Even after Her Death by Rita Bond

Chapter 414 Come Back to Me

When had he gotten here? It was too late to hide now.

I stood up casually, holding the Stone of Duality in my hand. "What's this?" I mouthed.

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When confronted, the best defense isn't to explain yourself but to seize the initiative and throw the question back.

As expected, Carter's eyes flickered with a trace of pani when he met my questioning gaze.

Using the chance, I pulled out the piece hanging around my neck and fitted it together with the one in my hand. In black and white, the positive and negative teardrop-shaped pieces formed a perfect circle.

I grabbed his hand and demanded an explanation.

I wondered if he would tell me the truth.

After all, in his mind, we had already swapped fates successfully.

The eighty-one days of the ritual weren't up until midnight tonight, so he hadn't had time to deal with this stone before I confronted him.

My gaze grew more suspicious by the second, and finally, he sighed in resignation. "Chloe, I lied to you."

Was he going to admit it now?

"The Soul-Stabilizing Pendant I gave you wasn't just one piece," he said.

Feigning confusion, I looked at him, and he continued, "The pendant has two parts."

The moment he mentioned the Soul-Stabilizing Pendant, I knew he wasn't being honest. He had no intention of telling me the full truth.

"At the time, I didn't want you to worry, so I didn't tell you. Besides needing Zoey's parents' blood, my own blood was also required. I've been hiding this piece of the stone to keep you from finding out. But don't worry-its purpose was only for the ritual, which lasts for eighty-one days. Now that your soul is stabilized, you don't need to wear it anymore."

Liar!

Carter, since when were you so skilled at lying?

If I hadn't uncovered your secret, were you planning to keep it from me until the day you died?

He had shifted all my misfortunes onto himself in the shadows.

Even if fate changed and his death seemed like an accident, no one would ever suspect it was due to these

two stones.

He intended to keep me in the dark forever, so I could live on without burden.

on from the

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life until the end of my days. Meanwhile, his mission would be complete, leaving behind

into his arms, my sorrow was misinterpreted as believing his

the back of my head. "It's okay. It's just a few drops

everything he had silently done for me while still trying to comfort me, my chest

unbearable ache, as though tiny silver needles

his shirt tightly, I let my tears soak into

them away tenderly. "Don't cry. I'm your husband-it's my duty to

be the doctor. If they see you like this, they'll think

it was, he always treated

such a fool! How could I

wasted 20

who entered was

quality black shirt peeking out beneath it. He had a high nose bridge and wore

hand to greet me. "Hello, I'm Matthew

man I had seen before, this

shook his hand, then

his voice calm. "Carter's already explained

living room, and the matter of the Stone of Duality was

high-definition electronic laryngoscope. "Don't worry. Just follow

I nodded.

was over, Carter asked, "What's

explained seriously, "It's not congenital or due to physical overexertion. I checked her vocal cords carefully There's

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disrupting her speech center."

treated?" Carter

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drug she was given is a

heard the drug only lasts seven days. Could her

been poisoned. Without the antidote, the toxins will worsen over time. The person who drugged her implied that if she takes the antidote within seven days, there won't be any long-term effects. But the longer she

result wasn't surprising-it

chains to trap Whitney, while Yael used poison to control

he already knew I'd have to beg him for the antidote to

for me to give in and come

"That b*st*rd!" Carter growled.

his hand, shaking