Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

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Chapter 214 The Person Who Save Me Back Then

Chapter 214 The Person Who Save Me Back Then

Before my rebirth, Carter was known for being aloof and blunt in his words.

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After the rebirth, he acted so differently that I couldn't help but wonder if he had been taken over by someone with an opposite personality.

I wasn't sure if the warmth in the room was making me feel this way or if it was the softness in his eyes.

He simply gazed at me quietly, not making any move.

ne to make

The thought of the unfinished business from before came to mind. He was clearly waiting for me the first step.

Nicholas's words surfaced in my mind once more.

He said that life is short, and he doesn't want to have regrets.

In my past life, I carried those regrets to the grave. This time, I'm determined not to let history repeat. itself.

I am not Chloe, and he is not my Uncle Carter.

Although my feelings for him haven't blossomed into love, I find that I don't shy away from his touch.

Yes, the world may be full of people like Ashley and Luke, men who only bring heartbreak.

But then there's Nicholas, a reminder that good men still exist, offering a glimpse of something better.

I refuse to let one terrible person make me give up on everyone else. It wouldn't be fair to me, and wouldn't be fair to Carter.

Gathering my courage. I pushed the blanket aside and willingly perched on his lap, meeting his eyes up close.

It felt unreal like I was trapped in a dream.

The man who had once been the untouchable Uncle Carter in my mind was now my rightful husband.

His face was stunningly perfect, his long lashes unexpected for a man, his pale complexion noble yet

distant.

something about him, his cold elegance, that sparked an unexplainable need

his chest and the other around his neck, I

head down willingly, and I leaned in, brushing

So gentle.

I kissed you," I stammered. He chuckled warmly. "Darling, what you just did barely counts as a peck. Let me show you

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feels like."

he leaned in again, his lips capturing mine with an intensity

from me under the force of his kiss, and I melted into his arms, resting

the waist, his voice soft and lingering, "Chloe, it means a lot to me that you took the first

did you start having feelings for me?" I asked the question that

when you were ten, and you tumbled into my arms, grinning and saying you'd marry me one day." I can barely recall events from so

being saved by Luke, the Sanders and the Boltons grew closer. Back then, we weren't engaged yet, and like

saved me

with his finger. "Who else did you think it was? Luke? When you came to the Bolton Residence to thank me, you grabbed his hand and thanked him instead. Do

the son of the Boltons. So I assumed it

the truth?"

head, a wry smile playing on his lips. "Luke has always cared a lot about his image, even as a kid.

anything?" I pressed, searching his face for an

days at the Bolton Residence weren't

truth hit me like a wave. Back then, Carter was just an illegitimate child, living in the shadow of

family standing. The Boltons didn't see him as one of their own, and Jeffrey barely paid

an outsider at the Boltons, so

why, when I once asked Luke about Uncle Carter, he only mentioned that

was pushed aside by

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the Boltons, only my sister-in-law, Esther, truly cared for me. She felt sorry for me not having a mother, treated me like her own child, and even sacrificed her life in a car

her any. She had such a sad life, so every year, I would bring her

"You're

"Are

I realized how

to look him in the

was truly my savior, my feelings for him shied a

me