Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 408 What If She's My Mother?

By the time we finished, both of us were drenched in sweat.

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I leaned against Carter, feeling the warmth of his body. He kissed the top of my head before carrying me to the bathroom, where he carefully helped me clean up.

My makeup had long since been washed away. However, my face was slightly red, and itchy, likely irritated from wearing the makeup for too long.

Carter's gaze lingered on the marks on my skin. His eyes softened with a hint of guilt. "I'm sorry, Chloe. I couldn't control myself earlier."

I shook my head and traced my fingers along his handsome features tenderly.

"I'll find a way to fix your voice," he promised.

I nodded. As long as I could see him again, losing my voice forever wouldn't matter.

Dipping my finger into the water, I wrote two words on the fogged-up glass, "Damian."

The past two days had been so chaotic that I hadn't had the chance to ask what happened after my disappearance.

Carter understood my unspoken question and began explaining in his calm voice. "The day he sent you away, I couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong. Shortly after, I got news of the car accident- your car had collided with another, caught fire, and plunged into the ocean." Hearing this, I instinctively grabbed his hand. He must have been devastated at that time.

Carter patted the back of my hand. "It's all in the past now."

I mouthed silently, "What about Damian?"

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"He was injured. Though they pulled him out of the water alive, he ended up in the ICU. He only pulled through these past two days."

Damian must have known I had already been sent away. Knowing he had betrayed Carter and couldn't escape Amber's grasp, he chose to end his own life.

The fact that he survived was a miracle in itself.

man who had shielded Carter and me more

to Carter, "Carl, don't blame him. He

blame him? He deceived

"He had no other option. Amber

to kill me in my messages, the

had never hurt him directly. Deep down, I feared Carter might take their side,

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thoughts spiraled

my turmoil, holding my hand tightly as

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to the

and mouthed,

couldn't accept it. I sent countless people to search the waters. They searched day and night

imagine what Carter went

started piecing everything together, reviewing every

brilliant, but to stay composed under such circumstances-especially when dealing with people as close to him as Amber and Damian-was

"What

adopted by Amber. I saved him years ago, and since then, he's been by my side. But he never mentioned Amber, which

my leg still untreated, Damian stayed by my side through thick and thin. I thought it was out of gratitude for saving him, but now I realize he was Amber's pawn all

accident when I was pushed into the sea and saved by the Doltons. Maybe the Doltons

death. Amber said something that stuck with me. She said that Tiffany and Vare

wrote two words on the glass,

everything clicked. Why the Doltons have always treated me so well, why Amber stop me from being with Tiffany-it must be because I share a blood relationship with the Doltons. Your disappearance and Damian's silence in the ICU made me suspect Amber was involved. If she is, then this scheme was set up over a decade ago. Damian might not even be her only spy around me. I didn't know if you were truly gone, so I could only investigate

Carter wouldn't believe me, but he had already uncovered

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