Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 536 I'm Giving You Back the Life I Owe You Bang!

In the distance, fireworks suddenly lit up the dark sky above the cemetery, their bright flashes cutting through the heavy, oppressive night. The contrast was almost surreal, as though the scene itself were an unsettling twist of fate.

Tears streamed down my face. As I looked down, I saw the raindrops pouring onto the bloodstained earth where Luke lay.

Luke had died in the relentless downpour.

By the time Carter arrived, I was still holding Luke's lifeless body, unable to stop

my sobs, gasping for breath through the overwhelming sorrow.

Wisteria's body lay farther away. Her eyes remained wide open, staring unblinkingly, as if her last moments had been spent fixated on my face, determined to remember me until the very end.

The maid, perhaps realizing her own fate was sealed, had fled after abandoning Wisteria. She ran down the mountain but was quickly caught by Carter as he made his way up.

Carter saw me from a distance, rushing toward me with urgency. "Chloe ... "

His tall, commanding frame, once impeccably dressed in a tailored suit, was now drenched by the rain, his hair tousled. He couldn't possibly know whether I was injured or just covered in Luke's blood, but he only saw me, trembling and soaked, in the middle of the devastation.

"Chloe, are you hurt?" His voice trembled as he kneeled before me, his hands reaching out to gently touch my face.

In that moment, I realized just what I was clinging to. My voice was thick with tears. "He took the death curse for me... but I'm fine."

Luke's blood had seeped into my wedding dress, but this time, the only difference was that I was still alive.

I held Luke's body close to me, his eyes shut tight, his lips curving into the faintest of smiles, as if he had found peace at last.

"Don't cry," Carter whispered softly. "It was his choice. He was in so much pain in life. Death was his release."

Carter swiftly removed his jacket and draped it over my shoulders, trying to shield me from the cold.

our babies ... " I barely managed

earlier. I had Damian watching over them. Then I received the call from

mother's plan. If the children are safe, where

darkened with understanding.

signaled to his bodyguards, who carefully moved Luke's body, before swiftly scooping me

wedding day, but instead of heading

was never to hurt me-she only wanted to protect

my death curse lifted, Carter had no reason to fear anymore.

you know where

Tidal Coast. If she plans to leave, that's

down the road, I could feel his pain, just

he had never reconnected with her because of what she had done

gas pedal, the car roaring as it sped through the storm, raindrops battering against the

just witnessed Luke's death. My body felt utterly drained, and my throat burned with the effort of holding back

I didn't even know where to begin. What could I

was filled with an eerie silence, our breaths rising and falling as quickly

reached the

was a woman in a white dress. Her long hair framed her face, untouched by makeup, revealing a look of innocence in her eyes. She gazed at ustike

"You've come."

spotted her standing there and cautiously approached after noticing that there were no blood stains on her. "What

to the blood on my wedding dress.

understood she had done all this for Carter, I couldn't forget the pain she had

this for me." "I knew I couldn't hide it from you, Carter. Come to me; come to your mother." Carter moved toward her, and I almost began to believe we had misunderstood her intentions. After all, Carter had so few family connections left-how could

mind, a trickle of black blood

quickened, his concern intensifying

sand, but Carter was there in an instant, catching her before she

collar. "I'm sorry.

hatred blinded me. I didn't understand how you felt. I wasn't there for you. I