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

be okay, right?

to

Maggie moved debris around the statue while stepping over ruins,

enveloped her, causing her goosebumps to

her

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Take You There

Nathael still could

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

warning. “You were close to Nathael just now.

measured the distances, trying to

here; he must be close…..

on the rubble, mumbling to herself

as she calmly directed Ethan, “Go two meters that way. He might be there.”

her further and joined

someone shouted, “Over here!”

hurried over. Soon, she saw Nathael covered in blood and debris. Blood was flowing down his forehead onto half his face, with the

pale, and his eyes were closed,

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

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

hand. Ethan carried Nathael while muttering. “Timmothy’s crazy! He set off explosions on

Charlie’s sake, Mr.

the others in guiding Nathael to

his crew had already left, seeming confident that Nathael wouldn’t die here. Maggie and Alex

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

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

“We need to leave

to reality, suddenly remembering something. She passed Nathael to Alex, whispering,

away without a backward

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