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 could live on

I would move on from the pain of

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

live a long, carefree life until the end of my

his mission would be complete, leaving behind only a

what a meticulous plan

arms, my sorrow was misinterpreted as believing his lie

stroked the back of my head. "It's okay. It's just a few drops of

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

tightly, I let my tears soak into

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

the moment. He smiled at me. "That must be the doctor. If they see you like this, they'll

I used my sleeve to

matter which lifetime it was, he always

a fool! How could I forget about him

20 years for

who entered was a stranger to

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

greet me. "Hello, I'm Matthew

the suited man I had seen before, this was another of Carter's

smile and shook his

understand," he replied, his voice

into the living room, and the matter of the

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

over, Carter asked, "What's causing her inability to

or due to physical overexertion. I checked her vocal cords carefully. There's only one explanation. The drug she was given affected her central nervous system, disrupting

can it be treated?" Carter asked, frowning

is a rare illegal compound. Be prepared-it might

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

"No," Matthew said. "She's

that if she takes the antidote within

surprising-it fit Yael's

and chains to trap Whitney, while Yael used

already knew I'd have to beg him for the

was waiting for me to

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