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.

me in the dark forever, so I

on from

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

family surrounding me and live a long, carefree

complete, leaving behind only a lonely

what a meticulous

was misinterpreted as believing his lie

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

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

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

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

at me. "That must be the doctor. If they see

my sleeve

was, he

was such a fool! How could I forget

wasted 20

was a stranger to

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

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

seen before, this was

forced a smile and shook his

he replied, his voice calm. "Carter's already

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

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

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

I checked her vocal cords carefully. There's only one explanation. The drug she was given affected her

it be treated?" Carter asked,

is a rare illegal compound. Be prepared-it

heard the drug only lasts seven days. Could her

"No," Matthew said. "She's

worsen over time. The person who drugged her implied that if she takes the antidote within seven days, there

wasn't surprising-it fit Yael's methods

Whitney, while Yael used poison

knew I'd have to beg

to give in and come

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