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.

stuff, Maggie had it all figured out. She planned to get her brother to help with it later. She doubted she’d ever go back to

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the door swung

like it

glanced up. his voice serious. “Tired? Why not crash on the bed?”

office had a lounge area where Maggie often

killing me from lying down, I’ll just sit for a bit,” Maggie said, then fell silent again, not sure where to start.

hand and

She stood up, looked at him, and said slowly, “Nathael, there’s something I need to talk to you about.”

since she spoke to him so formally, or maybe her expression was just too serious

at her. “Go ahead.”

chest. His long, deep–set eyes were

keep herself looking composed as she spoke slowly, “I

words felt stuck in her

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

vanished. It was like stepping into the depths of winter, with dark clouds looming overhead,

as if she

She couldn’t afford to falter at the

eyes visibly dimmed, his black pupils

if

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

seemed, the more unease Maggie

the calm before a storm, as if chaos could erupt

as she looked at him and said slowly, “Remember when

those dreams?

quiet,

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someone else, and dealing

each one feeling like a stab in

asking for a breakup out of the blue wasn’t

dream was the

to approach it a bit

need some

to clear my head, okay?” Maggie looked at

didn’t reply, only asking. “Anything else in

moment before speaking softly, “A lot of

ended up resenting each other, 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

couldn’t help but marvel at her ability

knew deep down that what she was saying would resonate