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Chapter 239 Tired of Me?

Maggie wished she could immediately find a place to hide, instinctively turning her head away.

Instead, she was met with a chaotic crowd doling out compliments, casually parked luxury cars, and the steep mountain path.

How had he managed to find her?

She had already gotten rid of Nolan.

Feeling somewhat dizzy, Maggie’s mind began to go blank in waves.

“Mr. Caleb, you’re a very skilled driver.”

She overheard Nathael’s voice as he approached and shook hands with Leo.

“Mr. Harris, you’re too kind, Leo responded, his handshake gentle and his demeanour calm.

Closing her eyes. Maggie felt a bittersweet shift from joy to sorrow.

She had been dreading seeing him, but ultimately, he had come looking for her.

Now, her only solace was that Leo had accompanied her, preventing her from breaking down in tears at the sight of Nathael.

“Maggie,” came Nathael’s deep voice from behind her.

Bracing herself. Maggie turned around, her vision blurry as she faced him. “Nathael.”

His dark eyes intently focused on her, he slowly asked, “Are you having fun?”

“It’s okay…” Maggie replied, feeling an inexplicable guilt as she uneasily examined his expression.

Would he be angry!

Would he be upset?

The brief moment of bravado she had felt when turning off her phone had now dissolved into anxiety and

unease.

“I’ll take you home,” Nathael declared, reaching out to grab her wrist and gently pulling her to his side.

Maggie didn’t speak, she simply thought for a moment and nodded in response.

shifted to Leo, his eyes deep with intensity. “Thank you, Mr. Caleb, for looking after her. However, I hope next time

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on closer inspection, one might find his gaze colder

spoke, Maggie quickly interjected, “It was me who asked him to take

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weak, prompting her to awkwardly look

go, we’re going home.” Nathael stated

at Leo, then

at her and spoke softly, “Call me if you

feeling Nathael’s grip on

Nathael ushered her into the car, Maggie could distinctly sense his

Maggie turned and stealthily observed

he exuded an imposing yet

a deep voice, “Is this

to place. Maggie’s eyes welled up, and she lowered her head in a gesture of guilt, murmuring, I was wrong. It

this confrontation was unexpected, a dramatic

baffling disappearance, her ignoring

echoed the many times she had smoothly talked her way

eyes, struggling momentarily to

the window. He pulled a cigarette from the pack and placed it between his lips.

motion, Maggie reached out, plucked the cigarette from his mouth, tilted her head, and brought her bright, expressive face close to

pretty as the view outside?” Maggie asked, moving closer to

the faint scent of alcohol on her breath mixed with the perfumed air of the

remained still, silent, his dark

you stop being mad? I don’t want

to ignore her, Maggie felt the tears might start at any moment.

ignore me? Are you tired of me?

they caused a sharp sting in Maggie’s nose as tears began to well up in her

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silent, and obediently leaned back in her seat,

along the mountain road, leaving behind the

surroundings grew darker, and the black mountain forest enveloped them in silence and

in thought. Tears swirled in her eyes, but she managed to

congested and painfully

it was because of the cruel truth that her days were numbered or because of Nathael’s self–mocking words earlier.

with enough security or if she had been the only

couldn’t help but recall her past life,

past life made her feel suffocated.

more like a curse, burdening him in

made her flawed self

unconsciously leaned back in her seat and drifted into