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!”

voice choked with sobs despite the

okay,

has to be!

around the statue while stepping over ruins,

causing her goosebumps to

the depths of her soul made her tremble

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but Nathael still could not

there’s another timed explosive here. You should leave!” Ethan wiped blood from his face

were close to

to stay composed. She mentally measured the distances, trying to estimate Nathael’s whereabouts.

here; he

to herself while moving stones and debris.

her fair fingers were cut by sharp rocks, but she seemed oblivious as she calmly directed Ethan, “Go two meters that way. He might be

persuading her further and

later, someone shouted, “Over

in blood and debris. Blood was flowing down his

his eyes were closed, his

and held her cheek against his while sobbing. “Nathael, wake up! You’ll be okay, right?”

warm with sticky blood. Maggic wiped her tears away

crazy!

for Mr. Charlie’s sake, Mr. Harris

guiding Nathael to the flat ground outside the

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

his forehead looked quite bad. It was probably from a hard impact, causing him to pass out.

gently touched his cheek as she spoke softly. Tears she had

spoke seriously, “We need to leave quickly; this place is about to

She passed Nathael to Alex, whispering, “You guys take him and go;

Seeing her walk away without a

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