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.

in the dark forever, so I could live

would move on from the pain

have a long life ahead of me someday, I'll fall in love with someone else, get married, and have

my family surrounding me and live a long,

would be complete, leaving behind only a lonely

what a meticulous plan

threw myself into his arms, my sorrow was misinterpreted as

of my head. "It's okay. It's just a few drops of blood every

for me while still trying to comfort me, my chest tightened with

the fabric of his shirt tightly, I let my tears soak into his

away tenderly. "Don't cry. I'm your husband-it's my duty to protect

opening broke the moment. He smiled at me. "That must be the doctor. If they see you

my sleeve to

which lifetime it was, he always treated

was such a fool! How could I forget about him and date

had wasted 20 years

was a stranger

coat, with a quality black shirt peeking out beneath it. He had a high nose

his hand to greet me.

man I had seen before, this was another

smile and shook his hand, then pointed at my throat

he replied, his voice calm. "Carter's already explained

room, and the matter of the Stone of

a high-definition electronic laryngoscope. "Don't worry.

asked, "What's

to physical overexertion. I checked her vocal cords carefully. There's only one explanation. The drug she was given

it be treated?" Carter asked, frowning

but the drug she was given is

further. "I heard the drug only lasts seven days. Could her voice recover after

"No," Matthew said. "She's

antidote, the toxins will worsen over time. The person who drugged her implied that if she takes the antidote within seven days, there won't be any long-term effects.

wasn't surprising-it fit Yael's methods

trap Whitney, while

told Amber I was alive because he already knew I'd

for me to give

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