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

his chest and the other

head down willingly, and I leaned in, brushing my lips against

So gentle.

almost instantly, my face burning. "I. I kissed you," I stammered. He chuckled warmly. "Darling, what you just did barely counts as a peck. Let me show you what a real

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feels like."

respond, 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,

"Chloe, it means a lot to me that you took the

when did you start having feelings for me?" I asked the question that had been lingering in my

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

and the Boltons grew closer. Back then, we weren't engaged yet, and

minute. You're the one who saved me when I was eight?"

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 you have

was the son of the Boltons. So I assumed it was him.

the truth?"

even as a kid. Your family, the Sanders, treated him so well. Of course, he wasn't going to ruin that by telling the

you say anything?" I pressed, searching his face for

at the Bolton Residence weren't as

hit me like a wave. Back then, Carter was just an illegitimate child, living

didn't see him as one of their

seen as an outsider at the Boltons, so how

now why, when I once asked Luke about Uncle Carter, he only mentioned that Carter was a solitary man with a short temper and advised me not to

Carter was

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child, and even sacrificed her life in a car accident for me.

never gave her any. She had such a sad life,

"You're quite

softly, "Are you

realized how foolish my earlier thoughts

to look

was truly my savior,

you tell me sooner? You made