Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 427 Cousin

After explaining everything, I felt a weight lift off my chest.

Keeping it a secret from him had been eating away at me with guilt. While Carter wasn't thrilled with how things turned out, he seemed resigned. At this point, all we could do was take it one step at a time. It was as if this had been written into our fate.

Carter's plan to trade lives had been discovered in its final days, and I had disrupted it.

Nothing had changed. Destiny was impossible to rewrite.

Perhaps this was my fate-to meet an untimely end in every lifetime.

I used to have so many regrets, but being reunited with him again made everything else seem trivial. For now, we were still together, and that was enough.

My only lingering regret was not being able to leave behind a shared child with Carter. I couldn't help but wonder what our child would've been like.

If only I had more time, I would've loved to have a baby-a symbol of us.

When we returned to the living room, I learned Amber had gone to her room to catch up on sleep. The family doctor was busy tending to Taylor's wounds.

Whitney, meanwhile, stood silently by a potted plant, lost in thought.

The sound of my footsteps seemed to wake her from her reverie. She quickly turned toward me.

"Chloe, you're hurt, aren't you?"

Her eyes landed on my wrist. "This is because of me, isn't it? How could you be so foolish? You cut yourself! If something happened to you, what would I do? I wouldn't want to live anymore!" She knew all too well that someone like Amber wouldn't let her off so easily.

If Amber were so easy to deal with, Whitney wouldn't have spent 20 years trapped by Taylor's side.

Amber couldn't possibly be serious about letting her go just because of a few words I'd said.

Results that appeared effortless were often the result of someone silently bearing the burden behind the scenes.

Not wanting to upset Whitney, I gently reassured her, "It's okay. It didn't hurt at all. I just accidentally nicked myself."

Taylor let out a cold laugh. "You went through all that trouble, didn't you?"

I shot him a smile. "Not as much as you."

Taylor smirked. "Ha."

I responded, "Ha-ha."

was palpable, with sparks practically flying through the

timid voice broke the standoff. "Chloe,

forgotten about

hand is injured. I'll handle

and the chilling look in his dark eyes didn't seem like he was about to gently apply ointment. More like he was planning to rub salt into the wounds instead. Sensing the danger,

"We're family. As your cousin, I

word cousin with a

whole situation

Yael's injuries,

ointment and approached Yael. "Where

clamped a hand over my eyes. "Chloe, be good and step outside. Don't look

downright adorable. I chuckled.

hand and pulled her along with me. She probably had a lot she wanted

out of the room, a wailing "Ouch!"

but I couldn't help wondering, "Had Carter reopened his

the scene of Carter casually slicing off someone's finger at the Gardner Residence without so much as a flinch, I almost forgot-he was never one to play

be fair, while his life had been hard, he did drag me to that island, starve me for days, and make me kneel for an

in clear boundaries when

walked through the hallway, Whitney's gaze lingered on me, a

is all my fault, isn't

not your fault. I chose this." I said softly. "Don't be sad. A small injury

didn't tell her that my time was

before the end?

could save Whitney,

into my life? I never wanted

timid little sister would burst into tears over the smallest things. Our brothers would take turns comforting her, but I was the one she listened to most, the one

brothers, only Greg remained. As for me,

stroked her cheek gently.

I'd never let

long road ahead Remember how happy you were watching the show that day? Every day after we remove that chip,

That name had been tainted by

stubbornly