Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time novel Chapter 739

Chapter 739

When Franklin backed Maggie once again, Levi, Julia, Janice, and everyone around them were hit with fresh waves of shock.

Julia stared blankly over at Franklin, completely thrown off by his stance.

Daphne gaped at Franklin in utter disbelief. She had never expected him to throw his full weight behind Maggie at such a critical turning point in the evening.

Then something clicked inside her head.

She shifted her gaze toward Maggie and suddenly broke into a sharp, knowing smile.

She brought her hands together and began clapping slowly, her tone thick with biting sarcasm.

“I was wondering why you’d suddenly brought the little girl out earlier. You’re using the child to call all the shots, aren’t you? Manipulating your own daughter for your benefit. You really do play dirty, Ms. Miller, and you’ve got one coldblooded heart. I truly tip my hat to you!”

The second Daphne finished speaking, every guest in the ballroom caught onto her insinuation right away.

Lowvoiced whispers rippled out across the crowd.

“So Mr. Wilson only spoke up for Maggie because his daughter was present?”

“That has to be it. Word gets around how deeply he dotes on that little girl; he keeps her close almost all the time. No matter what kind of trouble Maggie is wrapped up in, she is still the kid’s birth mother. Franklin probably doesn’t want his daughter finding out ugly truths about her mom and messing up the child’s upbringing.”

“Still, that makes this so rough on Julia.”

“You can say that again. She’s already taken so much heat, labeled the other woman, because Franklin couldn’t finalize his divorce. And now Franklin is picking his daughter over her in front of this whole crowd…”

Guests kept murmuring among themselves. Yale and Rex instantly grasped what Daphne was implying.

Rex’s eyes turned icy as he fixed his stare on Maggie.

He realized he had severely underestimated how ruthless and unscrupulous she could be.

Even so, genuine sympathy stirred inside him for Julia.

He had long known how protective Franklin was of his daughter from his former marriage. He also knew how well

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