie and Johnny had walked a bit further, Harry realized the person with Maggie earlier was a tall young man. The two of them seemed to be close, based on the distance between them as they walked.
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“Uncle…” Daisy’s voice brought Harry back to reality.
“Did you finish eating? If you’re done, we’ll go upstairs,” he asked.
“Finished,” Daisy answered.
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