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Chapter 286 Maggie is Ruthless

Timmothy turned around. He placed the dagger in her hand and pointed it at his own heart.

Maggie blinked her eyes in disbelief as she looked at him.

He smiled and gazed at him with clear eyes. Timmothy applied more pressure to her hand, urging the dagger closer to his chest.

Maggie’s eyes welled up with tears. She couldn’t help but wonder if lunacy ran into their family.

Both Nathael and Timmothy seemed to share similar traits.

Timmothy towered over her, his presence casting a shadow on Maggie. Despite his imposing stature, he smiled at her with difficulty. “Go ahead, kill me. I can assure you they’ll release you once I’m gone,” he said.

His tone was light and eerily persuasive, drawing her towards the abyss.

Maggie felt a lump form in her throat, and a thin layer of sweat formed on her brow.

Kill him?

It crossed her mind that eliminating him could alleviate many of Nathael’s future troubles.

However, did she have the right to decide his fate without knowing the extent of Timmothy’s actions. against Nathael?

“Have you ever taken a life?”

He noticed her action. Timmothy chuckled and guided her hand, urging the dagger deeper into his flesh.

A dark red stain spread, creeping up his black shirt like a morbid flower blooming,

Maggie’s hand trembled as she gripped the dagger tightly, but she found herself unable to follow through.

In that moment, Maggie realized she had lost the battle.

She simply couldn’t bring herself to do it.

could, wouldn’t she be just like Sierra and the

was because she had never taken a life before and simply

smiled, finding amusement in the situation. “If you were to kill me now, Nathael could find you a lawyer

He continued to press the blade down, while she remained unable to

her own

Maggie had to acknowledge that she couldn’t go through with it. She couldn’t bring herself to pierce his heart or slit his throat, especially not when he spoke so calmly, with

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Timmothy leaned in closer, his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What if

pressure on his hand intensified. The dagger pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound

clear, as though it could penetrate

unwilling to admit her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and swung

as the punch landed squarely on

Maggie swiftly pulled out the

gash appeared on Timmothy’s face. The blood streaked down the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending an

mercenaries nearby took a couple of steps forward, their dark gun barrels

cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself to

slowly raised his head, his eyes dark and mysterious, a glimmer of something dancing within them.

why you hate Nathael so much, but since he cares enough to protect you, I won’t disappoint him. We all have our struggles, but that doesn’t justify

your actions.”

regarded her with an unreadable expression. Now, her eyes exuded a fierce, unrestrained intensity, as

words were sincere, she had asked Nathael about the reasons for

silence–he wasn’t afraid to admit his own mistakes, but he didn’t want to expose Timmothy’s

he had done in their past lives, avoiding

flickering across his face.

him coldly. She

colder as he retorted, “Do

challenged, refusing to back

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scrutinizing the woman before him with a sinister