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Chapter 374 I Want to Witness You Defending Me

Nathael dreaded the thought of what might occur to Maggie and how deeply it would affect her. What level of suffering would she face?

Having completed her shower, Maggie stepped out to discover him. maintaining his position beside the window in the living area, his demeanour sombre.

Drawing near to him, she enveloped her arms around his robust waist from behind and leaned into him, feeling drained. “What’s troubling you? You appear discontent.”

Nathael’s sizable palm enclosed hers at his waist while he addressed her in a resonant tone. “Once more?”

Upon hearing these words, Maggie promptly withdrew her hand and retreated at a pace, protesting, “Seriously? I’m in so much pain, it’s still throbbing…”

With a subtle glint of amusement in his gaze, Nathael pivoted towards her, advancing slowly, inquiring, “Where’s the discomfort? Let me take a look.”

Flushed with embarrassment, Maggie retreated a couple of paces, cautioning, “Nathael, stay right there! Lay a finger on me once more, I’ll be gone by tomorrow!”

and

Merely at that declaration, Nathael’s countenance chilled, his gaze growing. ominous. “Try to repeat it.”

Maggie’s pulse quickened in response to the heightened tension of the situation.

Just the thought of departing caused Maggie to envisage the anguish of bidding him farewell./

She gulped, pondering if her demise awaited not in poison but within Nathael’s arms.

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“Where do you intend to depart to?” he queried.

Trapped, Maggie edged backward until her spine met the cabinet, eliciting. a grimace of discomfort.

Nathael tenderly tilted her chin upward, peering down at her. The slight disarray of his hair only heightened his appeal.

Ensnared in his piercing stare, Maggie felt her legs go weak.

Maggie’s voice trembled. “I was merely teasing. Even if I depart, I’ll reside in your heart.”

Eew!

Maggie felt a shiver run down her spine, finding the cheesy romantic lines. oddly out of place.

Yet she couldn’t dwell on that now. After all, it was Nathael who was being insatiable, and she couldn’t help but lament inwardly.

manner easing a

of the Harrises,

should she do?

about when she brings up the idea of breaking up, she suggests going on

next day, Maggie had planned to make an excuse to see Leo

Nathael’s unusual silence made it difficult. As a result, she

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to Witness

Maggie was furious!

that medicine, didn’t she want to

doing? Leo’s been waiting by the door!”

suggested nonchalantly, “Why not handle everything via phone? Coming

by his words. “I’m just going to see him for ten minutes. What’s the big

her a firm answer. “Yes, it

felt a surge of breathlessness, almost fainting from the shock. She pursed her lips and turned her head

in the next few days. Decide whom you want to meet after

taken aback before composing herself. “Is she

overdose you with

his recent revelation

nature.

The mere

had she not

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have unfolded differently if he had discovered the truth earlier? Might she have found

Maggie chuckled softly, her initial shock giving way to amusement.

steadfast in her ways, unaffected by the passage of time. Her

she harboured a

life, there had been no hint of resorting to drugging. Perhaps her encounters with Ivan in this life had shaped her, or perhaps her tumultuous social circle had led her to contemplate

significant threat to one’s life, particularly for women, as it can

shared, if Sierra had her way, it might be nearly impossible to break free from her grasp. From then on, Maggie would be reversibly mired in a swamp

notion left Maggie

depravity of human nature repulsed her.

that the young Sierra, who once donned princess gowns

held onto the

the most significant lesson drawn from her past

to