Can’t Win Me Back

Chapter 1401

Maggie cried some more once she returned home, having revealed so much of her painful past to

Alyssa all at once. She ended up falling asleep and only waking up in the afternoon the next day. Her

mother had gone to work already.

Maggie struggled to get out of bed. She really didn't feel like going out, so she called the shopowner of

the tailor shop she used to work at to order some fabrics. She planned to start making a bag for Xavier.

In all honesty, if it was someone else who'd asked Maggie to do this, she wouldn't have actually gone

through with it.

But Xavier's eyes had been so bright and his tone so earnest when he asked. Maggie couldn't help but

want to finish making it for him as fast as she could.

The tailor shop owner called Maggie in the evening and informed her that he'd sent a runner to drop off

the fabrics. The runner was about to reach her home.

Maggie thanked the shop owner profusely and patiently waited.

Sometime later, someone knocked on her door.

Maggie was eager to open it. But when she placed her hand on the doorknob, she still asked

cautiously, "Who is it?"

The person outside paused briefly before saying, "Delivery guy. I have something for you."

Delivery? Wasn't this person a runner?

Maggie grew suspicious. "I've made a lot of orders recently. Where is your delivery from? Here or out of

state?"

for yourself once

Something was wrong.

was very,

on extremely high alert, possibly due to her past abuse. She had a strong

door was not

open this door no

anything online recently. Are you sure you

another house?"

Bam!

slammed

clasped her mouth tightly

back.

Bam! Bam!

as

call the police, a

into

before she could see his face.

around her throat.

help..." Maggie's face grew purple from suffocation as she tried to tear the man's

as the air was choked out of her. Her

of the man's

a sudden, Maggie felt

figures battled it

out, she heard

It sounded like Xavier.

still closed her eyes and

man

over to check up on Maggie on Jasper's orders and also to give

Xavier would bump into someone trying to kill

his best to fight the man, but his skills weren't like Sean's.

floor. It felt like every bone in

The killer grabbed a cleaver from

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

suddenly cut through the air,

cleaver. It fell to the floor with

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