Let’s start all over again,shall we?

Let’s Star All Over Again, Shall We?

Chapter 389 We Need Some Time Apart

“Yeah.” Nathael replied, not denying it.

A slight curve tugged at the corner of Maggie’s lips, her smile somewhat hard to contain.

Nathael wasn’t sure if what he felt back then could be called love, he just felt like he had started caring about her..

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He found himself keeping tabs on her from time to time, unable to resist the urge to bump into her by chance.

But maybe it had been too long, or perhaps life in the Camerons was great enough that she seemed to have forgotten about him.

And the ones by her side were a guy named Joseph, along with Leo and Sabastian.

Her life was way more interesting than his, and now that he was back at the Harrises‘ residence, he had to make the most of every moment to get stronger fast.

Charlie’s death hit him hard.

Grandpa’s expectations and all the plotting from every direction felt like invisible threats, leaving him no choice but to wade through a world of chaos and danger.

Sometimes, late at night, he just couldn’t help but remember them crammed into that tiny storage r together.

room

In the afternoon, Maggie tagged along with Nathael to the office. But as the sun set, it was like a switch flipped, turning off all her earlier good mood.

She sank into Nathael’s chair, closed her eyes, and rocked back and forth gently.

The phrase “breaking up” danced on her lips, rehearsed countless times.

Yet, it always felt bitter.

Before she could utter a word, Maggie felt the weight of saying something without meaning it, but she kept delaying. She had to go see Iris for treatment.

Maybe, breaking up right now is for the future.

If there was a future.

the only way Maggie could comfort herself, even though she couldn’t shake off the feeling of gloom.

Actually, she deliberately chose to have the conversation at his workplace; she feared that at home, he wouldn’t let her go.

brother to help with it later. She doubted she’d ever

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then, the door

it was squeezed tight,

glanced up. his voice serious. “Tired?

had a lounge area where Maggie often lounged around

sit for a bit,” Maggie said, then fell

set aside the papers in his hand and asked

She stood up, looked at him, and said slowly, “Nathael, there’s something

it had been a while since she spoke to him so formally, or maybe her expression was just too serious and

at her.

raced in her chest. His long,

she tried to keep herself looking composed

felt stuck in her

finally came out, there was no sense of relief. Instead, they brought an

suddenly felt colder, and the relaxed atmosphere vanished. It was like stepping into the depths of winter, with dark clouds looming overhead, making it hard to breathe.

as if she was forcing herself not

tone. She couldn’t afford to falter at the

visibly dimmed, his black pupils

catching any hint of her emotions as if there was already a vast distance between them, yet he

do you mean?” Nathael’s thin lips parted slightly as he spoke, his voice still gentle, almost like he was asking a

seemed, the more unease

calm before a storm, as if chaos could erupt at any moment.

she looked at him and said slowly,

those dreams?

staved quiet, patiently

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someone else, and dealing with your

came out slowly, each one feeling like a stab

knew that asking for a breakup out of the blue wasn’t enough to convince him.

dream was the

to approach it a bit more

need some time:

head, okay?”

asking. “Anything else

a moment before speaking softly,

you stopped loving me but refused to let me go. You… you drove away the person I later fell in love with, and we were both in pain.”

but marvel at her ability

she was saying