Loved You Once But He's My Forever

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Chapter 396 Easily Deceived.

I raised my hand and brought the knife down with all my strength.

At the same time, he moved. But instead of hitting him the blade struck a moth.

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The sharp edge sliced through the insect's wings, and the rest of its body fluttered, struggling helplessly.

It felt like a reflection of my own fate-fighting against what I couldn't change.

I glanced up at him. "Sorry, I thought it was a cockroach. You really startled me."

For a moment, a flash of something cold crossed his face, but it was gone almost immediately. I could feel the chill of fear still gripping me.

He had been testing me, hadn't he?

If I'd gone through with it, if I'd tried to strike him, he would've overpowered me in an instant. It would've completely contradicted everything I had told him about staying. What would've happened if he'd called me out on my lie?

Would I end up like Whitney, locked up and forgotten?

I managed to keep my composure in that moment. If I tried to kill him, I had no chance of winning. Not without the proper training.

Even the angle of the knife wouldn't have been enough to do any real harm.

The risks were too high. I had to change my approach.

That had been a close call.

"You're scared of cockroaches?" he asked, taking the knife from my hand and twirling it casually between. his fingers. The sound of the blade scraping against his skin made my heart skip.

"Who isn't? Snakes, cockroaches, and slugs," I replied, forcing a smile as I tried to ignore the unease creeping up my spine.

He tucked the knife away and patted my head lightly. Sorry about that. Didn't mean to scare you.

"Scare me? I keep having dreams of snakes chasing me I said, trying to act frustrated, though I wasn't sure it was convincing. Then, without warning, he pulled me into his arms. I froze, unsure of what was happening. Was this another test?

But then he said, "How about I take you away from here

Tblinked, caught off guard by his words. Was he serious

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it was

"Really?"

to my family. We can

not making me into a

gentle tap. "I can do it anywhere. Sculpting stone

the start, he had been

"Where are we going?"

of it. But you have to promise me something. You have to stay by

thumb' brushed lightly against my cheek. "Chloe,

alive, she will kill you. Even I won't be

letting me

Carter face to face, just catching a glimpse

""I understand."

Chloe. I think I'm starting to like you

at Whitney. There was no romantic interest. It was more

only because I had stayed with him

wasn't love or desire-it was a mix of gratitude, appreciation, and some other

feelings for me weren't about possession

about to marry a

be in

do we go

too rough tonight. We'll leave when the wind and rain

"Okay."

"Do you have anything to eat I'm

"Yeah, I'll make something

to the kitchen. I said, remember the first time we

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under a tree, not moving. Now look at

you,

to get closer to him. Maybe he'd be the key to helping me

"You remember that?"

thought of it. But what about

a moment. "She... wasn't a good mother. Let's not

to kill me? She's not

dry, bitter laugh.

brow, sensing that something about his connection with Amber was off. Every time he mentioned her, it was always with that distant that person' tone. It was clear they

hope that when we

three in the morning, after being gone for three days. I was finally given

didn't realize

I glared at him.

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