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 another

"Really?"

your offering to my family. We can leave

not making me into a

do it anywhere. Sculpting stone isn't something you finish in a

from the start, he had been

"Where are we going?"

leave you here on the island, but since you're so scared, I thought better of it. But you have to promise me something. You have to stay

thumb' brushed lightly against my cheek. "Chloe,

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

actually letting me go back. I

face, just catching a glimpse of him

""I understand."

Chloe. I think I'm starting to like you

that moment, I realized Yael wasn't looking at me the way Taylor had looked at Whitney. There was no romantic interest. It was more like a child

because I had stayed with him to wait out

a mix of gratitude, appreciation, and some

me weren't about possession like Taylor's

about to marry a man

be in

we go back?"

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

"Okay."

seriously. "Do you have

"Yeah, I'll make something

and headed to the kitchen. I said, remember

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hit and you sat under a tree, not moving. Now look at you. You've

you,

him. Maybe he'd be

"You remember that?"

But what about

person slicing vegetables stopped for a moment. "She... wasn't a good mother. Let's not

wanted to kill me? She's not even part of the Carlyns. Why would she hate me

bitter laugh. "Maybe she's

that distant that person' tone. It was clear they were on the same side, but how? He didn't seem interested in talking more, and

hope that when we

morning, after being gone for three days. I was

sorry. I didn't realize you

I glared at him.