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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.

she be just

Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had never taken a life before and simply couldn’t bring herself to do so.

you were to kill me now, Nathael could find you a lawyer and

stalemate. He continued to press the blade down,

her own powerlessness.

deep down, 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

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voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What if I showed you how?” he

pierced his flesh with a dull

a faint sound, but startlingly clear, as

unwilling to admit her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and swung a fierce punch at

Timmothy staggered as the punch landed squarely on his face. He

out the

a seven–centimeter–long gash appeared on Timmothy’s face. The blood streaked down the wound, thick as

couldn’t help but flinch, and the mercenaries nearby took a couple of steps forward, their dark gun barrels pointed directly at

trickled down Maggie’s forehead as she turned to face Timmothy, disregarding the mercenaries” presence. With a cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself to kill

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

Nathael so much, but since he cares enough to protect you, I won’t disappoint him. We all have

your actions.”

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

words were sincere, she had asked Nathael about the reasons for Timmothy’s resentment,

wasn’t afraid to admit his own

he was shielding his brother, just as he had done in their past lives,

his face. “You know nothing. Don’t act self–righteous on

tightened as she observed him coldly. She said, “Whatever debt Nathael owes you,

to find this amusing. His gaze turned colder as he retorted, “Do

me,” Maggie challenged, refusing to back

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down, scrutinizing the woman before him with a