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.

his medication in the easiest spot for him to reach, so that even in the dead of night, he could find it the moment the pain

yanked open the drawer, only to find it

and the bottle of stomach

crouched down, frantically searching. After what felt like an eternity, he finally found the medication-only to discover it had

him then that our relationship had been 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 his most intense pain, I couldn't

"C-Chloe...

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Chloe, You're

me, as if he

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

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

have worried. Now,

nothing but a ghost to

felt any sorrow. Instead, I stood by the window, watching the

I couldn't even protect my own body, what could I

even if Luke died,

found him sprawled on

"Chloe!"

as he grasped Roy's hand

Why are you on the

him a moment to process what was happening. His face

Bolton still in Cloudville?

"So

must be that you've been thinking about her so much that it's invaded your dreams. I've got flowers and gifts

to say something but couldn't quite

that. Just take me to the airport and

bathroom. Roy

a brief wash, Luke came out, about to take the suit,

worn dark colors in ages, and I hadn't bought

wardrobe in frustration until he finally found a long-neglected black

dry-cleaning bag and

was the suit he had worn at our engagement, so nervous that he couldn't even tie his

tie with a soft touch,

look so handsome in a suit, it makes me want to

stood on my tiptoes and gently