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.

all figured out. She planned to get her brother to help with it later. She doubted she’d

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door

skipped a beat, feeling like it was squeezed tight, trembling

“Tired?

office had a lounge area where Maggie often lounged around and played

for a bit,” Maggie said, then fell silent again, not sure where

aside the papers in his hand and asked gently, “Hungry? I can

at him, and said slowly, “Nathael, there’s something I need to talk

a while since she spoke to him so formally, or maybe her expression

at her. “Go ahead.”

heart raced in her chest. His long, deep–set

composed as she spoke slowly, “I think we need

words felt stuck in

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

into the depths of winter, with dark clouds looming overhead, making it hard

slightly as if she

when discussing serious matters, she needed to keep a serious tone. She couldn’t afford to

captivating eyes visibly dimmed, his black pupils resembling cold obsidian stones.

locked his gaze onto Maggie, intent on catching any hint of her emotions as if there was already a vast

spoke, his voice still gentle, almost like he was asking a casual

the more unease Maggie

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

him and said slowly,

those dreams?

quiet,

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someone else, and dealing with your feelings…

feeling

asking for a breakup out of the blue wasn’t enough

was the perfect

to approach it

need some time:

need to clear my head, okay?” Maggie

only asking. “Anything

for a moment before speaking softly, “A lot of

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

at her ability to fabricate stories.

deep down that what she was