Chapter 289 I’ll Take You There

Maggie paused for a moment, understanding Timmothy’s implication.

He wanted her to end things i

Nathael, a request she hadn’t accepted. Rather than convincing her further, he used the explosion and finger to make her face the consequences of her refusal.

Maggie’s heart quivered; her lovely almond eyes brimmed with tears, and the edges of her eyes turned

crimson.

She stared intently at the seemingly harmless man before her while uttering through clenched teeth, “I should’ve ended you on the mountainside just now.”

Timmothy met her gaze with indifference, offering a smile as he remarked, “Practice makes perfect. Perhaps next time, you’ll be more ruthless.”

Maggie averted her eyes. Her hand clenched into a fist on the table as her gaze shifted to the collapsing temple. Though her nails dug into her flesh, she felt no pain.

Bang! A deafening noise rang out.

In an instant, the already crumbling temple collapsed entirely, burying Timmothy and his hired men.

Their comrades outside fled first.

Some assisted each other, drenched in blood while cursing, “Damn, he’s insane!”

Maggie couldn’t resist running towards the temple, and this time, Timmothy raised his hand, signalling Toby to not stop her.

Maggie acted on instinct, plunging into the chaotic rubble.

Meanwhile, Timmothy remained seated, observing her while lost in thought.

“Nathael!” Maggie couldn’t discern the direction and relied on intuition, scouring the area for Nathael’s

form.

“Ethan!”

her voice choked with

okay,

to

moved debris around the statue while

her, causing her goosebumps to rise.

fear from the depths of her

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could not

You should leave!” Ethan wiped blood from his face and spoke gravely.

his warning. “You were close to Nathael

herself to stay composed. She mentally measured

here; he

rubble, mumbling to

rocks, but she seemed oblivious as she calmly directed Ethan,

refrained from persuading her

later, someone shouted, “Over here!”

and debris. Blood was flowing

unconscious. His complexion was pale, and his eyes were closed, his

embraced his head tightly and held her cheek against his while sobbing.

wiped her

while muttering. “Timmothy’s crazy! He set off explosions on the mountaintop, not caring if

Mr. Charlie’s sake, Mr. Harris wouldn’t have put up with him so

assisting Ethan and the others in guiding Nathael to the

already left, seeming confident that Nathael wouldn’t die here. Maggie and Alex carefully inspected Nathael’s injuries, feeling

scrapes on his arms, nothing too severe, but the wound on his forehead looked quite bad. It was probably from a hard impact, causing him to pass

she spoke softly. Tears she had been holding back now streamed down her face, impossible to hold back.

need to

to reality, suddenly remembering something. She passed Nathael to Alex, whispering, “You guys take him and

without a backward glance, he

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