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Chapter 289

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!”

Maggie’s eyes, her voice choked with sobs

be okay, right?

to

moved debris around the statue while stepping over ruins, but Nathael

panic enveloped her, causing her goosebumps to

fear from the depths of her soul made her tremble

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still could not be found.

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

“You were close to Nathael just now. He must

measured the distances, trying to

he must

to herself while moving stones and

oblivious as she calmly directed Ethan,

refrained from persuading her further and joined others

shouted,

she saw Nathael covered in blood and debris. Blood was flowing

was pale, and his eyes were closed, his lashes coated

cheek against his while sobbing. “Nathael, wake up!

her tears away and said, “I’ll get you

crazy! He set off explosions on the mountaintop, not caring if the whole mountain

Charlie’s sake, Mr. Harris wouldn’t have put

assisting Ethan and the others in guiding Nathael

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

too severe, but the wound on his forehead looked quite

as she spoke softly. Tears she had been holding back now streamed down her

“We need to leave quickly; this

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

hesitated briefly. Seeing her walk away without a

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