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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

morals; perhaps, as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had never taken a life before and

were to kill me now, Nathael could find you a

found themselves locked in a stalemate. 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 a smile

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his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What if

the next instant, the pressure on his hand intensified. The dagger pierced his

clear, as though it could

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

guard, Timmothy staggered as the punch landed

moment, Maggie swiftly pulled out the dagger and

face. The blood streaked down the wound, thick as

couple of steps forward, their dark gun barrels pointed

to face Timmothy, disregarding the mercenaries” presence. With a cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself to kill you, but that doesn’t mean 1 won’t leave you with a trinket.”

dark and mysterious, a glimmer of

as she continued, “I don’t know why you hate Nathael so much, but since he

your actions.”

exuded a fierce,

about the reasons

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

he had

flickering across his face. “You

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

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

Maggie challenged,

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looked down, scrutinizing the woman before him