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.

keep me in the dark forever, so I

on from the pain

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

and live a long, carefree life until the end

his mission would be complete, leaving behind only a lonely grave

a meticulous plan

myself into his arms, my sorrow was misinterpreted as believing his lie

of my head. "It's okay. It's just a few drops of blood every few days-it's not

done for me while still trying to comfort me, my chest tightened with an unbearable ache, as

I let my tears

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

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

my sleeve to

he always

fool! How could I forget about

20 years

entered was

a quality black shirt peeking out beneath it. He had a high nose bridge and

his hand to greet me. "Hello,

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

smile and shook his hand,

replied, his voice calm. "Carter's

into the living room, and the matter of the

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

Carter asked, "What's causing her

not congenital or due to physical overexertion. I checked her vocal cords carefully. There's

be treated?" Carter asked,

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

furrowed further. "I heard the drug only lasts

"No," Matthew said. "She's

her implied that if she takes the antidote within seven days, there won't

surprising-it

to trap Whitney, while

knew I'd

for me to give in and come

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