Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Billionaire Is 16

Chapter 16 Chloe, You're Back Chapter 16 Chloe, You're Back

It was late, the night still and silent.

"Chloe!"

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Luke woke up, calling my name as if he had just escaped a nightmare. His right hand clutched his chest, and he was gasping for breath.

Sweat covered his forehead, and his chest heaved unevenly.

Frantically, he fumbled for his phone on the nightstand, dialing my number again. Still off.

He opened our chat history, stopping at the last message-a voice note where he had threatened me.

Only then did Luke realize I might actually be mad this time. After all, I'd never disappeared for more than three days without saying anything.

He mumbled under his breath, "Women are nothing but trouble."

He then called Roy. "First thing in the morning, go to the jewelry store and buy the Heart of the Ocean. And pick up a bouquet of yellow roses while you're at it."

Yellow roses meant an apology.

In his mind, my disappearance was just another one of my usual tantrums, something he could smooth over with a simple gesture, a little sweet talk, a crook of his finger, and I'd come running back.

He tossed and turned, unable to sleep, his face twisted in discomfort. Half-conscious, he muttered, "Chloe, get my stomach medicine."

The room was empty and silent, with no one to respond.

I looked up to see Luke clutching his stomach, his face twisted in pain.

He had a bad stomach, and I'd spent years taking care of it, always keeping medication on hand just in case.

But ever since my miscarriage, things between us had changed for the worse. And with Anna's deliberate seduction, he'd spent more of the time in the past three months with her than he did with me. Without my care, his stomach problems flared up again.

Luke was curled up on the bed, writhing in pain.

I stood off to the side, watching coldly. Luke, there'd be no one to bring you medicine anymore.

His trembling hands fumbled to open the drawer.

easiest spot for him to reach, so that even in

find it

and the bottle of stomach medicine

eternity, he finally found the medication-only

on the edge of collapse long before our marriage. Despite our impending wedding, he spent nearly eighty percent of his time with Anna, only coming back to me around his work hours. In

"C-Chloe...

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his gaze fixed on me,

pale but a trace of relief

a thud, Luke collapsed at my feet, overwhelmed by

the past, I would have worried. Now, I merely watched him

I was nothing but a ghost to him

any sorrow. Instead, I stood by the window,

my own body, what could I

if Luke died, he deserved

him sprawled on

"Chloe!"

hand tightly, his voice desperate as he called my

you alright? Why are you

process what was happening. His face turned pale. "Where

still in Cloudville? What's

confusion, "So

flowers and gifts

something but couldn't quite bring himself to. It was unclear

that. Just take me to the airport and

bathroom. Roy waited by the door with a beige suit

Luke came out, about to take the suit, but paused. "Get me

dark colors in ages, and I hadn't bought him any new clothes in over a year. The entire master bedroom, not just the walk-in closet, was filled with items connected to

until he finally found

in a dry-cleaning bag and

he had worn at our engagement, so nervous that he couldn't

a soft touch, our gazes locking in a

in a suit, it makes

my tiptoes and