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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 could, wouldn’t she be just

merely about upholding her morals; perhaps, as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had never taken a life before and simply couldn’t bring herself

me now, Nathael could find you a lawyer and argue for self–defense,” he

found themselves locked in a stalemate. He continued to press the

her

with it. She couldn’t bring herself to pierce his heart or slit his throat,

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

next instant, the pressure on his hand intensified. The dagger pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound echoing loudly in the silent

startlingly clear,

released her hold

landed squarely on his

swiftly pulled out the dagger and slashed viciously

the

a couple of steps forward, their dark gun

as she turned to face Timmothy, disregarding the mercenaries” presence. With a cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring

raised his head, his eyes dark and mysterious,

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

your actions.”

a fierce, unrestrained intensity, as if she had lifted all taboos.

the reasons for Timmothy’s resentment, but he had

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

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

let out a chilling laugh, a hint of madness flickering across his face. “You know nothing. Don’t act self–righteous on behalf

She

to find this amusing. His gaze turned colder as he retorted, “Do you really think you can afford

me,” Maggie challenged, refusing to back

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enigmatic as he looked down, scrutinizing the woman before him with a