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.

shirt as if grounding myself. "Where

scene, it seems Luther and Taylor fought, and both likely went over the cliff. Whitney must have followed them.

I remembered hearing Carter's desperate, heart-wrenching cry. It was unlike anything I had ever heard from him, raw and

"I passed out. You were just in

you know how scared I was? My

now, as he spoke, I could

gently. "I'm so sorry, Carl. I wasn't thinking.

I forgot... I forgot

ever scare me like

rough, full

you're okay," he said softly, his hand gently stroking the back of my head. It felt

not stop myself from asking, even though

were too rough. The rescue team

vast. Chloe, you need to prepare

fingers clenched tightly, my chest aching. Deep down, I already knew. That faint sliver of hope I had been clinging

faint, "Thank

her choice. What was

was finally with

cry. You still

letting the tears flow. "Yes, I still have you, and the babies.

cracked, the words dissolving

got the chance to fall in love again, to be a

Carter's voice was gentle, his gaze

I had her hand. I'm stronger now

like before, I could only watch her slip

know you did everything you

place. I truly believed she could start over. It didn't matter if she loved someone or not, as long as she could live.

gently wiped

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

of his words sinking in

"Even if it were you, no one-human or divine-could have stopped her. You did all

know you're right,

"But I can't help it. It's so hard to accept that Whitney is gone. If there had been no hope from

was safe.