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

would move on from

was only 20 years old. I have a long life ahead of me someday, I'll fall in love with

my family surrounding me and live

behind only a lonely grave before

what a meticulous plan

sorrow was misinterpreted as believing his

gently stroked the back of my head. "It's okay. It's

he had silently done for me while still trying to comfort me, my

tightly, I let my tears soak into

them away tenderly. "Don't cry. I'm

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

my sleeve to wipe my

it was, he always

such a fool! How could I

20 years for

doctor who entered was a stranger

shirt peeking out beneath it. He

extended his hand to greet me.

man I had seen before, this was another

forced a smile and shook his hand, then pointed at

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

kit into the living room, and the matter of the Stone

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

over, Carter asked, "What's

cords carefully. There's only one explanation. The drug she was given affected

it be treated?" Carter asked, frowning

prepared some medicine, but the drug she was given is a rare illegal compound. Be

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

"No," Matthew said. "She's

if she takes the antidote within seven days, there won't be any long-term effects. But the longer she waits, the higher the chances of permanent S damage-even complete loss

surprising-it fit Yael's methods

chains to trap Whitney, while Yael used poison

was alive because he already knew I'd have to beg him for the

to give in and

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