Chapter 585: Decoding Jared - Part 1

"Smart girl," Jared commented, his eyes not leaving Maggie. Even though he could only see her side profile for she was still staring at the camera in the cell, he did not miss the small smile of triumph on her lips.

'What do I do, darling?' He sighed lightly, his gaze turning gentle at once. 'Why can't I hate you as much as I want to? Why does all my hatred for you vanish in your presence?' He wondered, a small smile landing on his lips which Ryder did not miss. His fury was already at his peak, and Jared's expressions were only pushing him close to losing his mind completely.

"Thank you, Jared." Maggie turned him once she was done conveying her message. "You were very helpful in this."

"My pleasure, dear. I am glad that I was of help to you." Jared beamed, not at all worried that one of his target locations had been discovered. He folded his hands and leaned back, his stance only showing that he was still in the game and he was still standing strong.

"It would be of great help if you revealed the other target locations too." Maggie sassed, and Jared chuckled at once.

"Why didn't I know that my Maggie had such a sharp tongue before? Oh, how much fun I would have when I will tame it." He mumbled, and this was enough for Ryder's control to snap. He rushed forward and punched the man in the face.

"Ryder," Both Maggie and Preston rushed to pull him back. But by then, the livid man had rained punches on Jared. 

With great difficulty, Preston and Maggie managed to pull him away. 

"Ryder, please curb your anger." Maggie too was as furious as Ryder was with Jared. But she could not allow Ryder to punch him due to this. Jared still had the information they wanted. Moreover, from Ryder's countenance alone, Maggie was certain that he just did not want to punch him, he wanted to kill him for good.

Ryder gritted his teeth when he saw Maggie in front of him trying to stop him from beating the annoying man. Though he was still infuriated, he stopped himself and controlled his rage, putting a halt to his madness. It was only when Preston was assured that his friend would not go berserk again, that he let him go.

"I must say your lover is quite impressive, Maggie." Jared licked the blood off his lips, the action nothing less sinister and eerie. But Maggie had seen more gruesome acts when she had stayed in his gang. So, it did not affect her much.

"Why didn't you tell me you already had someone before?" He spoke gently as though he was scolding her for keeping this matter a secret. "I would have killed him immediately, ending this bastard from interfering in our lives."

Now it was Maggie's turn to lose her calm and she glared at him, wishing to kill him right at this moment. All her anger and resentment for the man that had accumulated over the months came gushing back on seeing him and her hands were itching to put a bullet through his head.

Both Ryder and Preston sensed the change in her, and they stood on either side of her. Ryder even forgot his own fury after seeing the fire in Maggie's eyes. He had never seen her this furious before, and he had no idea why she was this irked.

"Maggie, don't." Ryder made her face him and looked at her in the eye. "He is not worth it."

As soon as she met Ryder's concerned eyes, all her anger vanished. He was right. Jared was not worth her anger for she realized that this was what he wanted. He wanted her to lose her calm and do things she never wanted to, ever. Maggie understood Jared's goal at once, and she took a deep breath to calm herself.

He was just trying to rile her up and had succeeded at it too if not for Ryder stopping her on time. She let out a breath as though she was letting out all her anger before she stared at Jared again, only this time, her gaze was extremely calm but cold. It immediately sent chills down Jared's spine, making him put his guards up against her.

Maggie took the chair in front of him smiled at him, and Jared at once understood the meaning behind her smile. She had something up her sleeve that might soon make change things in her favor. 

"I wonder how you are able to sit still even when you know that your plan is about to fail." Maggie smiled and leaned forward slightly, not once moving her gaze away from him.

"Why do you think I will fail, Maggie?" Jared raised a brow at her, his lips arching up on one side.

"Because we have detected two of your target locations by now." Maggie did not mind revealing the truth to him for she knew that this would help her trick Jared.

As soon as Jared her, his smile slipped just as Maggie had anticipated. His expression turned grave and he gave her a look which she was all too familiar with. But soon, he composed himself and his smile was back on his lips.

"You have become a brilliant liar, Maggie. I was still in the illusion that you were being honest with me." He sassed.

"And why do you think I am lying? Didn't you send your men to the basketball stadium?"

This time, Jared's expression changed drastically and he could not calm himself down even if he wanted. He gave her an incredulous as he clenched his jaw in anger. 

After seeing Jared's expression, a notion entered Maggie's mind and she narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. 'His expression did not change much when he let out one of his target locations. But it changed significantly after he found out about the stadium. Why so? Did he have only these two targets in mind or...?'

She stared at Jared for quite a few seconds, waiting for him to give away something. But just as she had expected, he was still frustrated and anxious even though he was trying hard to hide his actual state of mind. Maggie immediately understood what was troubling him and why he was only anxious and not terrified.

"Jared, did you think I would not be able to read you?' She scoffed, discerning his plan at once. 'All I need to do now is to find your last target location and you are done for sure.'