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Chapter 159 | Miss You

Because of the anaesthesia, Nathael hadn’t awoken immediately and was transferred to the ICU.

Alex saw Maggie’s call come through but didn’t know how to respond, so he chose not to answer.

After leaving the ICU, Nathael gradually woke up and was finally out of danger.

“Mr. Harris, Ms. Adain has called several times, probably to ask about you, Alex reported, adjusting Nathael’s bed slightly.

Nathael frowned and commanded, “Give me the phone.”

Right then, Maggie’s recent message came in.

Hearing his voice, Maggie’s worried heart finally settled. Her lips pursed slightly, and tears welled up in her

eyes.

“Maggie?” Nathael swallowed, his voice revealing a tinge of anxiety.

Maggie looked down. Maggie hid the tears that were welling–up in her eyes. She grumbled. “I thought you had moved on so quickly!”

Nathael paused, then solemnly replied, “No, there won’t be anyone new.

There was no one in the past and no other woman in the future.

It was always hers.

“So, why were you unreachable for so long?” Maggie wrapped herself in a coat and stepped onto the balcony to continue their conversation.

She didn’t truly blame him; it was just creeping unease and fear that she couldn’t express.

“The adversary created some complications; it took a little extra time,” he explained with a warm voice through the headset. Finding that the sound came from the other end was oddly satisfying.

shift in the atmosphere and instinctively straightened up. “Maggie, are you angry?” he asked.

her and sniffled as she spoke, “Where are you? I’ll come to

She was n

adage that separation sweetens romance; she found herself just

the late hour or the distance across the city she might have to endure before setting out alone

she still wanted to

to calm the panic and unrest

slightly as He said in a low voice, “I’m not in Misk

slowed, her gait tinged with

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drive you in the morning: he’s going back to the country for business anyway. I’ll send

soured by

indifferently, “A man or a woman? Are you that trusting? Aren’t you worried about what might happen when a man and woman

pulsated with a rhythmic

driving him to the brink with just

warning underlying his words. Yet Maggie pursed her lips. She finally conceded and said. “I know;

bloomed on Nathael’s face, the kind that comes with the first melt of ice or the revived of spring, like a brilliant ray of sunlight

would wait

one day she will be willing to wait for him.

watched the scene unfold. His thoughts

these years, he had never seen Nathael so genuinely happy. He hoped that Maggie

me wait too long. I’m not known for my patience, and if someone else

his presence becoming ominous. “I

I kind

they had parted ways only recently, Maggie felt like an

been so severe, he wanted to rush to her side and

trouble? How’s it going?” Maggie shifted the

settled,” Nathael replied