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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!”

eyes, her voice choked with sobs despite the

okay, right?

to

statue while stepping over ruins, but Nathael

enveloped her, causing her goosebumps to

of her soul made her tremble

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still could not be found.

should leave!” Ethan wiped

warning. “You were close to Nathael just

stay composed. She mentally measured

here; he must

mumbling to herself while moving stones

rocks, but she seemed oblivious as she calmly directed Ethan, “Go two meters that way. He might be

this, Ethan refrained from persuading her further and

later, someone shouted,

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

complexion was pale, and his eyes were closed, his

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

sticky blood. Maggic wiped her tears away and

carried Nathael while muttering. “Timmothy’s crazy! He set off explosions on the mountaintop, not caring if the whole mountain collapses!”

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

guiding Nathael to the flat

die here. Maggie and Alex carefully inspected Nathael’s

minor scrapes on his arms, nothing too severe, but the wound on his forehead looked quite bad. It was probably from

hand gently touched his cheek as she spoke softly. Tears she had been holding back now streamed down her

Ethan spoke seriously, “We need to leave

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

Seeing her walk away without a backward glance,

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