Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 408 What If She's My Mother?

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

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?"

"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.

survived was

thought of the tall, silent man who had shielded Carter and me more

don't blame him. He had

blame him? He deceived me and

with gestures, "He had no

though I had hinted at Amber's attempts to kill me in my messages, the Doltons

place in his heart

interrupted my turmoil, holding my hand

to the hospital, unconscious, while your 'body'

fingers and mouthed, "What about

I sent countless people to search the waters. They searched day and night but found

went through during those endless

with strong underwater currents. Many rescuers believed you were swept away and your body lost forever. Whether to find you or avenge you, I started piecing everything together, reviewing every detail." "Soon, I realized something was off. I

stay composed under such circumstances especially when dealing with people as close to him

"What did

years ago, and since then, he's been by my side. But he never mentioned Amber, which means our meeting wasn't a coincidence-it

was struggling in Jaford, with my leg still untreated, Damian stayed by my side through thick and thin. I thought it was

skilled in

fe191

a top-tier mercenary. It wasn't an accident when I was pushed into the sea and saved by the Doltons. Maybe the Doltons placed Damian by my

mouthed, "How

day she lured me to the hotel and drugged me? contacted Amber. When she arrived, she attacked Tiffany without hesitation, almost beating her to death. Amber said something that stuck with me. She said that Tiffany and I are absolutely I

drugs wore off, I reflected on everything. What could

a woman can't

words on the glass,

"Exactly. That's when everything

have always treated

J.n

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