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.

dark forever, so I could live on without

day, I would move on from the pain

I have a long life ahead of me someday, I'll fall in love with someone else, get

family surrounding me and live a long,

be complete, leaving behind only a lonely grave before

meticulous plan you've

was misinterpreted as believing his lie about the

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

my chest tightened with

of his shirt tightly, I let my tears soak into his

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

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

sleeve to

lifetime it was, he

How could

20 years for

entered was a stranger

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

hand to greet me.

the suited man I had seen

a smile and shook his hand, then

he replied, his voice

kit into the living room, and the matter of the Stone of

"Don't worry. Just

the examination was over, Carter asked, "What's causing

cords carefully. There's only one explanation. The drug she was given affected

be treated?" Carter

she was given is a rare illegal

heard the drug only lasts

"No," Matthew said. "She's

implied that if 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 damage-even

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

Whitney, while Yael used poison to

he already knew I'd have to

was waiting for me to give in

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