Loved You Once But He's My Forever

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Chapter 310 The Shop's Secret

Behind Carter, police officers were setting up a perimeter, indicating something serious had occurred ar the shop:

I couldn't help but feel uneasy as I glanced at him. "Is it okay for me to be here?"

"Don't worry. All the cameras have been turned off."

That reassured me. He wouldn't put me at risk.

"You should've been inside. It's freezing out here."

I just wanted to see you sooner. He offered a soft smile.

For a brief moment, almost forgot how he used to be Why had I once thought of him as so frightening?

I gently pushed him toward the door. "What happened today?"

"I had some people stir up trouble at the shop. As soon as they heard we might call the police, they tried to pay to make it go away. But when money didn't work, one of them shut the place down."

I stopped in my tracks. "They were planning to force their way in?"

"Yes. A bunch of thugs, really. They didn't expect us to be prepared. We had backup waiting outside, and when the scuffle started, they ran into the underground tunnel."

I'd figured out where the tunnel was, but now I worried. With so many people around, I feared the decoy might have gotten into trouble.

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"Did anyone get hurt?" I asked, anxiety rising. I had only wanted to cause a bit of a stir, not out of hand.

Carter's face grew dark. My stomach twisted. "What happened?"

things get

"They're badly injured. They meant to scare them, but the situation escalated. They broke into a secret underground base. If that secret leaks, the whole shop is done for. That's why they never planned to let anyone leave today. "Do you remember the guy who used to fix our cars? He stepped in to protect them. He got hurt, but at least he's alive."

I remembered him well. I'd added him on WhatsApp, chatted with him a few times.

He hadn't been at the shop long, so he likely didn't know anything too important.

I'd gone through his posts. He was a cheerful guy, came from a small town in the mountains to support his family. He had a younger sister who was excelling in school.

couldn't afford to buy food for stray cats, he'd give

liked him. The first time I met him, his bright

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he was caught up in

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must have been. Once inside the dege, I to the police had taken control, Officers

the floor was

giving us permission to enter the

made me nauseous. Carter's bodyguards were

injured, the fight had been

"Where's Captain Turker? tasked.

the

there?

words. You'll get it when you see

followed us down the hidden passage. Just as I

the air was thick with a musty, rotten scent, mixed with the overpowering smell of blood. The last time

at me, his expression full of concern.

replied, though my voice was

place you've

paths. "Yes, the room I went to was down that

steps as I walked down the

we got, the harder my heart

worry, Carter said gently, patting the back of my

the room was already open. As I stepped inside, I was hit by the sight of the stone bed in the middle

body lying here," I said. "This is

emotions overwhelmed me. I saw a man with dark skin enter. They were talking

spoke, Damian, wearing gloves, opened a nearby cabinet. It was

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made my tears

must've... dismembered me in

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tools. His anger was evident, and his

him, his gaze icy

Trying to steady my voice, "it might hold some

I

soon enough," Carter

room, and the sight