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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!”

filled Maggie’s eyes, her voice choked with

be okay, right?

to

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

enveloped her, causing her goosebumps

the depths of her

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could not be found.

should leave!” Ethan wiped blood from his face and

his warning. “You were close to Nathael just

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

he must

kneeled on the rubble, mumbling to herself while moving stones

as

refrained from persuading her further and joined

later, someone shouted, “Over

blood and debris. Blood was flowing

seemed unconscious. His complexion was pale, and his eyes were closed, his lashes

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

warm with sticky blood. Maggic wiped her tears away and said,

Nathael while muttering. “Timmothy’s crazy! He set off explosions on the

“If it weren’t for Mr. Charlie’s sake, Mr. Harris wouldn’t have

and the others in guiding Nathael to

confident that Nathael wouldn’t die

his forehead looked quite

Tears she had been holding back now streamed down her face, impossible to hold

Ethan spoke seriously, “We need to leave quickly;

back to reality, suddenly 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 glance, he instinctively reached out and

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