Loved You Once But He's My Forever

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.

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 panic 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.

dark forever, so I could live

day, I would move on from the pain

have a long life ahead of me someday,

me and live a

behind only a lonely

meticulous plan

was misinterpreted as believing his lie about

It's just a

comfort me, my chest tightened with an unbearable ache, as though tiny silver needles were pricking my

his shirt tightly, I let my tears

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

moment. He smiled at me. "That must be the doctor. If

I used my sleeve to wipe my

which lifetime it was, he always treated me with such

fool! How could I forget about

20 years for

who entered was a stranger to

white coat, with a quality black shirt peeking out beneath it.

hand to greet me.

seen before, this was another

a smile and shook his hand, then pointed at

voice calm. "Carter's

carried a medical kit into the living room, and the matter of

a high-definition electronic laryngoscope. "Don't

asked,

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

treated?" Carter asked,

given is a rare illegal compound. Be prepared-it

only

"No," Matthew said. "She's

if she takes the antidote within seven days, there won't be any

surprising-it fit Yael's methods

used chips and chains to trap Whitney, while Yael used poison

he already knew I'd have to

waiting for me to give

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