Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 516 New Year Zoey shot Harlan an annoyed look. "What are you doing here?"

He looked a little travel-worn as if he had just rushed over from somewhere far away. But at least he seemed better than the last time I saw him, when he was stuck in a cast.

I let out a small sigh of relief. After all, he had gotten hurt because of us.

If he had died in that accident, I would never have forgiven myself.

I had no idea how things were progressing between him and Zoey, but one thing was certain he still had feelings for her.

You could always tell when a man was truly in love.

Just like now-his eyes, his entire world, were only filled with Zoey.

In his hand wasn't his usual briefcase, but a food container. "Didn't you say you love my staff's cooking? I asked him to make something for you before I came. I kept it warm on the way-it should still be hot. Try it."

Zoey's retort caught in her throat. "Huh? Oh. Fine."

Then, Harlan turned to Carter. "I heard Chloe made it back alive. Where is she? I even brought something she likes."

He really had to pick that topic, didn't he?

Zoey shot him a warning glance, but Harlan just frowned. "What's wrong with your eye? Got dust in it? Want me to blow it out?"

Without another word, she grabbed him by the arm and dragged him out of the room.

I turned to Carter. "He didn't mean anything by it. Don't let it bother you."

"I'm fine."

But he wasn't fine. The weight of everything still lingered in his gaze, heavy and unresolved. I knew what was tormenting him-me, but I had no way to fix it.

I wanted to return to my body, but something invisible, something I couldn't understand, kept me from getting close.

I didn't know why. Carter grew quieter and quieter.

still beating. By all medical accounts, I was alive.

to bring me back, but nothing

only rely on the flickering flame and our children's reactions to know that I was still

improved. At first, they could only see me within a short distance. But now, they could spot me even from several

others, they never saw me as something otherworldly. Wherever I moved, their tiny

nanny would chuckle. "Look at them. It's like

She had no idea.

babies saw-what they followed

stay with them like this forever, maybe

then I worried... What would happen when they

explain to others that they had a

in the blink of an eye. The twins were now three

was blanketed in its long, relentless winter. Christmas came again, and with it, the reminder of my

single day. The nurses

stood beside them, nodding along. "I know, right? Even

Most of the time,

babies back to the

had prepared a gift for the babies-pendants

listened to Carter introduce their names, nodding

good. Everett

he staggered as he left

next day... My death anniversary

I was alive. And

A once-in-a-lifetime experience.

twins to visit

sat a carefully wrapped basket of hydrangeas,

he finally remembered that hydrangeas were my

at my own gravestone. The

my fingers over my own face. It was me, and yet ... it

at the same

I want to live," Carter

Damian, then knelt down

placed a bouquet of red roses before