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

I would move on from the pain of losing

have a long life ahead of me someday, I'll

me and live a long, carefree life until the end of my

leaving behind only a lonely grave

meticulous plan you've

myself into his arms, my sorrow was misinterpreted as believing his lie about the Soul-Stabilizing

It's just a few drops

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

shirt tightly, I let

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

me. "That must be

I used my sleeve to

matter which lifetime it was, he always treated me with such

fool! How could I forget about him

20 years for

entered was a stranger to

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

extended his hand to greet me. "Hello, I'm Matthew

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

shook his hand, then

understand," he replied, his voice

room, and the

"Don't worry.

examination was over, Carter asked, "What's causing her inability

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 her speech

treated?" Carter

is a rare illegal compound. Be prepared-it might not be

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

"No," Matthew said. "She's

antidote within seven

surprising-it

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

hadn't told Amber I was alive because he already knew I'd have to beg him for the

waiting for me to give in

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