Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 514 Fate Has Run Its Course "Carl, I'm here. I've been here all along."

I pressed my face against his. Can he feel me?

He knelt on the ground, his usual elegance and dignity nowhere to be seen. He looked utterly exhausted even.

"Carl, it's raining. Please go inside. You'll catch a cold."

He had already lost so much weight. If he got sick on top of that, even the strongest immune system wouldn't help.

And if he fell ill, who would take care of our children?

As if fate enjoyed mocking me, the moment the thought crossed my mind, Carter suddenly collapsed forward.

"Carl!"

Instinctively, I reached out to catch him.

However, he fell right through me, crashing onto the wet ground.

"Somebody, help! Save Carl!"

I screamed until my voice was raw, but no one could hear me. I could only watch, helpless, as he lay unconscious before me.

"Carl... Carl...

Kneeling in the rain, I pleaded with the heavens.

Please, if you must take someone, take me. Just spare Carl and our children. I don't care if I never wake

up again, or if I can only stay by their side as a spirit-as long as they are safe and well.

At last, Damian arrived. Seeing Carter unconscious on the ground, he strode over in alarm.

"Mr. Carter!"

"Damian, help him, please!"

Damian lifted Carter onto his back and carried him inside. The doctor's diagnosis confirmed he was simply

too weak-he hadn't rested in days, and the cold rain had only made things worse.

That night, he developed a fever.

When the doctor prepared to administer an injection to bring it down, Carter suddenly woke up, stopping him.

"Mr. Bolton, don't worry. It's just a fever-reducing shot. You have a high temperature."

His voice was weak, but firm. "Leave me be."

thread, and the little ones are barely a day old. If

soften him—after all, they

darkened. For a split second, something like resentment flickered in his eyes. "If it weren't for

right. He hadn't even glanced at the children after I gave birth. Even now,

his disapproval. "But Mr.

into this world.

been a man of cold, singular devotion. He gave all his love to me and not even his own children could take

"Just have someone

"And what about you?"

doesn't matter. If I stay sick, maybe I'll

So that's

deliberately exposed himself to the elements, forcing his body

when they were at their weakest. He was

Carter!" I

impossible, he turned

toward me, arms outstretched, trying to hold

I reached for him, too-just like I always

separated by life and

collapsed

doctor thought his fever was making him delirious. Damian, however, seemed to understand something. Without a word, he dismissed the doctor and quietly closed the

his trembling hand reaching

I looked like to him

about spirits who had died tragically-their tongues hanging out,

didn't look that terrible

... I knew you were still

a small smile.

true. I had barely spared them a glance before rushing off to find

I said it anyway-hoping to awaken

stiffened. "Are they

Of course, our babies are beautiful."

want to," he answered without

"Every time I look at them, I see you-covered in blood. Chloe, I

that if I see them, I might do something

manic intensity. "I'd rather they had never existed. I just want

that, my heart

hoped I would give him an heir. And

I said carefully. "Last time, when my soul was separated from my body, what did you do? Can't you do

shook his head.

I used the

trade our fates. But you threw it away. Our lives were

this calamity is meant to be your death ... then when Zoey's heart

a chilling wind

The death I had feared all

our children. I may disappear, but my love won't. I will always love you. "So please ... don't give