Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 403 Are You Surprised?

Whitney had already handed me her phone. If I used it to contact someone outside, my chances of escape would greatly increase.

She clearly wanted me to leave, not to be trapped here like her.

Yet, deep down, a part of her still wanted to see me again.

Her emotions conflicted throughout the day.

I wiped her tears and made a gesture to her.

If we leave, we leave together.

"Leave?"

She shook her head. "He'll never let me go. I know too much. Even if I die, it will be by his side."

As expected, Whitney had completely lost the desire to escape. I shook my head and tried to tell her how beautiful the outside world was... "Since the world is so wonderful, you shouldn't stay here with me. Chloe, you must run if you get a

chance..."

Whitney was only 25, yet the light in her eyes resembled someone at the end of their life.

It shouldn't be this way.

I felt tears of frustration welling up. I wanted to speak, to reason with her, but no words would come.

The limitations of my sign language made it impossible to fully convey my thoughts.

Finally, I managed to tell her with gestures.

I won't leave you. I'll protect you. We'll get out of here together

Perhaps not wanting to upset me further, she nodded vaguely.

I sighed.

Her mind was trapped in the confines of the past 20 years. It wasn't something I could change in a day or two, nor with just a few words.

I could start to show her that

first came back to life, revenge consumed my thoughts. It was Carter who taught me that love still existed in this world, that I hadn't been abandoned,

the way, Chloe, you asked me about Amber before,

that Amber had tried to kill me and I wanted to know

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as she washed up. "She's Yael and Taylor's biological

caught me

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had speculated about Amber's connection to Carter, wondering what had motivated her to care for him for so many

was the mother of the Carlyn

He'd never referred to her as "mother" or anything

Turned out she was married to the late patriarch of

ulterior motives for staying

she would've taken it by

only

Whitney what else she knew about Amber. What kind

from brushing her teeth

had already suspected as

brothers. It's probably

fogged mirror.

see her. They're both afraid of her. She holds a high-ranking position in that organization. Those secrets are beyond my knowledge." Amber was very likely the Lady

and tried to comfort me. "Chloe, be careful. She'll definitely show up at my wedding

I nodded.

didn't clean my face, but I brushed my teeth and took a quick

as if we had

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parents but would often cling to me.

clothes and jumping out from hidden

siblings, she was the most lively and cheerful