diff --git a/pandas_ods_reader/parsers/fods.py b/pandas_ods_reader/parsers/fods.py
index 4f4a3f6..d75e27b 100644
--- a/pandas_ods_reader/parsers/fods.py
+++ b/pandas_ods_reader/parsers/fods.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def get_value(
     text = cell.find(TABLE_CELL_TEXT_TAG, namespaces=cell.nsmap)
     if text is None:
         return None, 0
-    value: Union[str, float] = text.text or ""
+    value: Union[str, float] = "".join(text.itertext())
     if parsed and is_float(cell):
         value = float(value)
     _n_repeated = cell.attrib.get(