Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 452 Taylor, I Hope You Rot in Hell!

After everything with the Carlyns, I was beyond exhausted.

Wisteria's death seemed to lift a heavy burden I hadn't realized was still weighing on me.

Now, the only person who truly mattered to me was Carter. After I finished showering and changing, I found him wrapping up his bandages. Seeing the bandages wrapped tightly around his chest only deepened the pain in my heart.

"Carter..."

He reached out to me, a silent invitation. "Come here."

I walked over and sat beside him as he pulled me onto his lap, wrapping his arms around me and resting his chin on my shoulder.

"Chloe, let me hold you.

"I'm sorry for worrying you again."

Even though it had only been one day, seeing the brutal violence of what had happened must have shaken him deeply.

"As long as you're safe, that's all I care about."

"You're being silly. Dominic never meant to hurt me. It was me who got away without a scratch-you took the knife for me."

His fingers gently brushed my cheek. "Chloe, the more allies you have, the better your chances. Even Aunt Amber doesn't share much about that group. But if our fates are linked, if danger comes our way, Dominic and Aunt Amber will protect you.

"I just don't want to take chances. I want you to have a safety net."

I knew exactly what he meant.

I sighed, continuing, "The feud with the Carlyns may be over, but the organ trafficking operation is still active. Should we just let them get away with it?"

"Chloe, even if you report it to the police, it won't make a difference. Dominic isn't the leader of the whole operation. They're just part of the Snowville network. These kinds of groups are everywhere. The real power is hidden in the shadows. We don't even have enough proof to go after the Carlyns. And even if we did, what would we gain? You saw what happened to Sheila and Silas."

I fell quiet, remembering Sheila's tragic end.

The thought of Amber potentially facing the same fate was unbearable.

But even if they were gone, it wouldn't stop the bosses from making money. Dominic's place would quickly be taken by someone else.

In the spring, everything would

hurt us anymore. We can follow their movements to learn more. Maybe we can catch the real mastermind behind all of

"I understand."

this on themselves, but the Sanders back then were nothing more than pawns in the hands of Commander and his wife. The Sanders and

"What Commander?"

told him everything that had happened, and only then did Carter begin to understand the full

you're saying even the Carlyns

it to make everything worse. If the Commander's wife hadn't let people humiliate

that Commander and his wife were the

for her children, even if there was pain

wouldn't have had a perfect life, but they would have found peace, without the hatred the Carlyns carry now.

know where this Commander is now. What's become of his descendants?" I asked, almost through gritted

after the chaos caused by the warlords, a new order was quickly put in place. The Commander either went into business or escaped abroad. With

telling the truth, but I still

under a tree, covering his head, and Taylor, bloodied but fiercely protecting

then there was Dominic-charming yet so obsessive and the rest of the

faces

us-an eye for an eye just makes everyone blind. But at this point, I couldn't help but wonder how the people who had ruined our lives were

sleep soundly,

you

in his hand. "Let

bruises ... "I winced as he

but I had

been the one stabbed, yet he was the one

argue, so I lay there, letting him care

are Zoey and

quickly, his focus on me more than

video call them? I'm worried

Aunt Amber and the others hadn't figured out Dominic's plan, I wouldn't have found you so quickly. But don't worry I checked earlier-Harlan only broke a few ribs. He's not

"That's a relief."

like

he risked his life for Zoey, I can't

They were yet another

to play with fate, but she didn't love