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.

very, very

high alert, possibly due to her past abuse. She

door was not

couldn't open this door no

you sure you got the right place? Why

another house?"

Bam!

heavy slammed against the

trembled in fear. She clasped her mouth

back.

Bam! Bam!

its frame as if ready to shatter

was about to call the police, a tall, dark figure

into tears out of sheer

already pinned her to the floor before she could see his face.

around her throat.

purple from suffocation as

air was choked out of her. Her vision slowly

the man's harsh

of a sudden, Maggie felt the

the sound of fighting. Two figures battled it out at the edge of

Maggie passed out, she

It sounded like Xavier.

end, Maggie still closed her eyes

man in black

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

knew Xavier would bump

his best to fight the man, but his

It felt like every bone

both then!" The killer grabbed a cleaver from the

right at Xavier's chest.

Cling!

"Fuck!"

suddenly cut through the air, slashing right across the

fell to the floor with a

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