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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 sobs despite the

okay, right?

has to be!

around the statue

enveloped her, causing her goosebumps

the depths of her soul made

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but Nathael still could

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

his warning. “You were close to Nathael just now. He must be

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

he must

rubble, mumbling 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 there.”

Ethan refrained from persuading her further and joined others in

later, someone shouted,

hurried over. Soon, she saw Nathael covered in blood and debris. Blood was flowing down his

pale, and his eyes were closed, his lashes coated

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

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

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

in guiding Nathael to the flat

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

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

hand gently touched his cheek as she spoke softly. Tears she had been holding back

settling the others, Ethan spoke seriously, “We need to leave quickly; this place is about to

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

hesitated briefly. Seeing her walk away without a backward

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