Let’s start all over again,shall we?

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.

after her.

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on closer inspection, one might find his gaze colder than the

Maggie quickly interjected, “It was me who

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prompting her to awkwardly

Nathael stated firmly, gripping her hand

Leo,

softly, “Call me

grip on her wrist

car, Maggie

light of the car, Maggie turned and stealthily

exuded an imposing yet restrained presence, as

at her and asked in a deep voice, “Is this

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

confrontation was unexpected, a dramatic twist of fate.

for Nathael, it represented her baffling disappearance, her ignoring of

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

to determine if her remorse was

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 close to his, stopping

the view outside?” Maggie asked, moving closer to

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

dark eyes quietly observing

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

he continued to ignore her, Maggie felt the tears might

his tone self–mocking as he said, “Don’t you want to ignore me? Are you

harsh, but they caused a sharp sting in Maggie’s

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Tired

obediently leaned back in her seat, turning her head to look out the

road, leaving behind the

black mountain forest enveloped them in

continued to gaze out the window, lost in thought. Tears swirled in her eyes, but she managed to keep them from falling.

heart felt congested and painfully

that her days were numbered or because of

security or if she had been

but recall her past life, remembering

her past life made her feel suffocated.

curse, burdening him

never understood what made her flawed self so valuable in his eyes.

dizzy, she unconsciously leaned back in