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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.

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

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expression remained cool, his pale eyes a stark contrast to Nathael’s. They appeared gentle and harmless, but on closer inspection, one might find his gaze colder than the moonlight, as if he were merely an observer of the world, detached from everything around

Maggie quickly interjected, “It was me who

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weak, prompting her

we’re going home.” Nathael stated

Leo, then departed with

and spoke softly, “Call me if you need anything.”

grip on her wrist tighten simultaneously.

car, Maggie could distinctly sense his

dim light of the car, Maggie turned and stealthily observed Nathael’s stern

clenched tightly, his pupils were dark, and he exuded an

up at her and asked in a deep voice, “Is this why you turned

sternness that was hard to place. Maggie’s eyes welled up, and she lowered her head in a gesture of

this confrontation was unexpected,

baffling disappearance, her ignoring of calls,

sincere, yet it echoed the many times she had smoothly talked her way out of past predicaments.

momentarily to determine if her

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

the cigarette from his mouth, tilted her head, and brought her bright, expressive face close to his, stopping barely an inch from his handsome

pretty as the view outside?” Maggie asked,

scent of alcohol on her breath mixed with the perfumed

remained still, silent, his dark eyes quietly observing

her, Maggie softly pleaded, “Can you stop being mad? I don’t want you to be upset.”

her, Maggie felt the tears might start

as he said, “Don’t you want to ignore me? Are you tired of me? Or do you think Leo is better?”

sharp sting in Maggie’s nose as tears began to well

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in her seat, turning

car sped along the mountain road, leaving behind the noisy

grew darker, and the black mountain forest enveloped them in

Tears swirled in her eyes,

felt congested and painfully swollen.

because of the cruel truth that her days were numbered or because of Nathael’s self–mocking

wondered if she had ever provided him with enough security or if she had been the only one

but recall her past life,

past life made

curse, burdening him in life and even in death.

made her flawed

slightly dizzy, she unconsciously leaned back in her seat and