Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 494 A Hair's Breadth

"Whitney!"

Just before Carter reached me, Whitney broke free from my grasp and fell off the cliff.

In that moment, it felt like I had been thrown back 20 years, reliving the same nightmare. Once again, I watched her slip away before my eyes.

"No!" my heart-wrenching scream echoed across the cliff.

Everything went black, and I felt my body falling, powerless to stop it.

"Chloe!"

Carter's anguished voice called out behind me, but it felt distant, fading.

Am I going to die again?

Is this how it ends for me?

I lost consciousness.

In my dream, I was back on that night, at just five years old.

A little figure in the water waved at me, her voice urgent, "Chloe, help me!"

Without a second thought, I jumped into the water and grabbed her hand.

People on the shore tried to save us, but the river's current was too strong, and we were quickly swept away.

Caught in the raging waters, I clung to her and pleaded desperately, "Don't let go, no matter what happens. Please, don't let go."

"Chloe, I can't hold on anymore."

Her expression shifted, and suddenly, the little girl I was holding turned into the grown-up Whitney. Her face was calm and resigned as if she had already accepted her fate. "Chloe, please forget me." "No, Whitney!"

I shot awake from the dream, gasping, only to meet a pair of red, tear-filled eyes.

The next moment, Carter pulled me into his arms, holding me tightly. "Chloe, you almost gave me a heart attack," he said, his voice trembling.

gripped his shirt as if grounding myself. "Where

what we found at the scene, it seems Luther and Taylor fought, and both likely went over the cliff. Whitney must have followed them. Chloe, you don't know how close you were you almost

I blacked out, I remembered hearing Carter's desperate, heart-wrenching cry. It was unlike

whispered. "I passed out. You

scared I was? My whole

now, as he spoke, I could feel the

sorry, Carl. I wasn't thinking. All

forgot... I forgot I

ever scare me

rough, full of

said softly, his hand gently stroking the back of my head. It felt like he was comforting me, but maybe he

from asking, even though

cliff wasn't very high, but the waters below were too rough. The rescue team has been

but the sea is vast. Chloe, you

fingers clenched tightly, my chest aching. Deep down, I already knew. That faint

my voice faint, "Thank you for

made her choice. What was the point of

she was finally with her

still have

face into his chest, letting the tears flow. "Yes, I still have

cracked, the words

starting. She never got the chance to fall in love again, to be a mom, or to

voice was gentle,

happen?" I choked out. "Carl, I had her hand. I'm stronger now I've grown.

but just like

know you did everything you could. You're incredible, Chloe. You didn't fail her

could start over. It didn't matter if she loved someone or not,

wiped the tears

their own path to follow. For us, life is precious, but Whitney didn't see it that way. She had no desires left and hadn't been close to her family for years. Taylor had become her everything, entwined with her very existence. Chloe, if it were me who

of his words sinking

continued. "Even if it were you, no one-human or divine-could have stopped her. You did all you could. Don't

you're right,

help it. It's so hard to accept that Whitney is gone. If there had been no hope from the start, there wouldn't be this overwhelming despair now.

was safe. Her