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.

the dark forever, so I

on from the pain of

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

old with my family surrounding me and live a long, carefree life until the end of

complete, leaving behind only

a meticulous plan

my sorrow was misinterpreted as believing his lie about the

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

everything he had silently done for me while still trying to comfort me, my chest tightened with an unbearable ache, as though tiny silver

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

iron gate opening broke the moment. He smiled at me. "That must be the doctor. If

sleeve to

he always treated me

How could I forget about him

wasted 20

who entered was

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

greet me. "Hello,

seen before, this was another

forced a smile and shook his hand, then pointed at

voice calm. "Carter's already explained the

carried a medical kit into the living room, and the matter of the Stone of Duality was left

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

over, Carter asked, "What's causing

I checked her vocal cords carefully. There's only one explanation. The drug she was given affected her central

can it be treated?" Carter asked,

drug she was given is a

"I heard the drug only lasts seven days. Could her

"No," Matthew said. "She's

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

result wasn't surprising-it fit Yael's methods

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

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

waiting for me to

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