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.

deep with intensity. “Thank you, Mr. Caleb, for looking after

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appeared gentle and harmless, but on closer inspection, one might find his gaze colder than the moonlight, as if he were merely an

was me who asked him to

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prompting her

home.” Nathael stated firmly, gripping her

glance at Leo, then departed with

and spoke softly,

feeling Nathael’s grip on her wrist tighten simultaneously.

into the car, Maggie could

dim light of the car, Maggie turned and stealthily observed

was clenched tightly, his pupils were dark, and he exuded an imposing yet

and asked in a deep voice, “Is this

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

her, this confrontation was unexpected, a dramatic

ignoring of calls, and even her shutting

and sincere, yet it echoed the many times she had smoothly talked her way out

studied her clear eyes, struggling momentarily to

tightly together, and stared out the window. He pulled a cigarette

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

pretty as the view outside?” Maggie

catch the faint scent of alcohol on her breath mixed with

dark eyes

rising within her, Maggie softly pleaded, “Can you stop being mad? I don’t want you to

her, Maggie felt the tears

ignore me? Are you tired of me? Or do you

sharp sting in Maggie’s nose as tears

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Tired of

and obediently leaned back in her seat, turning her head

along the mountain road, leaving behind the noisy crowd

and the black mountain forest enveloped them in silence and

lost in thought. Tears swirled in

heart felt congested and

the cruel truth that her days were numbered

provided him with enough security or if she had been the only one to hurt him from

past life, remembering his

past life

seemed more like a curse, burdening him

understood what made her flawed self so valuable in his

she unconsciously leaned back in her seat

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