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.

reach, so that even in the dead of night, he could find it

to find it

from Anna, and the bottle of stomach medicine

felt like an eternity, he

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 his most intense pain, I couldn't tell if he was recalling the better times we'd shared, but his

"C-Chloe...

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his gaze fixed on me, as if he could

toward me, his face was pale but a trace of relief lit

thud, Luke collapsed at my feet, overwhelmed by the pain and

have worried. Now,

I was nothing but a ghost to him

no longer felt any sorrow. Instead, I stood by the window, watching the snowflakes swirl

protect my own body, what could I

if Luke died, he deserved

to reach Luke, arrived at the Bolton Residence and found him

"Chloe!"

as he grasped Roy's hand tightly, his voice desperate as

are you alright? Why are you on

took him a moment to process what was happening. His face

Bolton still in Cloudville? What's

confusion, "So it was just a

got flowers and gifts ready

wanted to say something but couldn't quite bring himself to. It was unclear what he had dreamed about

me to the airport and get

to the bathroom. Roy waited by the door with a beige suit

brief wash, Luke came out, about to take

ages, and I hadn't bought him any new clothes in over a year. The entire master bedroom, not just the

finally found a long-neglected black

in a dry-cleaning bag and neatly pressed,

had worn at our engagement, so nervous that he

a soft touch, our gazes

handsome in a suit, it makes me want to do something to

on my tiptoes and gently kissed his