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.

intended to keep me in the dark forever, so I could live on

on from the pain of

long life ahead of

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

behind only

what a meticulous plan you've

was misinterpreted as believing his lie about the

It's just a few drops of blood

for me while still trying to comfort me, my chest tightened with an

tightly, I let

cry. I'm your husband-it's my

sound of the iron gate opening broke the moment. He smiled at me. "That must be the

my sleeve to wipe my

lifetime it was, he always treated me with

fool! How could

20

was a stranger to

a white coat, with a quality black shirt peeking

hand to greet me. "Hello, I'm

had seen before,

smile and shook his hand, then pointed at

voice calm. "Carter's already

medical kit into the living room, and

laryngoscope. "Don't

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

due to physical overexertion. I checked her vocal cords carefully. There's only

it be treated?" Carter asked, frowning

was given is a rare

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

"No," Matthew said. "She's

been poisoned. Without the antidote, the toxins will worsen over time. The person who drugged her implied that if she takes the antidote within seven days, there won't be any long-term effects.

surprising-it fit Yael's methods

chips and chains to trap Whitney, while Yael used

knew I'd have to beg him for the antidote to

waiting for me to give in and

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