Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time novel Chapter 738

Chapter 738

Maggie had known exactly what Daphne intended to say the moment she stepped forward.

Her expression stayed perfectly calm. She made no move to stop Daphne from speaking, nor did she bother paying close attention to the accusations.

When Isabella suddenly appeared amid the commotion, Maggie bent down and spoke to her in a quiet, steady tone over the surrounding noise.

“Isabella, it’s too loud here. Why don’t you head back for now?”

Isabella had wandered over midway through the confrontation. She had only caught fragments of Daphne’s speech and the hushed gossip swirling all around the ballroom.

She shook her head firmly at Maggie’s suggestion.

“Mom, I’m not leaving. I want to go home with you once the gala ends.”

Maggie frowned slightly.

Isabella’s gaze drifted away from her mother. She noticed Johnny watching her and looked back toward him.

She recognized him, though it had been quite a long time since they had last met.

Maggie stroked the top of her daughter’s head.

“This is Mr. Gray. Say hello to Mr. Gray.”

“Hello, Mr. Gray,” Isabella said obediently.

Johnny’s heart twisted with complicated feelings. Still, he nodded gently toward the little girl.

“Hi there, sweetie.”

| Maggie spotted Sara standing a short distance away, uncertain whether she should step into the fray.

She turned back to Isabella. “Isabella, go with Sara first-”

Daphne’s biting, impassioned accusations echoed across the room. Guests pointed and whispered.

Daphne, Yale, and nearly everyone present expected Maggie to panic, grow fearful, and rush to defend herself.

Instead, Maggie remained utterly composed, as if none of these harsh words concerned her in the slightest.

darkened. Yale’s expression turned grim. Murmurs erupted once more among the party guests.

Yves could hardly believe what he was witnessing.

“Ms. Miller, why are you in such a hurry to send the child away? Are you afraid she will hear all your dirty secrets and stop seeing you as her mother?”

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