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He knew that Maggie would undoubtedly whisper in Johnny's ear, distorting the truth about what had happened

between them.

Not too concerned about Johnny's attitude, he said, “A few days ago, | visited Cole. I'm not sure if Mr. Gray is

aware of that?”

“I'm aware. Mag told me,” Johnny replied. “I've seen Mr. Hardin's proposal, and | think it's good, but... Personally,

I'm not fond of it. So I'm afraid, Mr. Hardin, the collaboration is...”

Rex hadn't expected that Johnny would be so biased because of Maggie, not recognizing

right from wrong.

He frowned. “I thought Mr. Gray was someone who separated personal and professional

matters.”

“I'am,” Johnny said, no longer hiding his true feelings. “But it depends on the situation.”

The implication was clear: when it cto Maggie, there was no guarantee that Johnny would separate personal

from professional matters.

His father had instructed him to focus the next two years of collaborations on Cole, which meant that the

prospects of these two projects were better than most people thought.

Though there had been sunpleasantness between him and Johnny, Rex didn’t intend to give up on

collaborating with Cole just yet.

He said, “Since Mr. Gray thinks my proposal has issues, I'll bring a new one to Cole soon.”

He glanced at Harry and added, “Since Mr. Gray still has other matters, | won't keep you any longer. Farewell.”

With that, he turned and left.

Rex didn’t mention Maggie at all.

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Harry, listening to this, quickly deduced that Johnny's refusal to collaborate with Rex had something to do with

Maggie.

He didn’t ask further but pretended not to hear. “I've also prepared a new proposal. Mr. Gray, Miss Miller, would

you be free on Monday for a meal?”

Although Harry and Julia had good relations with Franklin, Johnny had never been particularly fond of him,

despite the high quality of Harry's proposal.

Now, however, with Harry putting aside personal grievances and inviting Maggie to join the dinner, Johnny felt a

bit more favorable toward him.

Still, he remained professional and replied, “Monday? Not sure yet. If I'm free, I'll contact you. You don’t need to

worry about it, Mr. Becker.”

Harry smiled. “I'll take your word for it, Mr. Gray.”

At that moment, the host of the banquet suddenly took the stage to speak.

Soon, the host and his wife began to dance as applause and music filled the hall.

Many guests joined in, and the elegant ladies and gentlemen of the evening gathered to

dance.

At this moment, a beautiful young lady from a noble family approached Harry. “Mr. Becker, may | have the honor

of inviting you to dance?”

Harry's expression flickered slightly.

He subtly turned his gaze towards Maggie.

Johnny didn’t notice Harry's gaze on Maggie.

He also becinterested and bent down to make an exaggerated gentlemanly invitation gesture: “Beautiful

and lovely Miss Miller, may | have the honor of inviting you to dance?”

Maggie could dance as well.

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Seeing Johnny's interest, she smiled and said, “Of course, it’s my honor.”

She then extended her hand to him.

Johnny took her hand and led her into the dance floor.

Harry saw this and extended his hand to the girl beside him in a gentlemanly manner.

As Maggie and Johnny entered the dance floor, their gazes just happened to meet Franklin and Julia’s. They were

about to dance too, and at that moment, they coincidentally looked

over.

Maggie was about to look away, but then she thought Franklin seemed to have smiled at

her.

Maggie frowned and then realized it was an optical illusion.

Franklin was actually smiling at Julia.

He hadn't looked at her at all.

Maggie turned her gaze away and focused on dancing with Johnny.

Jimmy, Rex, Levi, and the others were all bachelors in the upper social circles of the capital, pursued by many

young women.

Quite a few girls were eager to dance with them.

After greeting Johnny, Rex's attention was entirely on Julia.

Like Jimmy, he had no intention of dancing.

However, there were sgirls from well-established families at the party, with whom their families had good

relationships.

Under the pressure from their elders, they all ended up courteously each escorting a girl onto the dance floor.

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As for Levi, he was the typical playboy who took the initiative to invite girls to dance.

Maggie had a clean, quiet, and graceful aura, and with her wearing a gipao tonight, she danced with a kind of

classical elegance and beauty. With her beautiful smile, she could be

considered the star of the dance floor tonight.

Many people wanted to swap dance partners with Johnny.

Yves was one of them.

He led his dance partner towards Johnny and said, “Mr. Gray, would you mind swapping dance partners for a

moment?”

His eyes seemed glued to Maggie.

Johnny's face turned cold: “I mind very much.”

Yves: “...

Alright then.

At that moment, Maggie suddenly heard someone say to her, “Miss Miller, is it? Would you be willing to swap

dance partners with me?”

Maggie paused, turned her head, and saw that it was the dance partner of Jimmy speaking

to her.

The other girl was sweet and pretty, and it seemed she was quite interested in Johnny.

Maggie smiled and glanced at the visibly stunned Johnny before saying, “I have no problem with it. | wonder if

Mr. Hall...”

Jimmy spoke up: “I'm fine with it.”

Johnny: “...

So, my opinion doesn’t matter, huh?