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!”

eyes, her voice choked with sobs despite

okay, right?

has to be!

debris around the statue while stepping over ruins,

causing her goosebumps to rise.

depths of her soul made

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289 I’ll Take You

still could not be found.

leave!” Ethan wiped blood from his face and

close to Nathael just now. He

to stay composed. She mentally measured the distances, trying to

around here; he must be close…..

rubble, mumbling to herself while moving stones

seemed oblivious as she calmly directed Ethan, “Go two meters that

refrained from persuading her further and

later, someone shouted, “Over here!”

debris. Blood was flowing down his forehead onto half his face, with the other half covered in

complexion was pale, and his eyes were closed,

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

cheek felt warm with sticky blood. Maggic wiped her tears away and said, “I’ll get you

Alex rushed over to lend a hand. Ethan carried Nathael while muttering. “Timmothy’s crazy! He set off explosions

it weren’t for Mr. Charlie’s sake, Mr. Harris wouldn’t have put up with him so much.”

guiding Nathael to the

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

the wound on his forehead looked quite

softly. Tears she had been holding back now

to leave quickly;

something. She passed Nathael to Alex, whispering, “You guys take him and go; I’ll go back to find something.”

walk away without a backward

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